9 results for group: advisory-committee
Sam Moore
Sam is the Founder & CEO of the Denver based beverage brand, Hazlo. Creating the business was his avenue to address his mental health challenges and he's determined to help others do the same.
Megan Cliff
Megan (she/her) graduated in 2023 with her MSW from the University of Denver and currently serves as Program Coordinator for Envision:You, a nonprofit committed to improving behavioral health outcomes and well-being for LGBTQ+ individuals. Megan is also seeking her clinical social work license to deepen her direct, therapeutic care skills. As a social worker and a queer person in recovery, Megan is personally and professionally committed to advocating for equitable access to inclusive behavioral health care. Understanding that policy plays a crucial part in this, she is looking to deepen her familiarity with Colorado's current landscape and excited to ...
Sharon Tuttle
Sharon has focused her 15+ years as a teacher, counselor, & mental health advocate working with students, teachers, families, school districts and communities to support them through some of life’s most difficult challenges. She works to inspire change in how we teach, reach, and love all of our kids, their families and communities through speaking at conferences and engagements, as well as working within local communities.
Jeanne Souldern
Jeanne is a freelance reporter who lives on the Western Slope. She has written about mental health and addiction issues with regard to public policy and the impacts it has on those affected.
Aditi Joshi
As a social entrepreneur, engineer, and MBA graduate, Aditi is a multifaceted advocate with a profound commitment to social impact. She is the founder of Speaking Grey, a non-profit to catalyse action and conversation around mental health. After her lived experience with Depression, she has been committed to breaking the stigma around mental health struggles and has created resources and hope for over 300+ young adults in India, the US, and Nigeria. Since her time in the US as an international student, she has been at the forefront of building a community-driven safe space for international and underrepresented students in the US. Her exemplary ...
Erin Harrop
Erin is a social worker and Assistant Professor at the University of Denver. Their research focuses on how to increase accessibility of eating disorder treatment and how to promote weight-inclusive health and mental healthcare. They utilize lived-experience, qualitative methods in their research, and draw from their own clinical and mental health experiences as well.
Tyler Fisher
Tyler Fisher is the Sr. Director of Policy and Partnerships at Unite America, a Denver-based nonpartisan organization committed to establishing a more representative and functional government by investing in electoral reforms and supporting pragmatic candidates from both parties. In his role, Tyler oversees the organization’s research, philanthropic approach, and reform movement building efforts. Tyler’s current work in politics builds off past experience working for reform organizations as well as engaging across the political aisle. He has spent time recruiting millennials to run for Congress, building a bipartisan policy organization on college ...
Wendy Sachs
Wendy is in long term recovery from both substance use and mental health issues, and is a CCAR and CHOICES trained Peer Support Specialist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and her Colorado Peer and Family Specialist credential. She is a Community Reinforcement and Family Training Facilitator as well as a Smart Recovery and Friends and Family Facilitator. In addition Wendy sits on the COPA CPFS committee, City of Denver Peer Workforce Advisory Committee and, and the Recovery Workgroup of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse. Wendy has worked in a trailblazing program for Denver Couty Courts for the past 2 years as a Forensic Peer ...
Holly Sisa
My name is Holly Sisa, age 31. I'm the mother of two tots, Sereniti and Sincere. I lost my 1st born in July 2008, survivor of domestic violence and my mission currently is to seek justice for the missing/cold case victims. I'm going back to school to become a detective and will be starting my non-profit Justice Awakened in July in honor of my daughter Jah'Mya who passed. My podcast Morning Mimosas values criminal justice, healing and educating the black and minority communities. I chose this path due to personal experience and the need to change the community. I'm NAACP nominated as well and my works are being seen all over the world. I will change ...
