Mental Health

Jackie Blackwell

Norfolk

Topic: Mental Health

Lisa Ellis

Greater Richmond

Topic: Mental Health

Roberto Franco

Virginia

Topic: Mental Health

Roberto Franco is AgrAbility Virginia’s Program Coordinator, helping farmers with disabilities across the state to improve farm safety, wellness, and accessibility through education, outreach, and assistive technology solutions.

Jenn Gilbert

Richmond

Topic: Mental Health

Jenn is a practicing clinical psychologist and educator dedicated to making trauma-informed mental health care accessible and effective for individuals, families, and communities across Virginia.

Amy Harden

Southwest VA

Topic: Mental Health

Amy is a general pediatrician who is focused on building knowledge of mental health within primary care and connecting clinics to resources within VMAP to improve mental health care for our youth.

Heather Jones

Topic: Mental Health

Chimere Miles

Greater Richmond

Topic: Mental Health

Chimere Miles is a resident of the East End Community of Richmond and founding member of Engaging Richmond of the VCU Center on Society and Health when the group formed in 2011. Chimere is…

Reem Mohammed

Northwest Virginia, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Augusta

Topic: Mental Health

Reem is passionate about empowering communities through health education, cultural connection, and compassion, using her experience in community engagement and training to help others thrive

Bergen Nelson

Richmond

Topic: Mental Health

Bergen is a practicing pediatrician doing primary care and leading statewide programs to connect families from primary care to behavioral health services.

Sydney Padgett

Topic: Mental Health

Rachel Reynolds

Hanover

Topic: Mental Health

Rachel is the Assistant Director of Operations for the Virginia Mental Health Access Program. She’s also the adoptive mom of a transgender genderfluid teenager.

Paige Riddle

Northwest Virginia

Topic: Mental Health

Paige is a licensed clinical social worker focused on building capacity for community-based health education and services that improve access to trusted health information and behavior change strategies for Virginians.

Steven Woolf

Topic: Mental Health