Opening Plenary with New York State Office of Mental Health
Nicole Haggerty, LMHC, Deputy Director, Adult Community Care Group, Division of Adult Services
Liz Breier, CPRP, Chief Advocacy Officer, Office of Advocacy and Peer Support Services
Janine Perazzo, LCSW, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Hospital are and Community Transitions Division
Sarah Kuriakose, PhD, BCBA-D, Director, Division of Crisis Services
Bob Moon, Deputy Commissioner, Community Program Policy and Management
Concurrent Sessions –
The Workforce Reckoning: From Crisis to Capacity
Kate Lewis, LCSW, CEO Clarity Wellness Community
Taina B. Martinez, MSW, CEO, Baltic Street Wellness Solutions
Em Wasserman, NYCPS, Deputy Director, Office of Advocacy & Peer Services, NYS OMH
Sara Taylor, BSW, MS, FPA-P, Founder, BIPOC Peeeeeeeek
Moderator: Len Statham, MS, CPRP, Chief Operating Officer, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
Artificial Intelligence is Not a Technology Problem, It’s a Leadership Problem
Ted St. John, Founder & CEO, Hope Town, Inc.
Population Health Across the Lifespan
Alexandra Webb, LCSW, SVP Training & Initiatives, Service Program for Older People, Inc
Kevin Smith, NYCPS, Mental health Peer Connection Director, Western New York Independent Licing
James Rodriguez, PhD, LCSW, Senior Director Clinical Initiatives, McSilver Institute
Michelle Mullen, PhD, CRC, CPRP, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director & Founder of Helping Youth on the Path to Employment (Hype), CO-PI for the Tools for Work Success Study at Transitions ACR
Moderator: Shannon Higbee, Chief Strategy Officer, the Alliance for Rights and Recovery
General Session
Federal Policy Shifts & New York’s Future: What’s at Stake for Our Services and Communities
Harvey Rosenthal, CEO & Luke Sikinyi, VP of Public Policy, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery