MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF (DMH)
Rhodes Tower
30 East Broad Street, 8th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3430
www.mh.state.oh.us

GENERAL INFORMATION...............................................................614-466-2596


DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

FAX...............................................................................614-752-9453

DIRECTOR,Sandra Stephenson........................................................614-466-2337  

Assistant Director, William Harper................................................614-466-2337

Administrative Assistant, Jody Anderson...........................................614-466-2337

Communications....................................................................614-466-2297

Legislative Liaison, Amy Cooper...................................................614-466-2297

Legislative Liaison, Valerie Johnson..............................................614-466-2297

  
Ohio Family and Children First

Deputy Director, Angela Sausser-Short.............................................614-752-4044

Administrative Assistant, Tamala Collins..........................................614-752-4044


Office of Transformation

Program Administrator, Ph.D., Leslie Brower.......................................614-644-6651

Program Administrator, Ph.D., Rick Tully..........................................614-644-6651

Administrative Assistant, Claudia Guinther........................................614-644-6651
  

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Acting Medical Director, Howard Sokolow, M.D......................................614-466-6890

Administrative Assistant, Latonya White...........................................614-466-6890


Clinical Best Practices, Program Administrator, Dushka Crane-Ross.................614-644-2182

Forensic Community Program Evaluation, Manager, Robert Baker, Ph.D................614-752-9305

Residency, Training, and 
System Learning Initiatives, Program Director, Lon Herman.........................614-752-9703


QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Chief, C.Bayard Paschall, Ph.D....................................................614-466-1159

Assistant Chief, Mike Schroeder...................................................614-466-1159


Community Services Development and 
Special Initiatives, Manager......................................................614-466-9995
 
Health and Safety, Manager........................................................614-466-9943

PASRR Unit, Manager, Terry Watts..................................................614-466-1063


FAX, Quality Improvement..........................................................614-387-2987

FAX, PASRR........................................................................614-466-9653
  

FORENSIC SERVICES
  
Chief, Sandra Cannon..............................................................614-466-1099

Forensic Services Medical Director, Howard H. Sokolov, M.D........................614-466-1099

Administrative Assistant, Glenda Johnson..........................................614-466-1099

Community Linkage, Manager, William Hicks.........................................614-644-8905

Forensic Community Program Evaluation, Manager, Robert Baker, Ph.D................614-752-9305

FAX...............................................................................614-752-8297
  

LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE DIRECTOR

Deputy Director, Sloan Spalding, J.D..............................................614-466-8288

Administrative Assistant, Myra M. Anderson........................................614-466-8288

Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Marc Baumgarten, J.D..................................614-466-8288

Internal Audit Control, Doug Mutchler.............................................614-466-0035

Security Consultant, Nacrina Alvarez de Blanco....................................614-466-8288

Standards Development, Administrative Rules, Manager, Janel Pequignot.............614-466-9993

FAX, Internal Audit Control.......................................................614-752-9453
  

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Chief, Anita Lieser...............................................................614-752-8880

Administrative Assistant, Greg Lewis..............................................614-752-8880

Psychiatric Hospital Licensure, Program Administrator, Denise Cole................614-644-6166

FAX...............................................................................614-752-8869
  

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Deputy Director, Donald C. Anderson...............................................614-466-2176

Administrative Assistant, Sandra Uhrick...........................................614-466-2176

Web Facilitator, Stacy Keenan.....................................................614-644-6653

FAX...............................................................................614-752-9453
  

Capital Planning and Management

Chief, Hamid Mehrizi..............................................................614-466-3473

Assistant Chief, Robin Cox........................................................614-466-3784
  
Executive Secretary, Mary Crews...................................................614-466-3473

FAX...............................................................................614-644-5621
  

Fiscal Administration and Support

Chief & Assistant Deputy Director/Operationns, Dalon K. Myricks...................614-644-8219

Assistant Chief, Stephen P. Gray..................................................614-466-6680
  
Fiscal Operations and Community Funding Services Manager, Jill Storage............614-466-9659
  
Payroll Manager, Kim Sheppard.....................................................614-466-9958
  
Reimbursement and Revenue Recovery Manager, Tonya Fasone..........................614-466-9930
  
FAX, Fiscal Administration........................................................614-644-5331
  

Human Resources and Labor Relations

Deputy Director, Vince Conner.....................................................614-466-0222

Central Office Personnel, Dorothy Evener..........................................614-466-0222

Civil Rights Section..............................................................614-466-9904
  
Continuing Education and Training, Manager, Angela Thompson.......................614-466-1570
  
Labor Relations, Manager, Georgia Brokaw..........................................614-466-0222

Regional Personnel Officer, Renee Maghes..........................................614-466-0222

Volunteer Services/Recruitment, Manager, Demetra Mutchler.........................614-466-9916

FAX...............................................................................614-752-9699
  

Information Services

Chief, Anne Paschall..............................................................614-466-2608

Assistant Chief, Jean May.........................................................614-466-5936

Automated Cost Management System and Office
Support Systems, Manager, Michael Jaycox..........................................614-752-0195

Billing and Reimbursement, Judy Hink..............................................614-466-1564

Telecommunications, Bruce Stydnicki...............................................614-387-1242

Community Information Services, Manager, Laura Daniele............................614-466-1556

Customer Services and Training, Manager, J. P. Martin, Ph.D.......................614-466-1558

Data Base Administration, Manager, S. P. Yayathi..................................614-466-1535

MACSIS Support Desk Services, Manager, Kathy Cluggish.............................614-466-1498

Production Control Manager, Eileen Lawson.........................................614-466-0911

Office Automation/Executive Information...........................................614-466-2853

FAX...............................................................................614-752-6474
  

Office of Program Evaluation

Chief, Dee Roth...................................................................614-466-8651

Executive Secretary, Anna Labaya..................................................614-466-8651

FAX...............................................................................614-466-9928
  

Office of Medicaid

Chief & Assistant Deputy Director/Program Policy, Angela Bergefurd................614-387-2983

Executive Secretary, Heather King.................................................614-387-2799

Auditing and Compliance, Manager, Terry Jones.....................................614-466-9982

Program Administration, Manager, Margie Herrel....................................614-466-9655

Program Policy, Manager, Lynne Lyon...............................................614-466-9972
  

Support Services

Medical Complex
2150 W. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223-1200

General Information...............................................................614-752-0110

FAX...............................................................................614-752-0102

Chief, Leonard N. Mills...........................................................614-752-0116

Executive Secretary, Christina Price..............................................614-752-0116
  
Central Pharmacy Inpatient, Manager, Denise Dean..................................614-752-0176

Central Pharmacy Outpatient, Manager, Patrick Mascaro.............................614-752-0159

Fiscal, Human Resources, Labor and
Operations, Manager, Sue Griffith.................................................614-752-0103

Pharmacy Service Center Warehouse, Manager, Gretchen Weaver.......................614-752-0133

FAX, Pharmacy Service Center......................................................614-752-0135

Food Services/Central Warehouse
3201 Alberta Street
Columbus, Ohio 43204

Manager, Dennis Weber.............................................................614-752-0026

FAX, Central Warehouse............................................................614-752-0030

  
PROGRAM AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT  

Deputy Director, Deborah Nixon-Hughes.............................................614-466-9943

Assistant Deputy Director, Carol Hernandez, Ph.D..................................614-466-8641
  
Administrative Assistant, Susan Davis.............................................614-466-4124

FAX, Deputy Director..............................................................614-995-5870


Children's Services and Prevention

Assistant Deputy Director, Kay Rietz..............................................614-466-1984
  

Community Policy

Chief, Mary Jane Frank............................................................614-644-3758

Prevention Initiatives, Manager, Kris Washington..................................614-466-5936
  

Consumer and Recovery Supports

Chief, Sherry Boyd................................................................614-466-9702

Consumer Advocacy and Protection, Manager, Ellen Deacon...........................614-466-2333
  
  
Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Systems

Deputy Director, James Ignelzi, Ph.D..............................................614-466-8404

Administrative Assistant, Lisa Bishop.............................................614-466-8404
  
Health Information Systems Manager, Rudy Fonseca..................................614-644-5615
  
Nurse Executive, Barbara Warren, Ph.D., R.N.......................................614-752-9875
  
Policy, Analysis, and Measurement, Administrator, Karl Donenwirth.................614-466-9973
  
Assistant Deputy Director, Theresa Seagraves......................................614-466-6783
  
Project Coordinator, John Starr...................................................614-466-6362
  
Risk Administration Manager, Joseph Hill..........................................614-644-6996
  
FAX...............................................................................614-466-6349
  

Behavioral Healthcare Organizations and Community Support Networks
  

APPALACHIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
CEO,Jane Krason
  
Athens Campus.....................................................................740-594-5000
100 Hospital Drive
Athens, Ohio 45701-2301 

FAX...............................................................................740-594-3006

TDD...............................................................................740-594-2911
  
Cambridge Campus (will be closing 6/30/08)........................................740-439-1371
66737 Old Twenty-one Road
Cambridge, Ohio 43725-9298

FAX...............................................................................740-432-7567

TDD...............................................................................740-432-3072

 
HEARTLAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE...................................................330-833-3135

CEO, Eric Carpenter
3000 Erie Street, South
Massillon, Ohio 44646-7993

FAX...............................................................................330-833-6564

TDD...............................................................................330-833-9991
  
  
Child and Family Services ........................................................330-722-0750
3076 Remsen Road
Medina, Ohio 44256-9225

FAX...............................................................................330-723-0068

TDD...............................................................................330-722-5716
  

NORTHCOAST BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE 
CEO, Paul Guggenheim

Cleveland Campus..................................................................216-787-0500
1708 Southpoint Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1999

FAX...............................................................................216-787-0633

TDD...............................................................................216-661-2411
  

Northfield Campus.................................................................330-467-7131
1756 Sagamore Road
Northfield, Ohio 44067

FAX...............................................................................330-467-2420

TDD...............................................................................330-467-5522
  

Toledo Campus.....................................................................419-381-1881
930 South Detroit Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43614-2792

FAX...............................................................................419-389-1361

TDD...............................................................................419-381-0815
  

SUMMIT BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE......................................................513-948-3600
CEO, Liz Banks
1101 Summit Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45237-2652

FAX...............................................................................513-948-3080

TDD...............................................................................513-948-0441
  

TWIN VALLEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE
CEO, Bob Short

Columbus Campus...................................................................614-752-0333
2200 West Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223-1297

FAX...............................................................................614-752-0087

TDD...............................................................................614-274-7137
  
Dayton Campus (will be closing 6/30/08)...........................................937-258-0440
2611 Wayne Avenue
Dayton, Ohio 45420-1800

FAX...............................................................................937-258-6218

TDD...............................................................................937-258-6257

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