ProgrAm

2013 Honorees, national CounCil awards of exCellenCe
welCome BaCk awards:
Community serviCe
First Prize: Lois and Sam Bloom,
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Second Prize: Candice Crawford, President/
CEO, The Outlook Clinic, Mental Health Association
of Central Florida, Inc., Orlando, FL
welCome BaCk awards:
destigmatization
First Prize: Alison Malmon, Founder and
Executive Director, Active Minds,
Washington, DC
Second Prize: David Granirer, Stand up for
Mental Health, Vancouver, British Columbia
welCome BaCk awards:
lifetime aCHievement
First Prize: Major General (ARMY Ret.)
Mark Graham and Carol Graham,
Jeff & Kevin Graham Support Services,
Colorado Springs, CO
Second Prize: Michael Kuhl, President,
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Louisville, Louisville, KY
welCome BaCk awards: Primary Care
First Prize: Dr. Geogy Thomas, Medical
Director, Dayspring Family Health Center,
Jellico, TN
Second Prize: Teen Health Connection,
Charlotte, NC
welCome BaCk awards: PsyCHiatry
First Prize: Timothy Florence, MD, Medical
Director, Washtenaw Community Support
and Treatment Services, Ypsilanti, MI
Second Prize: Kelly Askins, MD, Behavioral
Health Medical Director, Volunteer State
Health Plan of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
reintegration awards: aCHievement
First Prize: Elliott Steele, Executive Director,
Vincent House, Pinnellas Park, FL
Second Prize: Carol Jean Garner, Director of
Nonclinical Services, Midwestern Colorado
Mental Health Center, Montrose, CO
reintegration awards: advoCaCy
First Prize: Dylan Henry, Morgan Henry,
Travis Henry, and Mari Antclif, Hope and
Advocacy, Helena, MT
Second Prize: Fred Frese, PhD, Hudson, OH
reintegration awards:
artistiC ContriBution
First Prize: Works of Heart Art Event and
Auction Family Service & Guidance Center,
Topeka, KS
Second Prize: Rebecca Atkins, Artistic
Director, Second Step Players, Norwich, CT
reintegration awards:
CliniCal mediCine
First Prize: Child and Adolescent Bipolar
Services (CABS), Western Psychiatric Institute
and Clinic of UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside,
Pittsburgh, PA
reintegration awards: eduCation
First Prize: Fountain House, New York, NY
Second Prize: ULifeline, The Jed Foundation,
New York, NY
reintegration awards: emPloyment
First Prize: Thresholds, Chicago, IL
Second Prize: 2Succeed, Mental Health
Center of Denver, Denver, CO,
reintegration awards: Housing
First Prize: Main Street Housing, Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
Second Prize: Jewish Board of Family and
Children’s Services, New York, NY
reintegration awards: mentorsHiP
First Prize: Bipolar Babe, Andrea Paquette,
Executive Director, Victoria, British Columbia
Second Prize: Greg Dicharry, MYLIFE,
Magellan Health Services, Phoenix, AZ
imPaCt awards: exCellenCe in
BeHavioral HealtHCare management
Winner: Grafton Integrated Health Network,
Winchester, VA
Program of Significance: Vinland National
Center, Loretto, MN
imPaCt awards: exCellenCe in HealtH
information teCHnology
Winner: Rhode Island Quality Institute,
Providence, RI; Rhode Island Council of
Community Mental Health Organizations
Program of Significance: Riverbend Community
Mental Health Center, Concord, NH
imPaCt awards: exCellenCe in serviCe
innovation
Winner: Burke Mental Health Emergency
Center, Lufkin, TX
Program of Significance: Summer Jam,
Southeast Mental Health Services, La Junta,
CO
mental HealtH first aid Community
imPaCt
Winner: Austin Travis County Integral Care,
Austin, TX
Program of Significance: Fairfax-Falls Church
CSB MHFA Initiative, Fairfax, VA
visionary leadersHiP
Joe Dziobek, President/CEO, Fellowship
Health Resources, Inc., Lincoln, RI
Jose Frietze, CEO, Families and Youth, Inc.,
Las Cruces, NM
Heather Gates, President and CEO,
Community Health Resources, Windsor, CT
David Johnson, CEO, Navos, Seattle, WA
George Kimes, Executive Director, Pennsylvania
Community Providers Association
Dan Ranieri, CEO and President, La Frontera,
Tucson, AZ
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