What We Do
Plan and Implement
Capital Planning and Management System Transformation Promote
Clinical Quality Coordinating Centers of Excellence Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Ohio Tobacco and Recovery Initiative Research and Evaluation Residency and Traineeship Program Solutions for Ohio's Quality Improvement and Compliance Protect and Monitor
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Assertive Community Treatment Children, Youth and Families Emergency Preparedness Employment Faith Based Initiatives Forensic Services Hospital Services Housing Intensive Home-Based Treatment Older Adults Trauma Informed Care Warehouse and Pharmacy Goods and Services

Ohio’s Transformation Working Group

The Transformation Working Group (TWG) will work to evaluate and improve the state’s approach to mental health care. The group includes representation from all state agencies affected by mental health issues and consumers and families.

Governor's Office
Amy Rohling McGee, Executive Assistant (Health & Human Services)

Ohio Department of Mental Health
Sandra Stephenson, Director
Leslie Brower, Ph.D., R.N., TSIG Project Director
Rick Tully, TSIG Program Administrator

Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
David Morrissette, Ph.D., LCSW, Commander, USPHS, TSIG Project Officer

Governor’s Office Faith-Based/Community Initiatives
Greg Landsman, Director

NAMI - Ohio
Jim Mauro, Executive

Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities
Cheri Walter, Executive Director

Ohio Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers
Hubert Wirtz

Ohio Department of Aging
Barbara Riley, Director

Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services
Angela Cornelius Dawson, Director

Ohio Department of Development
Lee Fisher, Director
Bill Graves, TSIG Designee

Ohio Department of Education
Deborah Delisle, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mary Lou Rush, Designee

Ohio Department of Health
Dr. Alvin Jackson, Director

Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Sandra Holt, Deputy Director (Office for Children & Families)
John Corlett, Deputy Director (Office of Ohio Health Plans)
Maureen Corcoran, Designee (Office of Ohio Health Plans)

Ohio Department of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
John Martin, Director
Glen McCleese, Designee

Ohio Department of Public Safety
Henry Guzman, Director
Kahrlton Moore, Designee

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
Terry Collins, Director
Robert Hammond, Designee

Ohio Department of Youth Services
Tom Stickrath, Director

Ohio Federation for Children’s Mental Health
Terre Garner, Executive Director

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Michael Rench, Administrator
Judith Brooks, Designee

The Supreme Court of Ohio
Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (ex officio)
Corey Schaal
Melissa Knopp

Peer Consultants
Traceé Black
Jeannie & Steve Copper
Matthew Mikolic
Cassandra Rufat

Updated 11/5/08