Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum

Twenty-fourth Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum, May 10, 2019, at The Carter Center

• Opening Remarks by Eve Byrd, Director of The Carter Center Mental Health Program
• Introduction by Jason Carter, Chair of The Carter Center Board of Trustees
• Welcome address by Rosalynn Carter, Chair of The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Conversation: Update on the U.S. Department of Justice Settlement with Georgia

• Cynthia Wainscott, Behavioral Health Advocate
• Susan Goico, J.D., Staff Attorney, Disability Integration Project, Atlanta Legal Aid Society
• Judy Fitzgerald, M.S.W., Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Panel I: School-Based Behavioral Health

Moderated by Kari Cobham, Senior Associate Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

Panelists:

• Garry McGiboney, Ph.D., Associate Superintendent of Policy, External Affairs and Charter Schools, Georgia Department of Education
• Talley Wells, J.D., M.Ed., Executive Director, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
• Nicole Patten, L.C.S.W., Youth and Young Adult Services Coordinator, Aspire Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Panel II: Families First Legislation

Discussion:

• Michael Dailey, Senior Director, Systems Improvement, Casey Family Programs
• Tom Rawlings, J.D., M.A., Director, Division of Family and Children’s Services, Georgia Department of Human Services
• Melissa Carter, J.D., Executive Director, Barton Child Law and Policy Center, Emory

Panel III: Capacity Building for Providing Behavioral Health Services for Older Adults

Moderated by Eve Byrd, D.N.P., M.P.H., Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

Panelists:

• Wendy Eugene, Certified Peer Specialist
• Robyn Crittenden, J.D., Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Services
• Brian Bruggeman, M.A., CTRS, CIRS-A/D, Program Manager, Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging
• Cindy Levi, M.B.A., CEO, Avita Community Partners

Panel IV: Parity

Moderated by Stan Jones, J.D., Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley

Panelists:

• Ben Miller, Psy.D., Chief, Strategy Officer, Wellbeing Trust
• Megan Douglas, J.D., Assistant Professor, Community Health and Preventative Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Laura Colbert, M.P.H., M.C.H.E.S., Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future
• Chris Johnson, Director of Communications, Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network