NAMICon 2025 Speaker List

Full NameCompanySpeaking At
Camellia MortezazadehCivilian AgencyNothing For Us, Without Us: How California Youth Shaped the Award-Winning Never a Bother Campaign
Chioma ObiNAMI NationalCreating and Maintaining a Functional Board
Joaquin OteroObtain Wellness NowConnecting and Creating a Sustainable NAMI on Campus Through Engaging Youth & Diverse Communities
Stephanie PasternakNAMIReimagining Crisis Response with 988
Jessyca PerezMiami Dade CollegeConnecting and Creating a Sustainable NAMI on Campus Through Engaging Youth & Diverse Communities
Darcy PickensCalifornia Department of Public HealthNothing For Us, Without Us: How California Youth Shaped the Award-Winning Never a Bother Campaign
Luz PintoNAMI San Diego and Imperial CountiesIntegrating Peer Specialists Into Your Organization
Jessica PollardNational Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)Scaling Coordinated Specialty Care for First-episode Psychosis
Leah PopeNew York State Psychiatric InstituteCreative Campaign to Challenge the Status Quo of Criminalizing Mental Illness
Health Care Not Handcuffs: Building A New Skilled Workforce for Behavioral Health Crisis Response
Alli PustelnikNAMI MissouriThe Power of Partnerships with National Mental Health Corps & NAMI
Joel RichardNAMI Keystone PennsylvaniaDotting the I's and Crossing the T's: Program Directors guides for successful program management
Dotting the I's and Crossing the T's: Program Directors guides for successful program management
Building Bridges: Strengthening Affiliate and State Relations within the Alliance
Stephanie RobertsonNAMI NationalStrengthening Community Partnerships to Advance Mental Health Equity
Crisis Can't Wait: Mental Health Care Navigation and Crisis Mitigation for Graduate and Professional Students of Color
Mariela Ruiz-AngelCenter for Innovations in Community Safety Georgetown LawHealth Care Not Handcuffs: Building A New Skilled Workforce for Behavioral Health Crisis Response
Michael SandS2 Consulting LLCAdvancing Schizophrenia Research: Integrating Lived Experience and Scientific Progress in the AMP SCZ Initiative
Shebani SethiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford UniversityMetabolic Psychiatry: Tools and Resources for Patients
Kelly SiegerState of CAPromoting Mental Health Equity in Reentry: Supporting Successful Transitions
Isabel SierraNAMI Mt. San JacintoBuilding Partnerships between Parishes and NAMI to Reduce Hispanic Mental Health Disparities
Ann Marie SmithNAMI GlendaleImplementing the Sharing Hope Series: Building Trust in Minoritized Communities with NAMI Affiliates
Jennifer SnowNAMI NationalWhat's Happening in DC? A Government Relations Update
Joan SteinbergMorgan Stanley Foundation and The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Advisory BoardEmpowering Schools to Champion Student Wellbeing