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Jeff Fladen, MSW

<b>Treasurer</b></br>
NAMI Board of Directors

Treasurer
NAMI Board of Directors

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Jeff Fladen, MSW, was re-elected to the NAMI Board of Directors in 2024 and is NAMI’s current Treasurer and continues to serve on various board committees and workgroups. He is also a current board member of the Behavioral Health Foundation and the Tennessee Respite Coalition where he serves as treasurer. He is formerly the Executive Director at NAMI Tennessee in Nashville and is a member-at-large for NAMI Davidson.

In addition to being a family caregiver and receiving mental health treatment, Jeff worked as a therapist and behavioral health. Jeff came NAMI in 2013 with a personal mission to promote growth, influence, and visibility of NAMI throughout all levels of the alliance. He is also interested in outreach to the Jewish community where he worked as an agency director.

In addition to being a family caregiver and receiving mental health treatment, Jeff worked as a therapist, crisis counselor, case manager, EAP clinician, and as a psychiatric program manager. Jeff came to NAMI in 2013 with a personal mission to promote growth, financial well-being, and visibility of NAMI within his home state of Tennessee and throughout the alliance. He is also focused on outreach to the Jewish community.

Jeff has worked actively with Crisis Intervention Team and Co-Response expansion as well as numerous mental health task forces and committees. He has presented at numerous mental health-related conferences, webinars and other broadcasts.

He was awarded the Vicki Cottrell Leadership Award by his fellow NAMI Executive Directors at the 2018 NAMI National Convention.

Jeff earned his BA in Psychology and his MSW at The Ohio State University.

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