NDBH Board

Jan Kasofsky, PhD

NDBH Board President, Sr. Vice President of Behavioral Health and Human Services, Access Health Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana

Kelly Breland

NDBH Board Co-Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, Mississippi Department of Mental Health

Mary E. Smith, Ph.D.

NDBH Board Member , Consultant

Deborah Westvold, LISW

NDBH Board Member - Iowa, Consultant

Jacqueline A. Fleming, LCSW

NDBH Board Co-Treasurer, Consultant

Vijay Ganju, Ph.D

NDBH Board Member, Consultant, Behavioral Health Knowledge Management

vkganju@gmail.com Texas

Brian M. Hepburn, M.D.

NDBH Board Member , NASMHPD Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Debra Kupfer, MHS

NDBH Board Member , Consultant, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Behavioral Health Program

Melanie Norwood, MS, LPC

NDBH Board Member , Psychologist I, Mississippi State Hospital

Meighan B. Haupt

NDBH Board Member , NASMHPD Chief of Staff, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Stephen W. Phillippi, Jr. PhD, LCSW, CCFC

NDBH Board Member , Program Chair - Behavioral & Community Health Sciences (BCHS), Director - Institute for Public Health & Justice

Jonah Cunningham

NDBH Board Member, CEO, Executive Director, NACBHDD. NARMH

Jonah C. Cunningham currently serves as President and CEO of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD). In this capacity he also serves as Executive Director of the National Association for Rural Mental Health. Jonah has received numerous awards and recognition for his commitment to the field of behavioral health and those served by the nation’s behavioral health system. Jonah has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Utah and a Master of Public Policy from The George Washington University. In his free time, he enjoys learning how to cook and is an avid Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.