Implementation of Connecticut’s Behavioral Health Plan for Children is overseen by an advisory board appointed by Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families. Members of the Children’s Behavioral Health Plan implementation advisory board represent families, providers, and others with expertise on various aspects of the children’s mental health system. Advisory board meetings are open to the public.
The advisory board issues annual progress reports on implementation of the Connecticut Behavioral Health Plan for Children.
Advisory board meeting are open to the public.
Meetings
Progress Reports
Implementation Advisory Board
| Aileen McKenna | Director of Family Services | Office of Early Childhood |
| Alice Forrester | Chief Executive Officer | Clifford Beers Clinic |
| Andrea Goetz | Chief Administrative Officer | Beacon Health Options |
| Andrew Mais | Commissioner | CT Insurance Department |
| Ann Smith * | Executive Director | AFCAMP |
| Beresford Wilson | Executive Director | FAVOR |
| Beth Bye | Commissioner | Office of Early Childhood |
| Brunilda Ferraj | Senior Public Policy Specialist | Connecticut Community Provider’s Association |
| Carl Schiessl * | Director, Regulatory Advocacy | CT Hospital Association |
| Carol Poehnert | Family Member | |
| Cathy Foley Geib | Deputy Director | Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division |
| Charlene Russell-Tucker | Chief Operating Officer | State Department of Education |
| Deidre S. Gifford | Commissioner | Department of Social Services |
| Doriana Vicedomini | Family Member | |
| Elisabeth Cannata * | Vice President | Wheeler Clinic |
| Grace Grinnell | Family Member | |
| Heather Petit | Children’s Policy Analyst | Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors |
| Hector Glynn | Vice President- Outpatient & Community Services | The Village for Families & Children |
| Jeff Vanderploeg | Chief Executive Officer | Child Health and Development Institute |
| Jordan A. Scheff | Commissioner | Department of Developmental Services |
| JoShonda Guerrier | Administrator, Clinical & Community Consultation & Support | Department of Children and Families |
| Kendell Coker | Assistant Professor/Advocate | University of New Haven, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Sciences |
| Lauren Ruth | Research and Policy Director | Connecticut Voices for Children |
| Lori Szcygiel | Chief Executive Officer | Beacon Health Options |
| Mark Keenan | State Title V CYSHCN Director | Department of Public Health |
| Melanie Bonjour | Board President | School Based Health Centers |
| Mickey Kramer | Associate Child Advocate | Office of Child Advocate |
| Miguel A. Cardona | Commissioner | State Department of Education |
| Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon | Commissioner | Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services |
| Patricia Baker | President & CEO | Connecticut Health Foundation |
| Renee Coleman-Mitchell | Commissioner | Department of Public Health |
| Rollin Cook | Commissioner | Department of Corrections |
| Sarah Eagan | Commissioner | Office of the Child Advocate |
| Steve Hernandez | Commissioner | Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors |
| Steve Korn | Medical Director | Anthem |
| Steve Rogers | Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center |
| Susan Graham | Family Member | |
| Tanya Barrett | Sr. Vice President | 211 Health and Human Services United Way of CT |
| Ted Doolittle | Commissioner | Office of the Healthcare Advocate |
| Thomas Kocienda | Director of Psychological Services and Sex Offender Programming | Department of Corrections |
| Tim Marshall | Director of Community Mental Health | Department of Children and Families |
| Valerie Wyzykowski | Nurse Case Manager | Office of the Health Advocate |
| Vannessa Dorantes | Commissioner | Department of Children and Families |
| William Halsey | Director, Behavioral Health | Department of Social Services |
| * – Tri-chairs | |||||