Committee



Summit Co-Chairs

  • Eduardo Vega

    CEO & Founder
    Humannovations

  • Sally Spencer-Thomas

    President
    United Suicide Survivors International

  • Erin Ivie (She/Her)

    Treasurer
    United Suicide Survivors International

Committee Members

  • Elizabeth Sarber

    PAUSE (People Addressing and Understanding Suicide Experiences)

  • Justin Wallace

    Advocate
    PAUSE International

  • Seraluna Sanchez, MUP

    Operations Manager & Co-Trainer
    Humannovations

  • Shannon Heath Parkin, MS, CPRS

    Peer Recovery Specialist/Speaker & Connection Recovery Facilitator
    On Our Own Frederick County/NAMI MD In Our Own Voice

  • Stacey Williams, LCSW

    Director of Residential Programs
    Arthur Center Community Health

  • Susie Reece

    Lived Experience Leader

  • Rochelle Reynolds

    Event, Marketing & Digital Media Master
    The Place Setting Company

  • Sarah Gaer, MA

    Clinician Master, Trainer
    QPR Institute

Ana Ortin Peralta

Angela Mize


Bianca McCall


Colleen Sulaitis


Dan Lester


Dana Piscopo


Kim Kartinen


MacKenzie Almond

Manny Almaguer

Marcia Epstein

Marlon Rollins


Melanie Eli


Pata Suyemoto


Preston Mitchum


Randy Killings


Richard Ramsay

Rick Strait

Robert Bogue

Shelby Rowe


Stan Collins


Terri Bogue


Tom Cruz


Ursula Whiteside

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