Past Heroes
2007, 2006 & 2005

2007 Heroes

NAMI Colorado
Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network - Community Support Program
Jane Boyer, NP, PhDc
James Dean, JD, MSW
Sandy Rothman
Lisa Ryckman
MHA Indiana
Ann H. Adinamis, MD
Timothy J. Kelly, MD
Jana Kixmiller, LCSW
Midtown Community Mental Health Center
Stacia Matthews
Stephen C. McCaffrey, JD
Team Zenith
Joseph D. Stephens
MHA South Carolina
NGRI Outreach Program Manager
Elizabeth Alford, MD
Naomi Brown
St. Claire Donaghy
Lawrence Haynes
Becky Kay
Gregory E. Smith, MD, FAPA
Mental Health America of Texas
Harris County MHMRA Consumer Advisory Council
Kat Candler
Joel S. Feiner, MD
Teresa Jones-Smith
Felix Martinez
Jose Rodriguez
NAMI Lexington
Secretary Mark D. Birdwhistell
Christy Bland, M.Ed, CPRP
Rif S. El-Mallakh, MD
Allison Ogden, ACSW, LCSW
CPDMI
Michael Mescall
Dr. Eugene Maloney
Tracy Mixson, CPS
Mike Weaver
RHA Behavioral Health - Buncombe County
Spencer Lyerly, Ph.D.
Ruth Sheehan
Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health Staff
Shelva Gaudette
Natalee Geye
Lorie Palmer
Dr. Richard Pines
Louella Schaeffer
Dr. Peter Wollheim
NAMI Washington
Jonathan Beard
Philip Dawdy
King County Certificate of Rehabilitation Pilot Project & Harborview Employment/Housing Program
Beth Hammonds
Jennifer Ward
Bill Waters
Mental Health Association of Central Florida
William Addonizio
Michael Halprin
Sheila Rabel
Commander Barbara Lewis
South Florida Mental Health Association, Inc.
Sandra McQueen-Baker
Dr. Deborah Dummitt
Luis E. Collazo
Charles J. LoPiccolo, MD
Eleventh Judical Circuit’s Criminal Mental Health Project
Darlene Adams, RNC, Med, CAP
Dr. Luis J. Rodriguez, PhDv
South Dakota
J. Robert Knecht
Fred Bender
Elaine C. Leraas
Tera Schmidt
Donna Yocom
Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis
Sally Blackburn
Scott Kubala
Shelter Outreach Services
Azfar Malik, MD
Kathy Carter
Robert Qualls
Mental Health America of Franklin County
Six County Inc.
Diane S. DeRue
Neal Edgar
Mary Kay Pierce
State Senator Robert F. Spada
S.R. Thorward, MD
Mental Health America in Montgomery
Tawanna Morton
Jimmy Smothers
Judge Tracy McCooey
Reverend Rob I. Gulledge, II
Sharlene McDaniel
NAMI-Metropolitan Baltimore
People Encouraging People
Ann L. Hackman, MD
Mary L. Porter
Edgar K. Wiggins, MHS
Patricia Wilson, LCSW-C
M. Sue Diehl
NAMI Sonoma County
Project Hope
Katrin Ciaffa
Joseph Greco
Mario Guerrero
Margo Warnecke Merck
Mental Health Association of Nebraska
Leslie Byers
Sergeant Meg Fricke and SergeantScott Lane
K.G. Langdon, APRN, BC
Peg Mahoney, LMHP
Jeff Nienhueser
Todd L. Reckling
Amanda Tyerman
NAMI Maine
Oxford County Mental Health Services Crisis Response Team
Louisa Barnhart, MD
Peter Driscoll
Karen Evans
Richard Pelton
Herb Perry
Daniel E. Wathen, Esq
NAMI Illinois
Carl Alaimo, PsyD
PATH Team at MHCCI
Dr. Michael L. Glavin
Ronald Howard
Representative Kathy Ryg
Michael and Michael Schumacher
Christine Smith
NAMI Massachusetts
Dennis McCrory, MD
Christine Monterio, MSW, LICSW, MA
Anne Whitman, PhD
Toby Fisher
Mental Health America of Louisiana
Dr. Jose’ Calderon-Abbo
Laura Beth Graham
Glenn A. Plaisance, LCSW
Barzanna A. White
Trina Evans Williams, MPH
Avoyelles Mental Health Center
NAMI DC
Honorable Ann O’Regan Keary
Robert Keisling, MD
Catherine C. Crum, LICSW
Jean M. Harris, RN, MSW, CAN
Andrew Carpenter
Judge Judith N. Macaluso
Family Links Outreach
NAMI San Mateo
Ian Adamson
Katie Cadigan
Al and Norma Guaspari
Dr. Jason Niksch
Barry M. Rosen, M.D.
Teresa Terry Walker
Mateo Lodge Support Team
The Mental Health Association of Tennessee
Washington County Mental Health Court
Mary Ann Hea, LCSW
Judge James A. Nidiffer
Holly Thompson
Evelyn Yeargin
NAMI Iowa
Capstone Behavioral Healthcare Supported Community Living Programs
Lance Baker
Julie Birkedal
Dr. Bhasker J. Dave
Janet Disney
Darla Krom
Judith Meyers
Mental Health America of Georgia
Pierluigi Mancini
Anna McLaughlin
Sue L. Smith, EdD
Community Friendship, Inc.
Stan Jones
Jon C. Rubenow, DO
NAMI Rhode Island
Clarice J. Gothberg
Charles Feldman
Murray H. Finley Jr., PhD
Dr. Fredric C Friedman
Michael Wilberger, MD
Elizabeth Gudrais

2006 Heroes

MHA Central Florida
Men’s Residential Recovery Program
Carlos Ruiz, MD
Laurie Wren
CPDMI
Dean Linke
Lori Oates
Dr. Luke Smith
Sandra Wartski
NAMI Colorado
Dr. David Iverson
Patricia Fisher
Elyse Montgomery
Alan Prendergast
San Luis Valley Psychiatric Services Team
Dr. Kenneth Stein
Ty Smith
NAMI Illinois
Joe Kerouac
Horty Levkovitz
Lena Raimondo
Steering Committee: Illinois Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
Linda Virgil
MHA Indiana
BehaviorCorp Carmel Continuing Services
George Brenner
Paul Lysaker
George Parker
Bob Postlethwait
Bruce Van Dusen
Betty Walton
NAMI Iowa
Carol Coffland
Allan Hutchenson
Mobile Crisis Response Team
Julaine Siegel
Paul Yeager
NAMI Lexington
Wendy Morris
Sgt. Pam Oberhausen
Dr. Nat Sandler
Office Tim Stokes
NAMI Maine
Todd Benoit
Nancy Grimes
Luc Nya
David Proffitt
NAMI Massachusetts
Clara Carr
Children’s Hospital Neighborhood
Dr. Ken Duckworth
George Handran
Carley Lubarsky
NAMI Nebraska
Deputy Sheriff Martin Bilek
Patricia Blakley
Bill Stewart (TT)
Tim Vorm (TT)
NAMI Sonoma County
Buckelew Programs
Daniel Lennox
Rosemary Milbrath
Dee Schweitzer
MHA South Carolina
Dr. Bob Breen
Judge Amy McCulloch
Michele Murff
Greg Pearce
MHA Tennessee
Elizabeth Baxter
Virginia Trotter-Betts
Margaret Ellen Finley
Elizabeth Haren
Nancy Lawhead
Scott Ridgway, MS
NAMI Texas & MHA Texas
Jerry Grammer, PhD
Merily Keller
Dusty McCoy
Mobile Outreach/Response Team
Dr. Peter Polatin
George Pratt

2005 Heroes

NAMI Colorado
Amy Smith
Libby Stoddard
Dr. Richard Warner
David Burgess
Carol Staples
Forest Manor Support Services
Jason Kioko
MHA of Central Florida
Charlotte Giuliani
Juanita Hernandez-Black
Peggy DeFilippo
Donna Wyche
Helene Welch
Kevin Cole
NAMI Missouri
Karren Jones
Dr. Ron Dittemore
Dorn Schuffman
Francie Broderick
Cindi Keele
Places for People
CPDMI - North Carolina
Ann Louise Barrick, PhD
Thava Mahadevan, MS
Donna Duggins, MBA
Beth Hardy, PhD
Anne Scheyett
Nicholas E. Stratas, MD, DLFAPA
MHA Indiana
Jeffrey Kellams, MD
Gary Bond, PhD
Flora Belle Bryant, PhD, LICSW
Craig Andler
Kathy Bayes
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