Hudson Harris is dedicated to solving complex social challenges, particularly in mental health and community support. As a strategic systems builder, he innovates solutions that adhere to human-centered design principles, ensuring systems are tailored to community needs and widely accessible. Harris specializes in innovation and cross-sector collaboration with governments, schools, healthcare, and social service agencies to build better systems of care that integrate behavioral health and technology.

Since joining Deloitte in 2022, Harris has made a significant impact. His extensive experience in advising, designing, and innovating large-scale continuums of care, population health initiatives, and social service integrations has been instrumental in his role. At Deloitte, he leads efforts in redesigning behavioral health systems at both state and local levels, formulating sustainable strategies for homelessness, and pioneering new treatment and funding methods for behavioral health to increase accessibility and availability.

Before joining Deloitte, Harris served as a population health strategist in behavioral health services for San Diego County, where he was instrumental in leveraging human-centered design to enhance population health management. A licensed attorney in California, he holds an MBA in marketing and an MA in international business. Currently serving as the chair of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) board, Harris is furthering his impact on mental health with a focus on inclusivity and accessibility while also playing a crucial role on the board of directors for Six Feet Over.

Dr. Gloria Workman is a board-certified clinical psychologist with a background in prevention, resilience, and health promotion. She is currently in an executive role within a federal agency and leads their Employee Resilience Unit. Dr. Workman’s career has been split between work as a clinical and research psychologist and in administration in government agencies and in the private sector. Her work history includes duties as a clinical psychologist, as a trauma expert, as a clinic director, as a university professor, as a writer, teaching, researcher, program evaluator and as an administrator over programs supporting members of the Armed Forces, DHS Headquarters, Veterans, and diverse patient populations in hospital settings.

Dr. Workman holds an undergraduate degree from Loyola University and a doctoral degree from DePaul University of Chicago. She serves as a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology participating as an expert panelist on board examinations. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and contributes to the community by providing educational presentations on resilience and mental well-being.

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As Chief Clinical Officer at Behavioral Health Response, Dr. Bart Andrews leads the training, leadership, and evaluation of clinical care services throughout the organization including phone, internet, and face-to-face crisis intervention. With over 25 years of experience leading BHR, he has driven continuous improvement of clinical outcomes, services, and data collection while ensuring the productivity and quality of our business centers.

Dr. Andrews’ goal is to prevent suicide and improve care for those fighting illnesses like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders. With an emphasis on evidence-supported practice in intervention and supervision, he believes we can change the culture and language around mental health resources to be more positive, strong, and empowering.

Reverend Angela M. Tate, LPC, currently serves as Associate Pastor of West Side Missionary Baptist Church, where she was also licensed and ordained. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Maryville University and Master of Education in Counseling from University of Missouri-St Louis. Angela is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the State of Missouri and has over 20-years of experience in non-profit leadership with an emphasis in behavioral health.

In addition to being a counselor, preacher and teacher, Angela is a sought-after conference speaker and workshop facilitator often speaking about topics such as Self-Care, Leadership, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health and the Church. Believing that faith and therapy can go hand in hand, she can often be heard saying that sometimes the answer to our prayers is a really good therapist.

Angela maintains a successful counseling practice and has also served as an adjunct faculty member of Harris Stowe State University teaching courses such as the Psychology of Prejudice and Psychology of African Americans. She is happily married to her loving husband of over 25 years. They are the proud parents of two young adult daughters and the even prouder grandparents of a granddaughter.

Dr. Goldstein Grumet is Vice President for Suicide Prevention Strategy and Director of the Zero Suicide Institute at the Education Development Center (EDC) and serves as Senior Health Care Advisor for the federally-funded Suicide Prevention Resource Center. She has provided strategic guidance for the establishment and evolution of the Zero Suicide framework since its launch in 2012, and leads the development of the resources that enable the effective implementation and dissemination of this framework throughout health care systems nationally and internationally. Dr. Goldstein Grumet integrates comprehensive suicide prevention approaches across sectors, settings, and ages and delivers solutions that address shared risk factors to improve long-term mental health and well-being for individuals. Dr. Goldstein Grumet has expertise in behavioral health transformation, state and local community suicide prevention, quality improvement, school mental health, and the use of evidence-based practices for suicide care. Dr. Goldstein Grumet has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University.

Reducing the impact of trauma on individuals’ well-being has been the mission of Dr. Mehnert Baker’s career. A social worker by calling, Jenna began holding direct practice roles in domestic violence and rape crisis response while in college. After earning her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania, Jenna investigated child sexual abuse in a specialized unit. That experience birthed her desire to build systems that mitigated the life impact of ACEs. Jenna would go on to hold four politically appointed policy roles at the City and State level including as the Policy Director for Pennsylvania’s mental health authority. Additionally, she has served as the CEO of three mental health advocacy non-profits. Guided by the belief that those for whom a service is intended to serve should always have a voice in system design, Jenna prides herself on “listening to anyone, anywhere.”

In addition to holding an MSW, Jenna holds a doctorate in public administration. She is also a Certified Professional by the Society of Human Resource Managers, a certified psychological safety practitioner, and a Results-Based Accountability Fellow. Jenna teaches graduate social work courses at Kutztown University. Additionally, she serves as the Public Policy Chair of CIT International’s Board of Directors.