The first Tuesday of each month from 4-6 pm Arizona time, except for holiday weekends, ACMI will have a featured guest to discuss a relevant Behavioral Health topic; after the speaker, we will discuss current issues with the Behavioral Health System attendees. This month, hear about how about. the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance by CEO Gordon Lavigne and Linda Mimms.
Gordon joined Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance as CEO in November 2020. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Operations since September 2018. Before joining the organization, Gordon held executive management positions with leading nonprofits, including the Alzheimer’s Association, the ALS Association, and the Autism Society of America, coordinating and executing strategies to accelerate organizational growth.
Gordon earned a B.S. in Psychology from Lewis & Clark College and a Master of Education degree from the University of Vermont.
Linda Mimms has been an advocate for reform in public policy, law, insurance, and treatment protocols for people living with serious neurobiological brain disorders for over 12 years. She began her career as a lobbyist on Capitol Hill for Xerox Corporation, moved on to working for the U.S. State Department in Boston, and then as U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon’s Government Affairs/Legislative Analyst Assistant in Chicago and Washington, D.C. As the creator and manager of the Public Relations and Employee Communications Department for Quill Corporation, Linda authored and edited seven informational books and manuals on business productivity, with over 100 articles and business tips published nationally in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and catalogs. She has been a featured speaker at several national meetings, including the Capitol Hill Briefing on “People With Schizophrenia Face Severe Treatment Barriers: Regulatory, Policy Solutions Urgently Needed To Address Inequity,” May 2023, the Public Policy Panel at the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance 2020 symposium, The Hill 2021 national event “The New Role of Telehealth” and Center Forward’s 2022 Capitol Hill Healthcare Summit. Linda’s podcasts, commentaries, and editorials addressing the current lack of the continuum of care and criminalization of those with serious brain disorders, one of the greatest injustices of our time, have been published nationally, statewide, and locally.
Linda earned an M.A. in Public Policy from Duke University and a B.A. in Anthropology from Lawrence University. She is Vice Chair of the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance, a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the California Coalition for CARE/Grave Disability Workgroup, and the National Shattering Silence Coalition (NSSC). She serves on Lawrence University’s President’s Advisory Council. In 2020, she established the Lawrence Fund for Serious Mental Illness Advocacy Internships to allow students to learn about serious brain diseases, their criminalization, and how to build solutions for better access to medical treatment with supportive care and housing.
Topic: ACMI Stakeholder’s Meeting
Time: January 9th, 2024, Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance by CEO Gordon Lavigne and Linda Mimms.
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