Global Leadership Council

Global Leadership Council members provide thought leadership from a diverse range of professional backgrounds and experience in eMHIC’s Special Interest Groups.

Senator Katherine Hay

President & CEO, Kids Help Phone, Canada; Senator for Ontario, Government of Canada

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Adolescents and Youth

Fennie Wiepkema

Founder and General Manager, Thubble

Dr Nina Ferencic

Senior Regional Adviser on Adolescent Health, Development and Participation, UNICEF

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Policy, Strategy, and Standards

Jay Buckey

Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Corrections and Confined Spaces

Kana Enomoto

Director of Brain Health, McKinsey Health Institute, Washington D.C.

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Strategy and Policy

Dr Daniel Fung

CEO, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Policy, Strategy & Standards

Chris Wright

National Advisor for Digital Mental Health, Scotland

eMHIC Special Interest Group, Strategy, Policy, and Implementation

Liz Ashall-Payne

Founder and CEO, ORCHA

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Policy, Strategy, and Standards

Prof. Andrew Greenshaw

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of Alberta

Establishment Chair, eMHIC Special Interest Group on AI

Colin Seery

CEO, Lifelife Australia

eMHIC Special Interest Group on International Phone and Text Helplines

Niki Legge

Director of Mental Health and Addictions, Government of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mental Healthcare Workforce

Dr Judith Kuriansky

Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University Teachers College; Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Global Mental Health and Disaster Response

Dr Jill Murphy

Executive Director, APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health and Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Mental Health and Addictions at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Implementation

Nick Titov

Executive Director, Mindspot, Australia

Co-Chair, eMHIC Special Interest Group on Ethics and Law

Fran Silvestri

President and CEO of the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL)

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Policy, Strategy, and Standards

Mary O’Hagan

Executive Director Lived Experience, Department of Health, Victoria, Australia.

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Lived Experience

Richman Wee

Senior Researcher, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Co-Chair, eMHIC Special Interest Group on Ethics and Law

Piers Gooding

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

Co-Chair, eMHIC Special Interest Group on Ethics and Law

Dr Bruce Arroll

Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mindfulness

Addie Wooten

CEO, Smiling Mind, Australia

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mindfulness

Angie Chew

Adjunct Associate Professor of mindfulness at the National University of Singapore.

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mindfulness

Professor Chee Ng

Professor & Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry at The Melbourne Clinic, Australia

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Evidence Creation

Dr Craig Hassed

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mindfulness

Ed Mantler

RPN, MSA, CHE. Vice-President, Programs and Priorities, Mental Health Commission of Canada

eMHIC Special Interest Group Policy, Strategy, and Standards

Nicholas Watters

Director of Access, Mental Health Commission of Canada

Establishment Chair of eMHIC Special Interest Group on Workplace and Workforce

Dr Juanita Ryan

Deputy Chief Executive at Ara Poutama

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Corrections and Confined Spaces

Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, United Kingdom

eMHIC Special Interest Group on International Phone and Text Lines

Stephen (Steve) J. Appleton

President and Chief Executive of Global Leadership Exchange

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Strategy and Policy

Lucita Lazo

President of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Philippines

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Strategy and Policy

Anna Elders

Clinical Lead of Just a Thought, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Nurse Practitioner, New Zealand

Co-Chair, eMHIC Special Interest Group on Workplace and Workforce

Marie Paldam Folker

Director, Centre for Digital Psychiatry, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Implementation

Derek Chambers

Policy Implementation Lead, National Mental Health Services Ireland

Dr Brian Hepburn

Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)

Krista Vanderheide

Assistant Secretary, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care