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Our Mission
NAMI Champaign County (IL) seeks to improve the lives of individuals who live with mental illness, as well as all those who love them through public awareness, support, education, and advocacy. We were founded in 1983 as Supportive Families of the Mentally Ill and later joined the NAMI alliance. We share the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s values, mission, and passion for mental health.
Our Board
President: Asako Kinase-Leggett
asakok@namichampaign.org
Vice-President: Carolyn Rust Thompson, carolynt@namichampaign.org
Treasurer: Pat Brown
patbrown@namichampaign.org
Asst Treasurer: Jennifer Buoy
Secretary: Richard Bowles
Family Representative: Georgiana Schuster
Peer Representative: Alex Brown
Board Member At-Large: Keisha Taylor
Board Member At-Large: Marz Carranza
Our Committees
- Art for Health – Nancy Carter
- Communications – Carolyn, Teklii
- Community Education - Georgiana
- Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) - Richard Brandt
- Deflection Initiative - Diane Zell
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Asako
- Family Programs - Nancy Carter
- Finance – Jennifer, Pat
- Governance - Asako
- Legislative Advocacy – Georgiana
- Library - Bev Schweighart
- Marketing - Richard
- Membership - Carolyn, Jennifer
- Mulligans - Lyndon Goodly, Nancy Carter
- NAMI on Campus - Diane Zell
- Outreach - Amber (Bunny) Shields
- Peer Programs - Asako
- Spanish language programs - Marz
- Strides Against Stigma - Diane Zell
- Warm line - Dennis Cockrum
- Web designer - Alison Rehm