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Mark Anderson Executive
Director, The Barbara Schneider Foundation Mark Anderson has an MA in Liberal Studies from Hamline University. Mark is the Founding Director of the Barbara Schneider Foundation (2003). Before that he was the Senior Policy Advisor on health care, mental health, human rights and other related issues in the office of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, including his work on universal health coverage and mental health and substance abuse treatment parity. He also served as Director of Board and Commission Appointments in the Office of Governor Rudy Perpich. Appointed the Health Care Access Commission which initiated the process that lead to the creation of Minnesota Care. Mark is a Founding Member of Crisis Intervention Team International.
You can contact Mark directly at manderson@mentalhealthcrisis.org
Renée Jenson Development Director, The Barbara Schneider Foundation Renée Jenson has an MA in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota. Renée works with individuals and organizations to develop partnerships and collaborate on ways to respond to crisis situations in communities. She is a member of the Minnesota State Advisory Council on Mental Health and serves on many law enforcement and community health advisory councils. She is a frequent speaker for NAMI and the Barbara Schneider Foundation on mental illness, recovery, crisis prevention, community collaboration, and how to minimize or prevent trauma in a crisis situation. Renée is a Founding Member of Crisis Intervention Team International. You can contact Renée directly at rjenson@mentalhealthcrisis.org
Charles JensenTrauma and Recovery Specialist, The Barbara Schneider
Foundation
Charles has an MA in Higher Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Charles has spoken at numerous conferences, seminars, webinars. and trainings across the country on the criminalization of mental illness. After 89 arrests, Charles finally received an accurate diagnosis of his illness and he began to receive medications and care to promote his recovery. He is a very articulate speaker on his experiences with the health care and criminal justice systems. His most recent project was with the National Institute of Corrections on Crisis Intervention Team: An Effective Response to Mental Illness in Corrections. You can contact Charles directly at cjensen@mentalhealthcrisis.org
Sarah Doyle Trauma and Recovery
Specialist, The Barbara Schneider Foundation Sarah is a sophomore at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Sarah has spoken at many conferences, seminars, and trainings around Minnesota on adolescent and young adult mental illness, trauma and recovery. She is a very articulate speaker with many insights into mental illness and how it effects people with the illness as well as those around them. You can contact Sarah directly at sdoyle@mentalhealthcrisis.org
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