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Participants,
in Alphabetical Order:
Dr. Thomas Bornemann
Former First Lady Rosalynn
Carter
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Dr. Benjamin Druss
Dr. Fred Goodwin
Aimee Mann
Dr. David Pollack
Ms. Rebecca Roberts
Dr. David Satcher
Mrs. Doris Smith
Dr. Quentin Ted Smith
Dr. Thomas Bornemann
Dr. Thomas Bornemann is the Director of the Mental Health Program
at the Carter Center.
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Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is co-founder with her husband,
President Jimmy Carter, of the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
She created and chairs the Center's Mental Health Task Force and
advocates promoting positive change in the mental health field.
Each year, she hosts the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health
Policy. As then-Honorary Chair of the President's Commission on
Mental Health, she was instrumental in the passage of the Mental
Health Systems Act of 1980. Mrs. Carter is also active in the areas
of childhood immunization, human rights, conflict resolution, the
empowerment of urban communities and issues affecting families and
caregivers.
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Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, a native of Ghana, is the author of Willow
Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression.
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Dr. Benjamin Druss
Dr. Benjamin Druss is a psychiatrist and the Rosalynn Carter Chair
in Mental Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public
Health. As such, he holds the first endowed chair in mental health
at a school of public health in the nation.
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Dr. Fred Goodwin
Dr. Fred Goodwin is the host of the national, weekly public radio
series The Infinite Mind, and the former director of the
National Institute of Mental Health.
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Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann is an Academy Award nominee and three-time Grammy nominated
singer-songwriter, whose work often addressed themes of addiction,
social misconnections, and psychology.
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Dr. David Pollack
Dr. David Pollack is the Medical Director for Mental Health Services
for the Oregon Department of Human Services and board member of
the American Association of Community Psychiatrists.
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Ms. Rebecca Roberts
Rebecca Roberts is a science reporter in San Francisco. For four
years, she was the technology reporter for "The World,"
a daily public radio program produced jointly by PRI, WGBH-FM, and
the BBC. She also hosted "Digital West,” a public television
program on KQED-TV in San Francisco and was the founding producer
of "Beyond Computers," a weekly public radio show covering
technology and society.
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Dr. David Satcher
As 16th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Satcher released
the first ever Surgeon General's report on mental health. He is
now the director of the National Center for Primary Care at the
Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Mrs. Doris Smith
Mrs. Doris Smith, herself a survivor of suicide, is the co-founder
of the National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide
and the immediate past president of the Suicide Prevention Action
Network.
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Dr. Quentin Ted Smith
Dr. Quentin Ted Smith is clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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