Board of Directors

Through the Board of Directors, Advisory Boards, and Committees and Workgroups, BHN forms the foundation for collaboration dedicated to developing an accessible and coordinated system of behavioral healthcare.

BHN GOVERNING BOARD

The Board is the governing body of BHN and is comprised of area leaders in acute and community based mental health and substance use care provision, advocacy, and state government. Directors serve two-year terms and may be re-elected for consecutive terms.

Executive Committee

Patty Morrow, CHAIR

Executive Director BH

Mercy Hospital

Sue King, VICE-CHAIR

President and CEO

Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri

Laura McCallister, Treasurer

Chief Executive Officer

Places for People

Katrina Mcdonald-Fuller, Secretary

Executive Vice President of Corporate Services

Compass Health Network

Kevin Drollinger

Executive Director

Provident Behavioral Health

Kendra Copanas

Executive Director

Generate Health

Quincey McCoy

Executive Director

ADAPT of Missouri, Inc.

MARY MICHAELEEN CRADOCK

Director of BH Services

Saint Louis Children’s Hospital

 

BETH SAILORS

Vice President

Preferred Family Healthcare

CHRISTINE PATTERSON

Executive Director

NAMI St. Louis

JARON ASHER

Chief BH Officer

Family Care Health Centers

TERESA BRANDON

Chief BH Officer

ALM Hopewell Center

Tony Sokolic

Chief BH Officer

COMTREA

Tiffany Lacy Clark

President and CEO

Behavioral Health Response

Michelle Schafer

Regional VP Behavioral Health

SSM

Kimberly Beck

Executive Director

Salvation Army

STEVE DOHERTY

Regional Director

Gateway Foundation

JENNY ARMBRUSTER

Associate Executive Director

PreventED

SHARON SPRUELL

Executive Director

Queen of Peace Center

Joceyn Hostetler

MH Initiative Coordinator

St. Louis County Courts

Angela Martin-Davis

VP Behavioral Health

BJC Behavioral Health

Trish Holmes

Executive Director

Independence Center

ROB POIRER

Clinical, Chief Emergency Medicine

Washington, University, School of Medicine

ANGELA BROWN

Chief Executive Officer

St. Louis Regional Health Commission

Juee Phalak

Psychiatrist

Affinia Healthcare

 

Lindsey Stephenson

President

KVC Missouri

Amanda Laumeyer

Chief Executive Officer

St. Patrick Center

Anthony D'Agostino

Chief Executive Officer

Peter & Paul Community Services

JASON BAKER

Executive Director

Bilingual International Assistant Services

Advisory Board Chairs

VACANT (Adult)

Annie Foncannon (YOUTH)

Executive Director

Franklin Co. Community Resource Center

Ex-Officio Members

Kim Feaman

Regional Executive Officer

Department of Mental Health

JOANNE JOSEPH

Director MH Operations

Veterans Administration

ALISON REKART

Regional Admin

Dept of Corrections

Board of Probation and Parole 

WENDY ORSON

Chief Executive Officer

Behavioral Health Network

BHN ADVISORY BOARDS

Adult Services Advisory Board

ASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target adults, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, consumers, law enforcement, advocates, courts, funders, family members, and others serving the behavioral health community. Members can serve two three-year terms.

VACANT, Chair

Rajeev John, Co-Chair

Affinia Healthcare

LaDonna Haley

Mental Health America

Heather Richardson

NAMI St. Louis

Kelli Clodfelter

Warren County Pathfinders

Patrick Wirthlin

Certified Missouri Peer Specialist

Laura Coleman

Behavioral Health Response (BHR)

Katie Brown

MIMH

Sean Joe

Washington University – Brown School of Social Work

Paula Carey-Moore

Urban League of Metro St. Louis

Fredric Metzger

Veterans Administration

Det. melody Quinn

St. Louis County Police Department

Megan Drissell

Mercy Jefferson Community Health

Robyn Peyton

Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of St. Charles County

Emily Vandas

St. Louis Regional Health Commission

Karen Bradshaw

Integrated Health Network (IHN)

Chris Elliott

St. Louis County Department of Health

Jill Taylor

Family Health Care Centers

Regina Askew

Care St. Louis Health

Lauren Kempton

Casa de Salud

Missy Kruse-McKeown

Missouri Department of Corrections

Amy Phillips

COMTREA

Scott Bayliff

Adapt of Missouri

Laura Shapiro

BJC Behavioral Health

Julia Pickup

Lutheran Family & Children’s Services of Missouri

Jamie Bartin

Compass Health

Analee Scandrett

Queen of Peace Center

Anne Milne

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Hon. James Sullivan

22nd Circuit Court

Lisa Potts

St. Louis Mental Health Board

Youth and Young Adult Services
Advisory Board

YYASAB members provide input and advice on initiatives that target youth and their caregivers, while also acting as a network of communication for the broader community. They represent providers, parents, advocates, juvenile justice, law enforcement, funders, schools, children and family services, and others involved in the treatment, care, and recovery of children with behavioral health issues.

VACANT, Chair

Dani Wilson, Co-Chair

Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Rene Murph

Consumer/Caregiver/TAY

Cathi Bornhop

FACT St. Charles

Sally Desu

Gleam of Hope

Stephanie Whitaker

St. Louis Children's Hospital

Lynelle Hinden

IFM Community Medicine

Laura Huff Miller

Preferred Family Healthcare

Amanda Harmel

PreventED

JJ Gossrau

Missouri Department of Mental Health

Mike Lamping

Places for People

Vicky Walker

Compass Health

Megan Vitale

COMTREA

Shante Lampley

St. Louis City Courts

Ben Burkemper

St. Louis County Courts

Elizabeth Makulec

Kids Under Twenty One

Katie Heiden-Rootes

Queer and Trans Wellness Clinic (St. Louis Univeristy)

Paulette Foerster

St. Louis Children’s Fund

Brittany Graham

Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri

Casey Anderson

DESE/Vocational Rehabilitation (St. Charles)

Jim Wallis

University of Missouri-St. Louis/Chestnut Health Systems

Marcia Ford

Brown School, Washington University

Annie Foncannon

Franklin County Community Resource Board

Jawana Hammonds

Vision for Children at Risk

Michelle Gorman

Youth in Need

Christine Wang

The SPOT

Candace Hamell

BJC Behavioral Health

Karen Martin

Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition

Christina Brimm

Legal Services of Eastern MO

Jill Simmons

St. Charles County Children's Division

Committees and workgroups guide BHN’s strategic initiatives, with membership based on expertise and interest.