Gail Hutchings is the founding president and CEO of the
Behavioral Health Policy Collaborative, a private consulting firm located in Alexandria, Virginia,
whose clients are public and private sector organizations dedicated to improving mental
health and substance abuse systems, services and outcomes. Until late 2005, Hutchings was
chief of staff of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
a $3.6 billion agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Hutchings is the past deputy
executive director and director of technical assistance of the National Association of
State Mental Health Program Directors. She is a nationally recognized expert on national-
and state-level behavioral health policy and practices as well as effective technical
assistance for a wide range of topics and issues. While living in New York State until the
early 90’s, she was the associate director of the National Resource Center on
Homelessness and Mental Illness at Policy Research Associates, and before that held senior
positions with the New York State Crime Victims Board.
Since 2006, Hutchings has served on
the Board of Directors of the American College of Mental Health Administration. She is a
published author and editor of many technical reports, journal articles and book chapters
on mental health and behavioral health issues and she holds a MA degree in Public
Administration with a concentration in public management from the State University of New
York at Albany. |
