Founded on Nov. 16, 1948 as the Dane County Child Guidance Center with six employees, Journey has grown into a sizeable community mental health clinic with over 500 staff members. We are dedicated to innovation and cutting edge programs.
In 2021, over 11,000 individuals received treatment services through Journey’s 29 programs. Journey provides a continuum of services to individuals across the lifespan.
James Christensen*
Principal Consultant
StatOrg Services LLC
Chair
Mary Wright*
President and CEO
Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corp.
Immediate Past Chair
Sam Keller*
Owner & President
TEC
Vice-Chair
Heidi Pankoke*
Retired, Senior Director of Business Strategy
TMG/Molina Healthcare
Vice-Chair
Howard Gesbeck*
Retired Accountant
Treasurer
Lisa Fishler
Financial Advisor
Wealth Enhancement Group
Marcia Hansen
Consumer Representative
Wendy Johnson
Licensed Private Practice School Psychologist
Child and Adolescent Psychological Services, LLC
Deepa Pal
Supervisor
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Kristi Papcke-Benson, R.N., MSN, CNE
Retired Nurse Educator
*Executive Committee Member
Leadership
Tanya Lettman-Shue
President & CEO
tanya.lettman-shue@journeymhc.org
608-280-2437
Nisha Banerjee
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nisha.Banerjee@journeymhc.org
David Bertrand
Chief Operating Officer
dave.bertrand@journeymhc.org
Colleen Clark Buss
Chief Human Resources Officer
colleen.clark.buss@journeymhc.org
608-280-2666
Armando Hernández
Chief Diversity Officer
cdo@journeymhc.org
Karen Milner, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
karen.milner@journeymhc.org
Kathy Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
kathy.nelson@journeymhc.org
608-280-2661
Nichole Wright
Chief Clinical Officer
nichole.wright@journeymhc.org
608-280-2550
Leadership
Hannah Flanagan
Director of Emergency Services Programs
hannah.flanagan@journeymhc.org
608-280-2587
Marc Gabrysiak
Director of Information Services
marc.gabrysiak@journeymhc.org
608-280-2662
Stacy McNall
Director of Nursing
stacy.mcnall@journeymhc.org
Mary-Jo Olsen
Director of Community Services
maryjo.olsen@journeymhc.org
608-280-2782
Tyson Rittenmeyer
Director of Clinic-Based Programs
tyson.rittenmeyer@journeymhc.org
608-280-2649
Improving people’s lives by pioneering and sustaining effective mental health and substance use disorder services.
The vision of Journey Mental Health Center is to become a center of excellence for the provision of behavioral health services.
People: Hiring and retaining great employees.
Productivity: Being a model of quality and cost effective service for other behavioral health organizations.
Partners: Achieving and maintaining the highest levels of consumer satisfaction.
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Have you noticed Journey’s billboard campaign?
Journey Mental Health Center and Adams Outdoor Collaborate are partnering together to fight the stigma of mental illness and addiction in a unique billboard campaign– “This is my Journey’– featuring five people, all whom live with serious mental illness or addictioni ncluding severe anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and alcoholism. The creative centers on the individuals as proud people: An attorney, a mom, a pastry chef, a videographer, and an honors graduate.
Importance/Background
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- Research shows that individuals who openly talk about their illness have better recovery outcomes.
- The outdoor campaign is being supplemented with dozens more people participating in Journey social media (Facebook/Twitter) and in the organization’s 2017 annual report.
- Adams Outdoor Advertising is donating the creative, production and space rental for the billboards through their nonprofit program, TheAdams Collaborate Program. The donation includes two large bulletin-size and five poster-size billboards valued at $250,000.
- The campaign is being led by chair Pooja Mehta, a Duke University graduate and Journey volunteer who lives with serious anxiety. “I’m proud of how far I’ve come, and how far I’ll be going,” she says.
- 18.1 percent of Americans live with serious mental illness, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Mental Health Awareness Month has been celebrated in the U.S. annually since 1949.