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NAMI Central Georgia - Board of Directors

Paula Watkins, MBA

Executive Director, CEO

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Dr. Tonja Simmons Lee

Board President

Executive Director of Counseling Services, CGTC – Ed.S, LPC, NCC

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Angela Alcantar

Board Treasurer

Synovus Bank

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Herschel Vandiver

Board Member

Retired Engineer

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Dr. Olu Babatola

Staff Psychiatrist & Addiction Specialist

Veterans Administration

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Rhett Thompson

R.N (BC) Psychiatric Nurse

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Mariette Clardy Davis

1st Vice President

Mental Health Employment & Incapacity Planning Attorney

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Shelley Milton

2nd Vice President

Assistant Attorney General, General Litigation Section – Office of the Attorney General

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Kiana Johnson

Secretary

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

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Scott Glenn

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

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Tracey Jones

Business Owner – Founder

Rustic Trace

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Meagan Hanson

Chief Counsel, Legal Policy – Koch

former Georgia State Representative

Dr. Purvis

Dr. Purvis, MD

Psychiatrist
NAMI Central Georgia

Management Team

Natalie Higgs

Natalie Higgs

Operations Manager
Executive Assistant
Mental Health Technician

Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith

Director of Peer Services
CPS-MH, CPS-AD, CPS-WH, FPM
Mental Health Technician

Dara Greenwood

Dara Greenwood

Assistant Director of Peer Services
CPS-MH, CPS-AD, FPM
Mental Health Technician

Shameka Rumph

Shameka Rumph

Residential Manager
Mental Health Technician

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