National Board of Directors
2008-2009

The 16 members of NAMI's National Board of Directors are elected by NAMI members to provide strategic guidance in the fulfillment of NAMI's mission to eradicate mental illnesses and improve the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.  NAMI National Board Members have broad responsibility to govern the organization. Together and with input from all members, they make policy to govern NAMI, determine NAMI's official position on matters of public policy, set the budget and priorities of the national office, and develop strategic plans to guide organizational development.

Anand Pandya, M.D., President
Director of Ambulatory and Community Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Anand Pandya is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.  Anand has served on the board of NAMI New York City Metro and NAMI New York State. He has been an officer of NAMI New York City for more than 5 years and was elected to the national NAMI Board in 2003.
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Stephen Feinstein, Ph.D., First Vice President
Stephen H. Feinstein, PhD, came to the National board by way of NAMI Kansas, where he served five years as President. During that period he served as Chair of the NAMI State Presidents’ Council.  Steve is an Experimental Psychologist by training and has worked as a behavioral scientist, state government executive, and consultant in both the private and the public sectors.
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Fred Frese, Ph.D., Second Vice President
Including the education of living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia since 1966, Dr. Fred Frese brings other impressive accomplishments to the NAMI Board of Directors in writing, lecturing and serving persons with mental illness. A powerful consumer/provider/advocate, Fred was Director of Psychology at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital for 15 years and currently is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at two universities. He served on the NAMI Board from 1994-2001 and was re-elected in 2003.
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Guyla Daley, Treasurer
Guyla Daley is from Hilton Head Island, SC. where she owns and operates two Radio Shack dealerships. She has a degree in accounting from University of Georgia and worked actively in the field for 9 years. She is a caregiver who found NAMI in 1995. Since then she has served as affiliate President (4 years) and State President (3 years). She brings her business acumen and financial knowledge along with her grassroots experience to the NAMI Board.
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Carol Caruso, Secretary
Carol comes from Pennsylvania where she is the president of the board for NAMI Pennsylvania. Carol has over thirty years experience in mental health and is very involved in NAMI within the Family to Family program and the Provider Education Course.
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Sheila Amdur
Sheila comes to the NAMI National Board from an active career both as a mental health administrator, and as a volunteer in mental health advocacy in Connecticut. She served as NAMI Connecticut's president for three years, and has directed their public policy and advocacy initiatives, which have included key participation in large mental health and health care coalitions. Sheila also served as the chair of NAMI's State Presidents' Council. Her family experiences with mental illness have forged her passion and determination to improve the understanding and treatment of mental illness in our nation.
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Nancy Carter
Nancy Carter is president of the Urban Los Angeles affiliate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Her responsibilities include educating, supporting and advocating for the rights of the mentally ill and their families in Los Angeles.
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Suzanne Finneran Clifford
Suzanne is President of a consulting practice focused on healthcare reform and redesign. Her specialty is creating diverse public/private coalitions that result in mental health system transformation and promote recovery.  Her neuroscience therapeutic expertise includes schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.  She has served as Director of Mental Health and Addiction for Indiana after employment at several Fortune 500 companies.       
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Clarence Jordan
Jordan currently is manager for consumer recovery services for Magellan Health Services of Tennessee and chairs the Magellan advisory committee composed of consumers, family members and service agencies that helps guide development of behavioral health services in the state.
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H. Richard Lamb, M.D.
H. Richard Lamb, M.D., has been Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California since 1980. His primary interest has always been persons with long-term, severe mental illness and their treatment and rehabilitation. His six books and over 180 other professional publications have described his research and work on public policy with regard to these persons. Richard has worked closely with NAMI since its inception. He has been active over the years with a number of committees and editorial boards of the American Psychiatric Association.
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David J. Lushbaugh
Manager of Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s Training Support Services, Atlanta, Georgia, Dave has been active in the field of mental illness since 1995 when his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has served as President of both his local NAMI affiliate and NAMI Georgia.  He was at the forefront of bringing statewide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) to Georgia where he serves as the Chair of the Georgia CIT Advisory Board.   He is a member of the Emory University School of Medicine Psychiatry Fellowship Board of Advisors and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Metro Atlanta Board.
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Joseph Mucenski
Mucenski is a retired New York City police detective who lost a mentally ill son to “suicide by cop.” He is also a retired instructor and department chair in Machine Tool Technology at Pima College in Tucson.
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Keris Jän Myrick
Biography coming soon!

Marty Raaymakers
Marty Raaymakers, an inspiring speaker, is a Certified Peer Specialist, currently residing in Michigan after putting 18,000 miles on her motorcycle traveling across the US during the first part of 2007.
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Clarice Raichel
A native of Southwest Louisiana, Raichel has served as NAMI Southwest Louisiana’s executive director since 2003.
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Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan served as Connecticut’s Lt. Governor from 2004 to 2007 and in the State Senate from 1987 to 2006, including four terms as its top leader.
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