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.
The families and members of NAMI Champaign are here to help! We offer support, education, and resources to anyone concerned about mental health and the treatment of mental illness.
Meet our Board and Staff:
Staff:
Part-time Executive Director
Teklii DeyKoontz
Summer Website Manager
Brian Acosta
NAMI Champaign Board PY27
President
Carolyn Thompson
Vice President
Vacant
Secretary
Richard Bowles
Treasurer
Pat Brown
Assistant Treasurer
Jennifer Bouy
Family Representative
Georgiana Shuster
Peer Representative
Pierce Thompson
At-Large Member
Keisha Taylor
At-Large Member
Christene Young
NAMI Champaign Committees
- Art for Health
- Communications
- Community Education
- Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
- Deflection Initiative
- Family Programs
- Finance
- Legislative Advocacy
- Library
- Marketing
- Membership
- Mulligans
- NAMI on Campus
- Outreach
- Peer Outreach
- Spanish language programs
- Strides Against Stigma
- Warm line
- Web designer