NAMI Staff
Executive Director – Nathaniel Ekman
Executive Director Emeritus – Nancy Carstedt
Christine Somervill, PhD – Program Director
Sue Ockerlund – Development Director
Brian Rootberg – Peer Program Coordinator
Kip Russell – Social Media Director
Zecharia Gilbert – Digital Marketing Director
Moira Melendez – Administrator and Resource Specialist
Rena Thompson – Director of Finance & Administrator
Anne Kroemer – Grant Writer
Officers & Board of Directors
President – Richard DeCleene
Vice President – Steven Warshauer
Executive Director – Nathaniel Ekman
Recording Secretary – Sandra Shovers
Treasurer – Chic Marasa
Immediate Past President – Patricia Rodbro
Frieda Ankin
Chris Dee
Maun Dee
Ann George
Judy Graff
Samantha Handley – Trilogy CEO
Candice Hughes
Bonnie Lane
Tina Nelson
Julie Savastio
Carolina Velazquez
NAMI SUSTAINERS BOARD
James Brodnicki
Steve Colton
Joan DeCleene
Jennifer Hull
Jennifer Bishop Jenkins
Brenda Jordan
Jim Jorgensen
Seemin Khan, MD
Susan Kuhn
Sally Mann
Angelo Milazzo
Vi Orr
Stanley Rothbardt
Gregg Sackrider
Frank Saracco
Jacqleen Scafide
John Schladweiler
NAMI ADVISORY BOARD
Steve Best, MD
Dan Greenberger
Fred Miller, M.D.
Micki Moran, J.D.
Ray Savastio, R.Ph.
Susan Shimon
Robert Shulman, M.D.
NAMI ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS
Our Associate Board is an emerging group of young leaders in the community who support the mission of NAMI CCNS to raise awareness, provide education, advocacy, and support groups for all in our communities living with mental illness and the people who love and care for them.
We are erasing the stigma of mental illness together through volunteer opportunities, fundraising events, outreach, and social events. We invite you to join with us! Join us to plan what our future can and will look like!
Please email us at matt.defano@gmail.com, kippatrickrussell@gmail.com, or sue.ockerlund@namiccns.org for more information and become part of the movement.
Associate Board
Matt DeFano
Jon Galanis
Steven Galanis
Melissa Gustafson
Josh Kaplan
Christina Rinozzi
Kip Russell
CJ Walton