Our Staff

Adam Goss

Project Manager

Adam comes to Mental Health Colorado with a degree in Business Administration. ...

Amy Shaw

Partnerships & Development Manager

Amy Shaw joined Mental Health Colorado in 2022 after many years of experience ...

Bridget Anshus

Senior Policy Advocate

Bridget joins Mental Health Colorado after nearly five years as a senior ...

David McLaughlin

Vice President, Operations

David McLaughlin joined Mental Health Colorado in 2019 after many years ...

Emma Troughton

Communications Manager

Emma joined Mental Health Colorado in 2021, after graduating from the Univers...

Erica Montgomery

Executive Assistant

Erica Montgomery joined Mental Health Colorado in 2018, bringing 10 years of ...

Lauren Snyder

Vice President, Government Affairs

Lauren Snyder serves as the Vice President for Government Affairs for Mental ...

Lindsey Wyatt

Policy Intern

Lindsey is currently a second-year graduate student pursuing her Masters in ...

Melanie E. Morris MS LPC LAC

SAFER Clinician

Melanie E. Morris is a Master's graduate of Grand Canyon University. She ...

Sam Lucas

Intern

Sam comes to Mental Health Colorado from a journalism background. They earned ...

Vincent Atchity

President & CEO

Vincent Atchity joined Mental Health Colorado in 2019. Vincent previously ...

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Board of Advisors

Tom Barrett

Stephen Berman, MD

Louise Boris

Mary Beth Buescher, Esq.

Don Cook

Patty Cook

Maureen Doran, RN, MSN

Thomas Flanagan, Jr.

Dyana Z. Furmansky

Stuart Kassan, MD

William Kent, PhD

Kenneth Krause, MD

Robyn Loup

Nan Morehead

Sandra Rhodes, PsyD

Margaret Roath, LCSW

William Saslow

Richard Saunders

Evan Silverman

Brett Spurr, CFP

Hon. Jane Tidball

Pegi Touff, PhD

Marty Waters, LCSW

Annie V. Wohlgenant

Members Emeriti

Gwendolyn Brewer

Robert Freedman, MD

Margaret Garbe

David Henninger

Jeanne Rohner

Cynthia Truitt, PhD

Terry Ann Biddinger (in memoriam)

Jerry Dunn, Esq. (in memoriam)

Frank Guerra, MD (in memoriam)

Jack Hyatt (in memoriam)

Herb Merrill II, EdD (in memoriam)

James Taucher, CPA (in memoriam)

Board of Directors

Venita Currie

Founder & CEO, Currie Consulting Group
Denver

Raul De Villegas-Decker

Secretary
Founder, Principal Consultant, RDV Executive Consulting Group, LLC
Grand Junction

Sally Gomez

Former Board President, North Range Behavioral Health
Former Lieutenant, Weld County Sheriff's Office
Greeley

Aaron Hyatt

Chair Emeritus
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
Denver

Cindy Meyer, MSSW

Chief Operating Officer, Behavioral Health Services, HealthONE
Regional Vice President, Behavioral Health HCA/Capital Division
Group Chief Executive Officer, Psychiatric Solutions Incorporated Streamwood, IL
Aurora

Ben Miller, PsyD

Chief Strategy Officer, Well Being Trust
Former Director, Farley Health Policy Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Amy Mitchell

Community Leader
Denver

Doug Muir, LCSW, CAC III

Behavioral Health Initiatives Director, Centura Health
Lakewood

Shannon Van Deman, MBA

Interim Chair & Treasurer
CEO, Aspen Ridge Recovery
Former Vice President, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado
Denver