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
| Patricia Baker | President & CEO | Connecticut Health Foundation |
| Tanya Barrett | Sr. Vice President | 211 Health and Human Services United Way of CT |
| Elisabeth Cannata * | Vice President | Wheeler Clinic |
| Kendell Coker | Assistant Professor/Advocate | University of New Haven, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Sciences |
| Brunilda Ferraj | Senior Public Policy Specialist | Connecticut Community Provider’s Association |
| Alice Forrester | CEO | Clifford Beers Clinic |
| Cathy Foley Geib | Assistant Director | Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division |
| Hector Glynn, MSW | Vice President- Outpatient & Community Services | The Village for Families & Children |
| Susan Graham | Family Member | |
| Grace Grinnell | Family Member | |
| William Halsey | Director, Behavioral Health | Department of Social Services |
| Jo Hawke | Executive Director | FAVOR |
| Lynn Johnson | Director of Family Services | Office of Early Childhood |
| Allon Kalisher | Regional Administrator | Department of Children and Families |
| Mark Keenan | State Title V CYSHCN Director | Department of Public Health |
| Thomas Kocienda, Psy.D. | Director of Psychological Services and Sex Offender Programming | Connecticut Department of Correction |
| Steve Korn | Medical Director | Anthem |
| Heather Petit | Children’s Policy Analyst | Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors |
| Carol Poehnert | Family Member | |
| Nikki Richer | Director of Operations | DMHAS Young Adult Services |
| Steve Rogers | Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine | Connecticut Children’s Medical Center |
| Charlene Russell-Tucker | Chief Operating Officer | State Department of Education |
| Carl Schiessl * | Director, Regulatory Advocacy | CT Hospital Association |
| Karen Siegel | Public Health Policy Fellow | Connecticut Voices for Children |
| Ann Smith * | Executive Director | AFCAMP |
| Karen Snyder | Consultant | Office of the Child Advocate |
| Lori Szcygiel | VP and CEO Beacon Connecticut | Beacon Health Options |
| Jeff Vanderploeg | Vice President for Mental Health Initiatives | Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut |
| Doriana Vicedomini | Family Member | |
| Valerie Wyzykowski | Nurse Case Manager | Office of the Health Advocate |
| Jesse White-Frese | Executive Director | School Based Health Centers |
| Katherine Wade | Commissioner | CT Insurance Department |
| Beresford Wilson | Family Member/FSM | FAVOR |
| Robin Wood | Director, Family Support Strategies & Advocacy | Department of Developmental Services |
| * – Tri-chairs | |||||