Sydney S. Harris, MHA holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Ball State University and a master's degree in health care administration from Texas Women's University. She has over 15 years of experience in mental health care business operations in the private and public sectors. Sydney focuses on system changes to destigmatize mental healthcare, improve person first and centered care, and connecting the head to the body for a full person mental healthcare approach.
Stephen M. Strakowski, MD serves as Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He focuses on providing strategic guidance regarding psychiatric clinical and policy best practices, including mental health care clinical programming, integration with the criminal legal system, and innovative care models. Dr. Strakowski graduated from University of Notre Dame with a BSE and received his MD from Vanderbilt. He completed psychiatry training in the Harvard system at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA.