2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Mental Hygiene
February 5, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Dr. Ann Marie T. Sullivan, M.D.     (Testimony Pending)
Commissioner
New York State Office of Mental Health

Dr. Chinazo Cunningham     (Testimony Pending)
Commissioner
New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support

Willow Baer     (Testimony Pending)
Acting Commissioner
New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities

Maria Lisi-Murray     (Testimony Pending)
Executive Director
New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs

Courtney David
Executive Director
NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors

Glenn Liebman
CEO
Mental Health Association in NYS - MHANYS

Nathan McLaughlin
Executive Director
National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYS

Joseph Tobia
Parent
Retired, Mental Health Advocate

Kayleigh Zaloga
President & CEO
NYS Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health

Ronald E. Richter
CEO
JCCA

Paige Pierce
CEO
Families Together in New York State

Donald Nesbit
Executive Vice President
Local 372 - NYC Board of Education Employees

Jim Karpe
Parent
Coalition for Self Direction

Eric Geizer
CEO
The Arc New York

Shameka Andrews
Community Outreach Coordinator
Self-Advocacy of NYS

Ruth Lowenkron, Esq.
Director, Disability Justice Program
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Harvey Rosenthal
CEO
Alliance for Rights and Recovery

Doug Cooper
Acting Executive Director
Association for Community Living

Tom Culkin
Member and Advocate
Treatment Not Jail Coalition

Mike Alvaro
President
New York Disability Advocates

Michael Seereiter
President/ CEO
NY Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation

Dr. Angelia Smith-Wilson
Executive Director
Friends of Recovery - New York

Jihoon Kim
President & CEO
InUnity Alliance

Nicole Porter Davis
LCAT
Licensed Creative Arts Therapy Advocacy Coalition

Written Testimony
William T. Gettman, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Northern Rivers Family of Services