About MINDS

Who We Are

MINDS Vision Statement

MINDS envisions a community where adolescence and young adults are not left to fend for themselves when it comes to mental health issues. We envision a community where citizens receive mental health information in a timely manner and are educated about mental health issues.

We envision open communication regarding mental illnesses helping de-stigmatize these disorders, thus initiating a new age where society accepts mental illnesses for what they truly are, a treatable physical disorder.

MINDS Mission Statement

Mental Illness Needs Discussion Sessions (MINDS) is an awareness program whose mission is to educate the community about mental health issues. Through awareness and education MINDS will start a dialogue about mental illnesses, thereby helping to de-stigmatize these disorders so that people may get the help that is readily available. Since many mental illnesses start to present themselves in the teens or early twenties, our primary focus is on teenagers and young adults.

MINDS PSA's

Dr. Price's PSA
Karen Hudson's PSA

Board of Directors

Executive Board

Heather M. Irish - Founder & CEO, The MINDS Program, Inc.

Board of Directors

Theresa L. Sondys - Senior Program Manager, Metro Health Foundation

Advisory Board

Dr. Richard Atkins, M.D. - Child & Adolescent General Psychiatry

Michael Bartus - Suburban Volvo

Matt Lester - CEO, Princeton Management

Michael Williams- President & CEO, Orchards Children's Services

Memorium

John C. Farris

Leland L. Grubb, Jr.

Dr. David J. Olen