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Principal and Founder, The Curie Group, LLC.

Charles Curie

Charles G. Curie is the principal and founder of The Curie Group, LLC, a management and consulting firm specializing in working with national and international leaders in public and private healthcare, particularly Mental Health (MH) services and substance use (SU) treatment and prevention arenas, to facilitate the transformation of services and to attain increasingly positive outcomes int he lives of people worldwide. Curie has over 40 years of professional experience in the MH and SU services and fields. 

Curie holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from Huntington University. He has been appointment to the 2020 Behavioural Health Integration Task Force of the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC and serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards. 

In 2001, Curie was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to head the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Prior to his confirmation as SAMHSA Administrator, Curie was appointed by Governor Tom Ridge as Deputy Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services *OMHSAS) for the Dept. of Public Welfare in Pennsylvania. During his tenure he established a policy to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint practices in the state hospital system. This program won the 2000 Innovations in American Government Award.

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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. 

Addie Wooten

CEO, Smiling Mind, Australia

Prof. Andrew Greenshaw

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience University of Alberta, Canada

Angie Chew

Adjunct Associate Professor of mindfulness, National University of Singapore

Anna Elders

Clinical Lead, Just a Thought, New Zealand

Ashley de Silva

CEO of ReachOut Australia

Dr Bruce Arroll

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

Professor Chee Ng

Professor and Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry, The Melbourne Clinic, Australia

Colin Seery

Chief Executive Officer at Lifeline Australia

Dr Craig Hassed

Senior lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Daniel Fung

CEO, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Ed Mantler

SVP Chief Program Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Fran Silvestri

Former President and CEO, International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL)

Jay Buckey

Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA

Juanita Ryan

Deputy Chief Executive at Ara Poutama, New Zealand

Liz Ashall-Payne

Founder and CEO, ORCHA

Louise Bradley

Former Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Mary O'Hagan

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

Nicholas Watters

Director of Access, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Nick Titov

Executive Director, Mindspot, Australia

Niki Legge

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

Dr Nina Ferencic

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

Piers Gooding

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

Richman Wee

Senior Researcher, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

Dr Judith Kuriansky

Professor of Psychology & Education, Columbia University Teachers College; Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN

Chris Wright

National Advisor for Digital Mental Health, Scotland

Dr Jill Murphy

Executive Director, APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health

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Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

International Phone and Text Helplines

Victoria is CEO of Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind SHOUT, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service. From 2011 to 2017, she was Director of Programmes at The Royal Foundation, building a portfolio of projects including the Invictus Games, Coach Core, United for Wildlife and Heads Together.