Statewide Quarterly Behavioral Health Meetings
Overview
The Department will host quarterly meetings with behavioral health stakeholders and trusted partners to develop a behavioral health system of care that fosters integration of services across current systems and increases preventative strategies to improve the lives of families in Florida. The meetings are a focused effort to strategize action-oriented plans that will drive Florida’s behavioral health system of care towards future goals of capacity building, , interagency and stakeholder collaboration across the system, and integration of supports and services for Florida’s children and families.
Principal Members
The principal members are a diverse workgroup of individuals including state agency heads or their designees, key behavioral health organizations, and mental health and substance abuse professionals.
Shevaun Harris
Secretary
Florida Department of Children and Families
Michelle Branham
Secretary
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Dr. Eric Hall
Secretary
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Erica Floyd Thomas
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Assistant Secretary
Florida Department of Children and Families
Tom Wallace
Deputy Secretary of Medicaid/Florida State Medicaid Director
Agency for Health Care Administration
Jacob Oliva
Senior Chancellor
Florida Department of Education
Dr. Joseph Ladapo
Surgeon General
Department of Health
Barbara Palmer
Director
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Ryan West
Chief Executive Officer
Florida Healthy Kids Corporation
Sylvia Quintana
Chief Executive Officer
Broward Behavioral Health Coalition
Dr. Christine Cauffield
Chief Executive Officer
LSF Health Systems
Audrey Brown
Chief Executive Officer and President
Florida Association of Health Plans
Melanie Brown-Woofter
Chief Executive Officer
Florida Behavioral Health Association
Hector Feliciano
Vice President, Government Contracts
Molina Healthcare
Allison Hill
Chief Executive Officer and President
Lakeview Center Baptist Health Care
Mario Jardan
Chief Executive Officer and President
Citrus Health Network, Inc.
Tracey Kaly
Director of Clinical Operations
Baycare
Kurt Kelly
Chief Executive Officer and President
Florida Coalition for Children
Natalie Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
Florida Association of Managing Entities
Jay Reeve
Chief Executive Officer and President
Apalachee Center