Get to Know Someone Living With a Mental Health Condition
David Chow
Director for Philanthropy, University of Washington Medicine
Living with bipolar disorder
Brandon Staglin
President, One Mind; Marketing Communications Director, Staglin Family Vineyard
Living with schizophrenia
Michael Towers
Addiction Counselor, Mental Health Coach, and Professional Speaker
Living with bipolar 1 disorder and ADD
Susan Fox
Semi-Retired Non-Profit Executive; Certified Recovery Specialist; Recovery Coach/Mentor
Living with alcohol addiction, panic disorder, and major depressive disorder
Thai Dunsdon
Program Coordinator for Palliative Care Services, Harborview Medical Center
Living with bipolar disorder
Geralyn Giorgio
Human Resources Director, Johnson & Johnson
Living in recovery from an eating disorder
Robert Boorstin
Consultant and Commentator; Former Director, Public Policy, Google; Former Official, The White House
Living with bipolar disorder
Elyn Saks
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California; Author
Living with schizophrenia
Barbara Ricci
Senior Advisor, Behavioral Health, University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy
Living with bipolar 2 disorder
Adrian Fletcher
Psychologist, Consultant, Writer, Speaker, and Entrepreneur in Arizona
Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Haley Lowe
Executive Director, WSU Behavioral Health Workforce Collaborative
Living with anxiety and substance use disorder
Kelly Rentzel
General Counsel and
Executive Vice President,
Texas Capital Bank
Living with bipolar 1 disorder
Sam Wineburg
Professor of Education and History at Stanford University; Author
Living with depression
Michael Herman
Partner and General Counsel, Gowling WLG LLP
Living with anxiety and depression
Sahar Vasquez
Elementary School Teacher
Living with anxiety, borderline personality disorder, depression, and OCD
Roberta Payne
Artist; Author; Teacher of Greek, Adjunct Latin Professor
Living with paranoid schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and alcoholism
Meadow Johnson
Independent Political Strategist, Meadow Johnson Consulting
Living with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and panic disorder
Topher Jerome
Informed Senior Project Manager, Evidence Based Practice Institute, LLC
Living with substance use disorder, depression, anxiety, and PTSD
Brad Feld
Managing Director and Co-founder, Foundry Group
Living with depression
Carol Kivler
President of Kivler Communications, Founder and President of Courageous Recovery
Living with major depressive disorder and anxiety
Nate Levin
Peer Support Specialist
Living with bipolar disorder
Marya Hornbacher
Bestselling Author, Houghton Mifflin Publishers
Living with bipolar disorder and addiction
Rachel Kohler
Religious Exploration Associate, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Living with bipolar 2 disorder
Robert Marin
Associate Director, Center for Public Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Living with ADHD, anxiety, and depression
Kristen Lee
Lead Faculty Behavioral Science, Clinician, Northeastern University; Author; Speaker and Activist
Living with anxiety and depression
Katherine Ponte
Founder, ForLikeMinds;
Faculty Member, Department
of Psychiatry, Yale University;
BipolarThriving and Psych Ward Greeting Cards
Living with bipolar 1 disorder with psychosis
Cameron G. Stout
CEO and Founder, Stout Heart, Inc.; Principal of Stout Mediation Services; Counsel, Thurman Legal
Living with major depressive disorder and anxiety
Angela Rodriguez
Executive Director, SC Spinal Cord Injury Association
Living with bipolar 1 disorder
Jason Insalaco
Hillside Dept of Public Works Employee; Creative Director, Instinctive Bird
Living with bipolar disorder and addiction
Francie Likis
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
Living with bipolar disorder
Scott Stossel
Editor, The Atlantic magazine; Author
Living with anxiety disorder
Avra Fainer
High Performance and Leadership Coach; HR Program Manager, Bank of Montreal Living with ADHD and bipolar 2 disorder
Emily Grossman
Organizational Development Specialist, Martha K. Selig Educational Institute, The Jewish Board, New York City
Living with bipolar 2 disorder
Donna Hardaker
Life Coach, Management Consultant, Writer
Living with complex trauma and associated episodic depression, anxiety, and addiction
Jennie Shortridge
Novelist; Speaker; Teacher; Co-Founder of Seattle7Writers
Living with anxiety disorder and depression
Andrew Dubowec
Strategy Lead, League
Living with depression
Patricia Mullen
Clinical Supervisor, Chesterfield Mental Health; Psychotherapist, Private Practice
Living with PTSD and panic attacks
Nancy Dow
Peer Specialist, Peer Bridger Program, Harborview Medical Center
Living with bipolar disorder
Audrey Fang
Sr. Analytic Solutions and Insights Consultant
Living with bipolar 2 disorder and anxiety
Gayathri Ramprasad
Founder and President, ASHA International; Author
Living with depression, anxiety, and panic disorder
Michelle Tenzyk
CEO and Founder, East Tenth Group
Living with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation/survivor
Clare Miller
Global Mental Health Benefits Manager, Meta
Living with depression
John Graham
Senior Professional Services Consultant, Flexera
Living with anxiety and PTSD
Carlos Larrauri
Lecturer at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies; Secretary for NAMI
Living with schizophrenia
Nora Super
CEO, NS Ideas, LLC; Senior Fellow, Long-Term Quality Alliance
Living with depression and anxiety
Steve Murphy
Semi-Retired Independent Management Consultant; In Our Own Voice presenter
Living with bipolar disorder
Karen Polanchek
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner; Hairstylist
Living in recovery from substance use, sugar addiction, depression, and CPTSD
Bartholemew (Bart) Hugh Campbell
Mental Health Educator
Living with depression, anxiety, and panic attacks
Toni Bator
Director, Viability, Inc. and Founder, Infuse Leadership
Living with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorder
Jess Fritz
Behavioral Health Clinician
Living with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, CPTSD, and in recovery for substance use
Joanna Grace Farmer
Founder and Director, Building Community Capacity, LLC
Living with bipolar disorder with psychosis
Zachary Murguía Burton
Co-Founder of The Manic Monologues; Mental Health Board Member; Geologist
Living with bipolar disorder and psychosis
Matthew Jackman
CEO, The Australian Centre for Lived Experience; Ministerial Complaints Officer, National Disability Insurance Scheme
Living with bipolar affective disorder and CPTSD
CEO and Founder, Zimbabwe OCD Trust
Living with OCD
Nicholas Jemetta
Digital Product Leader and Fancy Dress Campaigner
Living with anxiety and depression
Edwin Mburu
Accountant
Living with ADHD, substance use disorder, depression and anxiety
Susan Johnson
Instructional Teacher Assistant, Author, and Inspirational Speaker
Living with bipolar 1 disorder
William (Bill) Kaghan
Retired Professor and Innovation Ergonographer
Living with bipolar 2 disorder and anxiety
Hannah Hardy-Jones
CEO & Founder of The Kite Program
Living with bipolar 1 disorder (triggered by childbirth)
Zane Landin
Internal Communications Specialist, National Geographic Society
Living with anger and depression
Shannon Flanagan
VP of Global Industry Strategy: Retail & Consumer Goods, Talkdesk
Living with bipolar 2 and ADHD
Kim Brady
President of Kim Brady Business Coaching, Professional Speaker, Business & Athlete Transition Coach, Entrepreneur, Mental Fitness Specialist
Living with depression and CPTSD
Jake Bradshaw
Manager, Population Health at Greenspace Mental Health
Living with depression and anxiety
Diane O’Connell
Founder & President, Sorting it Out, Inc.
Living with generalized anxiety disorder and depression