Melinda Moore, Ph.D, MA
Dr. Melinda Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, and part of the core faculty for the EKU Clinical Psychology doctoral program. She routinely trains clinicians in the empirically supported, suicide-focused treatment framework, the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) and is in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Moore works at the intersection of faith and suicide prevention.  She published The Suicide Funeral: Honoring their Memory, Comforting their Survivors and After the Suicide Funeral: Wisdom on the Path to Posttraumatic Growth (both Wipf & Stock) with her co-editor Rabbi Dan
Roberts. She conducts suicide bereavement research at Eastern Kentucky University with an emphasis on Posttraumatic Growth. Her research is an outgrowth of her own experience with suicide loss. Dr. Moore received her PhD from The Catholic University of America.

Amy Castellanos
​Amy Castellanos is a systems strategist, facilitator, and crisis leadership consultant
with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of public health, education,
and behavioral health. As the founder of Moving The Soul, she supports organizations
in building trauma-informed and healing-centered systems that prioritize relational
safety, agency, and resilience—especially in the wake of suicide loss.
A suicide loss survivor herself, Amy brings both lived experience and professional
expertise to her postvention and systems change work. She has led large-scale, cross-
sector initiatives focused on mental health access, leadership development, and
culturally responsive postvention strategies. Her portfolio includes managing federal and
state grants, designing professional learning for educators and system leaders, and
advising coalitions on sustainable structures and impact.
Amy holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and certifications in Project
Management (PMP), trauma-informed organizational training, healing-centered
engagement, and suicide prevention. She is the co-author of Leaning In and Leading
Out to Renew: Navigating Lived-Polycrisis School Leadership, a guidebook supporting
leaders through grief, crisis, and organizational renewal.

Angela Cross
​Angela is a graduate from the University of Arizona with a degree in Human Services. While pursuing her degree, she found a passion and love for spreading the word and ending the stigma on mental health conditions. After interning for NAMI Valley of the Sun, Angela was hired to run the NAMI Ending the Silence Program which specializes in mental health and wellness for youth and their families. She devotes her time to getting this program running and connecting with as many youth as possible. She believes that by opening the discussion on mental health and forming a community around the subject, we can reduce the rate of suicide, especially in our youth. With experience in the nonprofit world of mental health, Angela has worked on delivering presentations and resources to middle schools and high schools, as well as various community venues and conferences. Passionate about suicide prevention, she helps NAMI VOS dispel the stigma surrounding mental health while providing resources for community members who may be struggling with their mental health. Outside of work, Angela is usually either on the soccer field or in the dance studio with her four children. She also loves to hike, read and spend time with her family.

Morgan Hines, LMSW, MPA
Morgan Hines is a Licensed Master Social Worker and currently serves as the Clinical Program
Coordinator at Teen Lifeline, a non-profit dedicated to preventing teen suicide in Arizona through
enhancing resiliency in youth and fostering supportive communities. As Clinical Program
Coordinator, she is responsible for providing consultation, policy development and postvention
services to schools and communities across Arizona. She oversees Teen Lifeline’s Caring
Contacts program, providing wrap-around support to youth after a mental health crisis. Morgan
specializes in youth suicide prevention and postvention, crisis intervention and adolescent
mental health. She serves as the Youth Committee Chair for the Arizona Suicide Prevention
Coalition and is a certified trainer in SafeTALK, ASIST, and More than Sad for Educators.

Elizabeth Jimenez, LLPC
Elizabeth Jimenez is a Clinical Supervisor for the state of Arizona. She is currently the Manager of Crisis with La Frontera EMPACT and has been with the company for 7 years. Elizabeth was born in El Paso, Texas and began her behavioral journey with families and children. Her background includes extensive case management experience working with SMI individuals and ACT team. Elizabeth has applied her counseling skills in providing individual and group counseling, crisis de-escalation, and is passionate about providing trauma informed care. She has held several positions across different settings to include outpatient clinics, domestic violence shelters, and in a state hospital. Elizabeth is always eager to learn new skills and find ways to apply new modalities in the evolving world of mental health. When she is not working, She loves spending family time with her husband and two children. ​

Jason Kelly
Jason Kelly is a Phoenix-born trial attorney who was recently ordained a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. He was a founding member of the organization that became the Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition, and over the last 25 years he has actively volunteered in the mental health community, offering legal and spiritual services to those in need

Nikki Kontz, LMSW
Nikki is the Clinical Director for Teen Lifeline, a local non-profit dedicated to providing a safe, confidential and crucial crisis service where teens help teens make healthy decisions.  She has been working in the field for the past 16 years including work on a crisis mobile team, postvention intervention and assessment for hospitalization. Nikki possesses a master’s Degree in social work from Arizona State University and specializes in mental health issues, crisis intervention, suicide prevention/postvention and education, and adolescence.  She currently is a state Licensed Master Social Worker, a certified crisis worker through the American Association of Suicidology, field instructor for the Social Work Department at ASU, and serves as the President on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Lane Krumpos
Lane Krumpos is rooted in the Pacific Northwest, where she earned her undergraduate degree from Pacific Lutheran University and her graduate degree from The Evergreen State College. She credits her community for shaping her both personally and professionally and believes in centering the whole person by recognizing their strengths and areas for growth.

​Lane has firsthand experience at the intersection of mental health, juvenile justice, and education. She is passionate about building collaborative, equitable, and trauma-informed systems that foster lasting community change. Her work spans prevention education, peer counseling, policy reform, and crisis response. She has developed and facilitated training on healing-centered practices, staff wellness, suicide prevention and intervention, crisis postvention, and restorative justice.

Rooted in both her career and lived experience, Lane has expanded her commitment to prevention to include pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Through doula services and childbirth education, she advocates for accessible, culturally grounded care and believes in the power of prevention through equitable access, peer support, and honoring traditional birth practices.

​Lolan Lauvao
Lolan Lauvao is a dedicated professional with over 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector, specializing in providing crucial assistance to indigenous and underserved communities. With a profound commitment to social justice and community empowerment, Lolan Lauvao has been instrumental in implementing a diverse array of programs aimed at uplifting and supporting those in need. Lolan spearheaded some initiatives such as the First Time Offender Program for Youth, which has played a pivotal role in redirecting the lives of young individuals towards a path of rehabilitation and growth. Managed programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which fosters economic development within marginalized communities and offering pathways to sustainable employment and self-sufficiency. In addition to Lolan’s work in the non-profit sector, he is also a regarded training consultant, specializing in critical areas such as suicide prevention; equipping organizations with the necessary knowledge and skills to identify and address mental health challenges effectively.

Robert Neimeyer, PhD
Robert A. Neimeyer is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology,
University of Memphis, and maintains an active consulting and coaching practice. He
also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, which provides online training
internationally in grief therapy. Neimeyer has published 35 books, including New
Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond and The Handbook of Grief
Therapies, and serves as Editor of the journal Death Studies. The author of over 600
articles and book chapters and a frequent workshop presenter, he is currently working to
advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. Neimeyer
served as President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and
Chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. In recognition
of his scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty Award by the
University of Memphis, made a Fellow of the Clinical Psychology Division of the

American Psychological Association, and given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both
ADEC and the International Network on Personal Meaning.

Carolyn Ng, PsyD, MMSAC, RegCLR 
Carolyn Ng maintains a private practice, Anchorage for Loss and Transition, for training, supervision and therapy in Singapore, while also serving as Associate Director of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition.  Previously she was a Principal Counsellor with the Children’s Cancer Foundation in Singapore, specializing in cancer-related palliative care and bereavement counseling.  She is a registered counsellor, master clinical member and approved supervisor with the Singapore Association for Counseling (SAC) and a consultant to a cancer support and bereavement ministry in Sydney, Australia.  She is trained in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, USA, community crisis response by the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), USA, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) by LivingWorks, Canada.  She is also a trained end-of-life doula and advanced care planning facilitator.  Her recent writing concerns meaning-oriented narrative reconstruction with bereaved families, with an emphasis on conversational approaches for fostering new meaning and action.