NYAPRS Note: Thanks to our timely expert presenters and over 230 engaged and active attendees, this year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar offered a much lauded examination of emerging strategies and partnerships that are working to address the multiple needs of New Yorkers who face the daily challenges of poverty, homelessness, social isolation, racism, avoidable repeat readmissions and incarcerations and advanced medical and behavioral health conditions and advanced medical and behavioral health conditions.
The program featured key national figures including the top behavioral health official in the land, new HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, followed by some the nation’s leading consumer, family, rights, provider and community psychiatry advocates.
Below please find some of the presentations and selected photos of the event. We’ll be posting more at https://www.nyaprs.org/executive-seminar-2018.
INNOVATIONS IN SERVICE DELIVERY: CREATING REAL STRATEGIES, OFFERING REAL SOLUTIONS
Donna Colonna, CEO, Services for the Underserved
Jeffrey McQueen, Director, MHA of Nassau County
Robert Myers, Senior Deputy Commissioner & Division Director, Adult Services, State Hospitals and Manage Care, NYS OMH
Donna Lynn Taylor, Clinical Director, Personal Wellness Plan, (HARP), Healthfirst
Kate Davidson, Assistant Vice President for Policy & Advocacy, National Council for Behavioral Health
Moderator: Jackie Negri, Principal and Consultant, Negri Management Resources, LLC
NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR PEER SERVICES
Amy Colesante, Executive Director, MHEP
Peggy Elmer, Director, Health Home Policy and Program Development, New York State Department of Health
Ellen Healion, CEO Hands Across Long Island
Carlton Whitmore, Director, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s Office of Consumer Affairs
Joseph Woodward, CEO, Housing Options Made Easy
Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, NYAPRS
DSRIP INITIATIVES THAT ADVANCE RECOVERY AND PEER SUPPORT
Peggy Chan, Director, DSRIP, NYS Department of Health
Terri Coyle, Director Outpatient Behavioral Health, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
Tyrone Garrett, Peer Wellness Coach, NYAPRS
John Javis, Director of Behavioral Health, Nassau-Queens PPS
Steve Miccio, CEO, PEOPLe, Inc.
Sharon Miller, Director of Social Work, Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital
Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, NYAPRS
ADVANCING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THROUGH HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
Elizabeth Misa, Deputy Medicaid Director, NYS Department of Health
Nicole Haggerty, Director, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and Care Coordination, NYS OMH
Charles King, CEO, Housing Works, Inc.
Chris Copeland, COO, Institute for Community Living
Moderator: Kate Breslin, President and CEO, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
TAKING HEALTH INEQUITY HEAD ON
Chacku Mathai, President and CEO, MHA of Rochester
Nancy Sung Shelton, Senior Consultant for Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Team, Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Brian Smedley, Co-Founder and Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity
Facilitator: Lenora Reid-Rose, Director, Cultural Competency & Diversity Initiatives, Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
