By statute, ICMHP is comprised of each child-serving state agency, 25 experts representing a broad range of experiences, such as community mental health, children and family advocates, early childhood, education, health, substance abuse, violence prevention, and juvenile justice. Appointed Partnership members come together on a quarterly basis to review and move our work forward – See Upcoming Meetings. Appointed members also make up the Executive Committee, which provides leadership and oversight of Partnership operations and committees.
Partnership Members
Our appointed members collaborate with the public to design and drive the work that we do.
*=Members of the Executive Committee
Governor’s Office Liasion
Sol Flores, Deputy Governor of Health & Human Services
Legislators
Illinois House of Representatives
Representative William Davis (D-30)
Representative David A. Welter (R-75)
Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-118)
Illinois Senate
Senator Donald DeWitte (R-33)
Senator Dave Syverson (R-35)
Senator Karina Villa (D-25)
Senator Ram Villivalam (D-8)
State Agency Representatives
*Department of Children and Family Services
Kimberly Mann
*Department of Human Services
Lisa Betz
*Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Kristine Herman
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
– Reshma Desai
*Department of Juvenile Justice
Jennifer Jaworski
*Department of Public Health
Shannon Lightner
– Kenya McRae, Designee
– Kelly Vrablic, Designee
Office of the Attorney General
– Wendy Cohen
*State Board of Education
– Jeff Aranowski
Cara Wiley, Designee
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEES
Interim Chair
*Pending*
Experts
Heather Alderman, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
Christina Bruhn, Aurora University School of Social Work
*Colleen Cicchetti, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Betsy Clarke, Juvenile Justice Initiative
*Ray Connor, Mental Health America of Illinois
Regina Crider, Youth and Family Alliance
Andrea Durbin, Illinois Collaboration on Youth
*Karen Freel, Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health
*Carol Gall, Sarah’s Inn
*Gaylord Gieseke, Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition
Gene Griffin, ICMHP Past Chair
Debbie Humphrey, Association of Community Mental Health Authorities of Illinois
Alexa James, NAMI Chicago
- -Jen McGowan-Tomke, Designee
Ginger Meyer, SIU School of Medicine
Jennie Pinkwater, Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Carla Marquez Ripley, Your Story Counseling
Joel Rubin, National Association of Social Workers, Illinois Chapter
Mary Satchwell, Illinois School Psychologists Association
Nneka Jones Tapia, Chicago Beyond
Marlita White, Chicago Department of Public Health
*Paula Wolff, Illinois Justice Project