Steward Group

The NNED Steward Group was formed to guide the early development of the NNED and to implement the NNED Blueprint .  The Steward Group is critical to ensuring that the NNED remains aligned with its mission and its guiding principles.  This group will establish benchmarks for the ongoing development of the NNED and will work closely with the NFC to continue to clarify the operations, structure, and sustainability of the NNED.  The Steward group is representative of the types of entities within the NNED and includes the voices of families, consumers, youth and people in recover

Featured Member

Mona Amer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Program for Recovery and Community Health Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT


Dolores BigFoot, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research
Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Oklahoma City, OK

Karen Blase, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Co-Director
National Implementation Resource Network
Tampa, FL

Majose Carrasco, M.P.A.

Director
NAMI Multicultural Action Center
Arlington, VA

Nancy Carter

President
NAMI Urban Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Miriam Delphin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Holly Echo-Hawk, Ph.D.

Founder
Echo-Hawk and Associates
Vancouver, WA

Rosa Gil, DSW

President and CEO
Comunilife,
New York, NY

Terry Gock, Ph.D., M.P.A.

Director
Asian Pacific Family Center
Rosemead, CA

Mario Hernandez, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
Louis de la Parte FL Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Darryl Inaba, PharmD, CADC III

Director of Research and Education
CNS Productions, Inc.
Medford, OR

 

Davis Ja, Ph.D.

Board Member
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
San Francisco, CA

Jeff King, Ph.D.

Board President
First Nations Behavioral Health
Bellingham, WA

Ford Kuramoto, M.S.W.

Principal
Magna Systems
Los Angeles, CA 

National Director (Former)
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse

Ken Martinez, Psy.D.

Mental Health Resource Specialist
Technical Assistance Partnership
Corrales, NM

David Mineta

Associate Director
Asian American Recovery Services
Daly City, CA

Cynthia Newbille

Acting Director
East District Family Resource Center
Richmound, VA

Britt Rios-Ellis, Ph.D.

Director
National Council of La Raza
Long Beach, CA

Jimi Smith

NAMI Tennessee

Sandra Spencer

Executive Director
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Rockville, MD

Can Truong

Founder
Can Consulting
Daytona, OH

Edward Wang, Psy.D.

Director
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Richard Zaldivar

President & Founder
The Wall Las Memorias Project
Los Angeles, CA