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Monday, October 26th, 2026
Washington Mental Health Summit Agenda
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Check In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Opening
Roberta Romero, Jürgen Unützer, Elizabeth Perry, Makaela Elmore, Laura & Todd Crooks
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Initiative #4: Building Capacity for Therapeutic Communities in Washington for People Living with Serious Mental Illness
Becky Sladek, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Break & Visit the Exhibit Hall
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Initiative #2: Using a Collaborative Community Co-design Process to Develop an Asynchronous Evidence-Based Program for Caregivers of High-Risk Youth
Kyrill Gurtovenko, University of Washington & Deidra Myers, NAMI Eastside
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Initiative #1: A Community Care Approach to Healing the Harms of Incarceration: Expanding Access to Free, Trauma-Informed Mental Health Care for Justice-Impacted Individuals and Families
Jarrelle Marshall & Felicia Dixon, RECLAIM
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Initiative #3: Everybody Grows Older: Why Mental Health Professionals Need Foundational Competence in Elder Mental Health
Alison Craig, Elder Education Institute at Sound Generations & Karin Taifour, Aging Care Consultation
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Visit the Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Past Initiative Presentations
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BH Navigation - Priya McLennan, Project Lead, Child Psychologist, & Systems Builder
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Student Health Hub - Adam Davis​, Director of Community Partnerships, Health Commons Project
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Returning Veterans Project - Amy Almond-Schmid, Executive Director
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Initiative #6: Behavioral Health Student Assistance Program (BH-SAP): Expanding Prevention and Early Intervention Through Student Assistance Professionals
Eric Bruns, University of Washington School of Medicine & Professor at UConn School of Social Work, Erin Wick, Capital Region ESD 113, & Larissa Gaias, University of Washington SMART Center
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Afternoon Break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Community Leader Panel
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Washington Thriving Initiative - Raili Marks, Director of Strategic Implementation
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Maddy Cope, Health IT 988 Subject Matter Expert, Washington Health Care Authority
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ADAI AUD & MOUD Shared Decision Making - Amy Lee, Research Scientist, University of Washington
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WA Crisis Response Landscape and the Training and Coordination of All Frontline Responders - Jennifer Stuber, Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Initiative #5: Hospital-to-Home Systems Change - Addressing Caregiver Mental Health post-NICU Discharge
Sara Circelli & Tiffany Elliott, Northwest Center (NWC)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
Rebecca Bagley, President & CEO, The Kennedy Forum
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Call to Action and Closing Remarks
Laura Crooks
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