Staff

Kathy Bentz, Family & Peer Program Coordinator
 512-420-9810 x1005
kathy [dot] bentz [at] namiaustin [dot] org
Hernandez Mari Hernandez, Office Manager
512-420-9810 x1004
mari [dot] hernandez [at] namiaustin [dot] org
Jessica Miller, Program Director
 512-420-9810 x1003
jessica [dot] miller [at] namiaustin [dot] org
Ranus Karen Ranus, Executive Director
512-420-9810 x1002
director [at] namiaustin [dot] org
Christina Schneider, Community Relations Coordinator
 512-420-9810 x1006
christina [dot] schneider [at] namiaustin [dot] org
Angelina Trevizo, Admin Assistant
 512-420-9810 x1001
info [at] namiaustin [dot] org

Board of Directors
President: Barbara Johnson, MBA
 Executive Director, Austin Area Research Organization
Gartenmann Vice President: Tracy Vilella Gartenmann, MS
 Public Health and Non-Profit Management
Librach Treasurer: Diane Librach, BA
 Retired Certified Public Accountant
manuel Secretary: Manuel X. Zamarripa, PhD-S
 Associate Professor and Program Director of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at South University – Austin
lissa-adams Lissa Adams, BS
Independent Consultant, J.L. Powers & Assoc.
sqweb-julie_almendral-0018-edit Julie Almendral, MBA
 Communications Specialist, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Higgins Darren Higgins, BBA
 Commercial Real Estate
 adrienne Adrienne Kennedy, MA
 Retired Educator and NAMI National Board Member
jennifer-perkins-headshot-300x300 Jennifer Perkins, MBA
 Principal, Cogent Public Affairs
Pickles Patricia Pickles, PhD
 Retired Educator and Author
 steve Steve Strakowski, MD
 Founding Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Dell Medical School