State Mental Health Authorities
Offices of Consumer Affairs or Representatives
STATENAME
E-MAIL ADDRESS / ADDRESS / PHONE / FAX
ALABAMA
Mike Autrey, Director
Email / Consumer & Ex-patient Relations
Alabama Dept. of MH & MR
RSA Union Bldg.
(100 N. Union St.)
PO Box 301410 (mailing address)
Montgomery AL 36130-1410 / 334-242-3456
1-800-832-0952 / 334-242-3025
ALASKA
Yvonne Jacobson, Director
Email / Office of Consumer Affairs
Dept. of Mental Health & Developmental
Disabilities
350 Main St
PO Box 110620
Juneau AK 99811-0620 / 907-465-3370 / 907-465-2268
AMERICAN SAMOA
ARIZONA / 602-553-9042
ARKANSAS
Vanessa Davis, Assistant Director for Cultural and Minority Affairs
Email / Division of Mental Health Services
4313 West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72205-4096 / 501-686-9106 / 501-686-9182
CANAL ZONE
CALIFORNIA
Sheila LaPolla, Consumer Liaison
Email / Department of Mental Health
1600 Ninth Street, Suite 150
Sacremento, CA 95814 / 916-654-2309 / 916-654-3198
COLORADO
Deborah Amesbury, Director of Consumer and Family Affairs
Email / Mental Health Services
3824 W. Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236 / 303-866-7404 / 303-866-7428
CONNECTICUT
Karen Kangas, Director
Community Education and Recovery Affairs
Email / Office of the Commisioner
CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addictions Services
410 Capital Avenue
PO Box 341431
MS 14CED
Hartford, CT 06134 / 860-418-6948 / 860 418-6786
DELEWARE
Frank Armstead
Email / Division of Substance Abuse & Mental Health
1901 North Dupont Highway
New Castle DE 19720 / 302-255-9421
302-255-9399 / 302-577-4486
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Frances S. Priester, Ms.Ed., LL.B., Director
Email / Office of Consumer & Family Affairs
DC Department of Mental Health
77 New York Avenue NE 4th floor
Washington DC 20002 / 202-673-4377 / 202-673-3433
FLORIDA
Jackie Beck, MSW
Email / Department of Children and Families
Mental Health Program Office
1317 Winewood Blvd. Bldg. 6, Room 233
Tallahassee, FL 32399 / 850-921-5699 Suncom 291-5699 / (850) 487-2239; SunCom 277-2239
GEORGIA
Larry Fricks, Director
Email / Office of Consumer Relations
Georgia Dept. of Mental Health
Suite 23-411
# 2 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta GA 30303-3142 / 404-657-2100 / 404-657-4349
HAWAII
Randolph Hack, Consumer Advocate
Email / Adult Mental Health Division
Dept of Health
PO Box 3378
Honolulu, HI 96801-3378
UPS or FEDEX: 1250 Punchbowl Street Rm. 256
Honolulu HI 96813 / 808-586-4677 / 808-586-4745
IDAHO
C. Joseph Drayton, Director
Email / Office of Consumer Affairs & Technical Assistance
1607 West Jefferson
Boise ID 83702 / 208-336-5533
EXT 340
1-800-577-2884 / 208-331-0267
ILLINOIS
Nanette Larson, Associate Consumer Services Development
Email / Consumer Development Services
5407 N. University St.
Peoria, Il 61614 / 312-814-4823 / 312-814-4832
INDIANA
Rosemary Carney, Bureau Chief
Email / Office of Consumer and Family Affairs
Division of Mental Health and Addiction
402 West Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204 / 317-232-3472 / 317-233-3472
IOWA
Anthony Covington, Director
/ Consumer Resource Outreach Project (CROP)
Office of Consumer Affairs
1305 E. Walnut Street
Hoover Building 5th Floor
Des Moines, Iowa 50319 / 515-281-5227
1-877-338-2767 Toll Free / 515-242-6036
KANSAS
Randy Johnson, Program Specialist
Email / Division of Health Care Policy
Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment & Recovery
915 SW Harrison Street, 10th Floor North
Topeka KS 66612-1570 / 785-296-3773 / 785-296-6142
KENTUCKY
Carolyn Kates Glass
Email / KY CAN
3621 Plano Road
Bowling Green, KY 42104 / 270-535-5533 / 502-564-9010
LOUISIANA
John J. Bellew, MS
/ Program Manager
Office of Mental Health
Dept of Health & Hospitals
PO Box 4049, Bin #12
Baton Rouge LA 70821-4049 / 225-342-2624 / 225-342-5066
MAINE
Leticia Brockman, Consumer Affairs Specialist
Statewide Lead
Email / Region I
Office of Consumer Affairs
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333 / 207-287-4253
/ 207-822-0295
Maine
Katherine McKimmy, Consumer Affairs Specialist / Region II
Office of Consumer Affairs
141 State House
Augusta, ME 04333
MAINE
Katherine Storer, Consumer Affairs Specialist
Email / Region III
Dept. of Behavioral and Developmental Services
176 Hogan Road
Bangor, ME 04401 / 207-941-4788 / 207-9414389
MARYLAND
Stacey Diehl, Acting Director
Susan Kadis, Consumer Liason
Email sdiehl@dhmh..state.md.us / Office of Consumer Affairs
Mental Hygiene & Administration
Dix Building, 55 Wade Avenue
Catonsville MD 21228 / 410-402-8450 / 410-402-8301
MASSACHUSETTS
Steve Holochuck, Director
Email / Office of Consumer and Ex-Patient Relations
Dept of Mental Health
25 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114-2575 / 617-626-8000 EXT 68063 / 617-626-8077
(Shared FAX - Pls
use cover sheet)
MICHIGAN
Colleen Jasper, Administrator
Pamela Werner, Person-centered Planning Specialist
Email: / Office of Consumer Relations
Department of Community Health
Lewis-Cass Bldg., 6th Floor
320 S. Walnut
Lansing MI 48913-0001
Service Innovation and Consultation Section
Division of Community Services/Mental Health
Bureau of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Long Term Care Programs Administration
Michigan Department of Community Mental Health
Lewis-Cass Building, 6th Floor
320 S. Walnut
Lansing, MI 48913 / 517-373-1255
517-335-4078 / 517-335-6775
517-241-2969
MINNESOTA
Tom Peterson, Executive Director
/ MN Consumer/Survivor Network
1821 University Avenue W
Suite S-134
St. Paul, MN 55104-2803 / 1-800-637-2007
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651-637-2800
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
Christine P. Squibb, Director
Email / Office of Consumer Affairs
Missouri Dept. of Mental Health
1706 E. Elm Street
PO Box 687
Jefferson City MO 65102-0687 / 573-751-8093
TTY
573-526-1201 / 573-526-7926
MONTANA
Bonnie Adee, Ombudsman
Email / Mental Health Ombudsman
Office of Ombudsman
1412 ½ 8th Ave
PO Box 200804
Helena MT 59620-0804 / 406-444-9669 / 406-444-3543
NEBRASKA
Dan Powers, Consumer Liaison
Phyllis McCall, Consumer Liaison
Email / Office of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Addiction Services
Dept. of Health & Human Services
(Folsom & West Prospector Place)
PO Box 98925 (mailing address)
Lincoln NE 68509-8925 / 402-479-5193
Dan
402-479-5192
Phyllis / 402-479-5162
NEVADA
Barbara Jackson, Consumer Services Assistant
/ Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services
480 Galletti Way
Sparks, NV 89431 / 775-688-0401 / 702-486-0477
NEW HAMPSHIRE
William R. Quinn, Director
Email / OCA CMHSA DBH OF NH
Main Bldg. Room 126C
105 Pleasant St
Concord NH 03301-3861 / 603 271-5138 / 603-271-5040
NEW JERSEY
Margaret Molnar, Special Assistant Consumer Affairs
Email / Office of Director
New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services
PO Box 727
Trenton NH 08625 / 609-984-4813 / 609-777-0662
NEW MEXICO
Nick Ossorgin - Director
Email nossorig@doh..state.nm.us / New Mexico Dept. of Health
Behavioral Health Services Division
(1190 St. Francis Dr.)
PO Box 26110
Santa Fe NM 87502-6110 / 1-800-362-2013
505-827-0116 / 505-827-0097
NEW YORK
John Allen, Director of Bureau of Recipient Affairs
/ Bureau of Recipient Affairs
44 Holland Avenue, 8th Floor
Albany NY 12229 / 518-473-6579 / 518-474-8998
NORTH CAROLINA
Chris Phillips,, Chief of Advocacy and Customer Services / Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
3001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina
27699-3001 / 919-715-3197 / 919-733-4962
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
Grisetta Griffin, Co-Manager
Somers L. Martin, Area Director - Central Ohio
Email: / Consumer Services & Development
Ohio Dept. of Mental Health
30 E. Broad Street, 8th floor
Columbus OH 43215-3430
Ohio Dept. of Mental Health
30 E. Broad Street, 8th floor
Columbus OH 43215-3430 / 614-466-2333
614-466-4742 / 614-466-1571
614-466-6349
OKLAHOMA
Melody Riefer, Director,
Office of Consumer Affairs
Email / Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
1200 NE 13th
P.O. Box 53277
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73512-3277 / 405-522-4148 / 402-522-3650
OREGON
Rollin Shelton, Interim Director
Email / Office of Consumer Technical Assistance
1528 SE Holgate Blvd
Portland OR 97202 / 503-232-9154 / 503-231-1949
PENNSYLVANIA
Anita K. Thiemann, Bureau Director
Email / Consumer and Family Affairs
Dept. of Welfare
Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Services
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg PA 17105-2675 / 717-772-7860 / 717-772-7827
PUERTO RICO
Carmen Capella, M.D.
No Email / Clinical Director of Mental Health Services
Mental Health & Anti-Addiction Services
PO Box 21414
San Juan PR 00928-1414 / 787-758-0241
office
787-758-7155 / 787-765-7104
RHODE ISLAND
Jim McNulty, Coordinator of Consumer Affairs
Email / Department of MHMR
14 Harrington Road
Cranston, RI 02920
` / 401-462-2338
SOUTH CAROLINA
Vicki Cousins, Director
Email / Office of Consumer & Family Affairs
South Carolina Dept. of Mental Health
(2414 Bull St.)
PO Box 485 (mailing address)
Columbia SC 29202-0485 / 803-898-8621 / 803-898-8590
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
Joe Swinford, Director
Email / Tennessee Dept. of Mental Health & Dev. Disab.
Office of Consumer Affairs
425 5th Avenue North
5th Floor, Cordell Hull Bldg.
Nashville TN 37243-0675 / 615-532-6700 / 615-253-3920
TEXAS
Cindy Hopkins, Director
Pamela Carley, Director of Consumer Affairs and Rights Protection
/ Office of Consumer Affairs
Texas Mental Health /Mental Retardation
909 W 45th
PO Box 12668 (mailing address)
Austin TX 78711-2668
Department of MHMR
West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78711-2688 / 512-
206-5759
512-206-5765 / 512-206-5770
Send with cover sheet
UTAH
Martha J. Anderson, Consumer Programs Specialist
Email / SLC Utah State Division of Mental Health
OCA
120 North 200 West, # 415
Salt Lake City UT 84103-1500 / 801-538-4270
toll free
1-877-585-1770 / 801-538-9892
VERMONT
Linda Corey, Executive Director
Email /
Vermont Psychiatric Survivors
52 Howe Center
Rutland, VT 05701
/ 802-775-6834 / 802-775-6823
VIRGINIA
VIRGIN ISLANDS
WASHINGTON
Chris Wilde, Director
Email / Office of Consumer Affairs
WA-DSHS Mental Health Division
PO Box 45320
Olympia WA 98504-5320 / 360-902-0800 / 360-902-7691
WEST VIRGINIA
Sherry Jenkins Tucker
Director of Operations
Email / West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association
910 Quarrier Street, Suite 414
Charleston WV 25301 / 304-345-7312 / 304-345-7303
WISCONSIN
Kellianne O’Brien
Email / Consumer Relations Coordinator
Bureau of Community Mental Health
(1 W. Wilson St., Room 433)
PO Box 7851 (mailing address)
Madison WI 53707-7851 / 608-267-1427 / 608-267-7793
WYOMING
Scott C. Hayes, LCSW
Regional Consultant
Email / Mental Health Division - Administration
6101 Yellowstone Road Room 259B
Cheyenne WY 82002 / 307-777-7293 / 307-777-5580
2002 – 2003 Officers
Chair Dan Powers, NE
Past Chair Karen Kangas, CT
Vice Chair Vicki Cousins, SC
Secretary Cindy Hopkins, TX
Treasurer C. Joseph Drayton, ID
Member-at-Large Randy Johnson, KS
Member-at-Large Joe Swinford, TN
Member-at-Large Christine Squibb, MO
2003 – 2004 Officers
Chair Vicki Cousins, SC
Past Chair Dan Powers, NE
Vice Chair Joe Swinford, TN
Secretary Christine Squibb, MO
Treasurer C. Joseph Drayton, ID
Member-at-Large Randy Johnson, KS
Member-at-Large Cindy Hopkins, TX
Member-at-Large