NDBH Board

Jan Kasofsky, PhD

NDBH Board Member , Executive Director, Capital Area Human Services District (CAHSD)

Mary E. Smith, Ph.D.

NDBH Board Member , Consultant

Deborah Westvold, LISW

NDBH Board Member , Program Manager, Center for Disabilities and Development DHS Targeted Case Management

Jacqueline A. Fleming, LCSW

NDBH Board Co-Treasurer, Social Services Director, Mississippi State Hospital

James Dunaway

NDBH Board Co-Treasurer

Vijay Ganju, Ph.D

NDBH Board President, Behavioral Health Knowledge Management

vkganju@gmail.com Texas

Brian M. Hepburn, M.D.

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

Hilary R. Hamlin, MPA, MSSW

NDBH Board Member , Senior Consultant, HealthCare Perspective, LLC

Debra Kupfer, MHS

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

Melanie Norwood, MS, LPC

NDBH Board Member , Behavioral Health Clinician I, Mississippi State Hospital

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.