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Yolanda Lewis
Yolanda was most recently Senior Director, Safety and Justice with The Pew Charitable Trusts, where she oversaw Pew’s work to improve justice-related efficiencies at the state and local levels of government, including oversight for public…
Quianta Moore, MD, JD
Quianta Moore, MD, JD, is the Executive Director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health. Her work with the Center is focused on creating transformative change by leveraging the resources, skill, and policy expertise of…
John Snook, JD
John is a nationally recognized expert on the criminalization of those with behavioral health needs with nearly twenty years of mental health and substance use disorder policy experience at the local, state, and national levels….
Kacie Kelly
Kacie Kelly has 20 years of experience with leading innovation in mental health care and translating it into policy and practice. In her role, as Chief Innovation Officer at the Institute, she focuses on redesigning…
Julie Kaplow, PhD, ABPP
Julie Kaplow, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist, board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She serves as Executive Vice President of Trauma and Grief Programs and Policy at the Meadows Mental Health…
Becca Brune
Rebecca “Becca” Brune has a long history of philanthropic leadership and innovation in San Antonio and was instrumental in the founding of our Bexar County and South Texas work in the earliest days of MMHPI…
Melissa Rowan
Melissa Rowan brings a practical, real-world focus to the Meadows Institute’s work in health systems and with service providers. She takes the Institute’s policy and best practice strategies to our partners both at the state…
Michelle Harper
Michelle Harper, MPAff, is based in Austin and has over 20 years of experience in health and human services research, policy, and program operations. In her current role, Michelle oversees projects and initiatives aimed at…
Andy Keller, PhD
Andy Keller, PhD, is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Linda Perryman Evans Presidential Chair of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, a Texas-based nonprofit that provides nonpartisan policy and program research, development, and advice to state and local leaders towards…