Center Consortia

Policy topics and issues may originate from any entity in the Public Policy Diagram. Often policy begins through the work of the Community MHMR Center staff consortia. The chairs of the staff consortia, which include representatives from all the Texas Community MHMR Centers, are as follows:

Executive Directors Consortium

    Emma Garcia

    Chair, Camino Real Community MHMR Center

Twelve committees function within the Executive Directors Consortium.

Behavioral Health Consortium for Children & Adults

    Todd Luzadder

    Chair, Permian Basin Community Centers for MHMR

Financial Management Consortium

    Donna Martin

    President, MHMR of Tarrant County

The Financial Management Consortium includes two subcommittees: Consumer Benefits and Reimbursement Coordinators.

Human Resources Management and Development Consortium

    Dot Priesler

    Chair, Texana Center

Information Management Consortium

    Larry Jonczak

    President, Lakes Regional MHMR Center

Medical Services Consortium

  Jim Van Norman, M.D.

    Chair, Austin Travis County Integral Care

Intellectual Developmental Disability Directors Consortium

    Carey Amthor

    Co-Chair, Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center

    Mel Hughes

    Co-Chair, MHMR of Tarrant County

Quality Management Consortium

    Dena Heaton

    Co-Chair, Betty Hardwick Center

    Garrett Craver

    Co-Chair, Spindletop MHMR Services 

   Selene Quintana

    Co-Chair, El Paso MHMR

Early Childhood Intervention Consortium

    Claire Merkel

    Co-Chair, MHMR Center of Nueces County

    Diane Kazlow

    Co-Chair, LifePath Systems

   Carmen Polhemus

    Co-Chair, Hill Country Community MHMR Center