Name	County	Contact	Bio Information
Chair of the SCCMHI:
Christine Kern, MA.Liaison to the Directors' Council, and participates on the Crisis Response committee.	Rice	ckern@co.rice.mn.us	Supervises Rice County's Children's Mental Health (CMH) Services.  Her staff for CMH services includes: 6 Children's Mental Health case managers, 1 Community Support Program (CSP) social worker, 1 Family Services Case Aid that provides transportation for RCSS consumers, and therapy staff that includes 5 licensed mental health professionals.  Chris also supervises the Rice County Children's Day Treatment Program's mental health services.  In addition to her supervision duties she also manages contracts with local providers for In-home therapy, psychological assessments, and Independent Living Skills that are provided individually and in groups.
Crisis Response Committee:
Cindy McCabe                             Chair of Crisis Response Committee	Nicollet		Social Service Supervisor
Tim Wright	Blue Earth		Team Leader Children's Mental Health Blue Earth County HS
TinaMarie Lugo		tlugomsw@gmail.com	Regional Services Coordinator for the South Central Children's Mental Health Initiative.  Primary duties include overseeing the day to day operations of the Crisis Sub-Committee, creating the training and recruitment plan for "crisis" foster care providers, overseeing our mental health professional data base, & developing & maintaining the SCCMHI website.
Lisa Steffl			Parent Representative
Carol Jacobson			Parent Representative
Jennifer Klassen			Parent Representative
Integrated Services for Complex Conditions Committee:
Brad Frisch, MA                       Chair for the Integrated Services for Complex Conditions Committee	Faribault-Martin	brad.frisch@fmchs.com	Mental Health Supervisor for the Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties.  Brad supervises both the Adult and Children's Mental Health Units.  The Children's Unit consists of 3 Case Managers, an In-Home Therapist, and a Community Support Technician.  Brad also works in conjunction with the Southern Plains Education Cooperative for their Children's Day Treatment program which consists of a Mental Health Professional, two case managers, two teachers and two paraprofessionals.
Kathryn Tjepkema, LICSW	Freeborn	kathryn.tjepkema@co.freeborn.mn.us	Supervises the Children's Mental Health (CMH) Unit which consists of 3 CMH Case Managers, 3 In-Home Family Based Services Counselors, 1 Mental Health Worker, and 3 Counselors in Freeborn County's Options Program at the Albert Lea Middle School and High School.
Linda Hoechst	Sibley	lindah@co.sibley.mn.us	Social Services Supervisor
Deb Olson			Parent Representative
Linda Wintz                                            Director of River Bend Education District		River Bend Education District 210 20th South Street New Ulm, MN  56073	Linda's role with the SCCMHI is as an Education Representative and she is the Director of River Bend Education District.  River Bend provides special education services to seven member school districts and three charter schools.  The Education District hosts the River Bend Area Learning Center and Therapeutic EBD program on site as well as providing itinerant specialists who work with special education needs in the member districts.
Julie Soper			NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness Representative
Transition Committee:
Wendy Wenner                            Co-Chair of the Transition Committee	Le Sueur		Children's Services Supervisor
Wendy Morton                               Co-Chair of the Transition Committee	Waseca		Children's Services Supervisor
Laurie Strunk, MSSW, LICSW			Laurie's role with the SCCMHI is as a Community Representative and she is an Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato.  At Minnesota State University her duties include co-coordinating senior level practicum sites, instructing social work courses and evaluating the SCCMHI pilot project.  In addition, Laurie provides clinical supervision to agencies who work with children with mental health diagnoses and also provides licensure supervision to area social workers.
Kathy Carlson	Watonwan		Social Service Supervisor
Lynette Wellmann			Corrections Representative
Tom Sandberg	Brown		Children's Services Supervisor
Advisory Members:
Addie Fenstad			Department of Human Services, Children's Mental Health Division Representative
Sreelatha Spieker M.D.			Medical Community Representative
Barb Durbahn			Mental Health Representative
SCCMHI-CRMT Coordinator:
Gaylon Moody		Gaylon.Moody@state.mn.us