Keynote Speakers

​Bart Andrews, PhD
Bart Andrews is vice president of clinical practice/evaluation at Behavioral Health Response (BHR). Dr. Andrews started at BHR as a crisis intervention clinician in 1998, and has dedicated the last 17 years of his life to suicide and crisis intervention. He is a person in recovery and a suicide attempt survivor. Dr. Andrews believes that the path to suicide prevention must be framed within the context of relationships, community, and culture, and that suicide is a community health problem, which everyone can help to address.
Dr. Andrews has over 20 years of experience providing behavioral health services. He received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and his MA and PhD from Southern Illinois University. He is actively involved in raising community awareness about the risk of suicide and training community members, law enforcement, and other professionals in suicide assessment and intervention. He serves on several crisis and suicide-related boards, including as vice president of the National Association of Crisis Organization Directors and co-chair of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s Standards, Training, and Practices Sub-Committee.
Dr. Andrews is also an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) senior training coach. Through BHR, Dr. Andrews created and implemented the first suicide follow-up program in Missouri, which allowed BHR to expand suicide follow-up care to youth and adults throughout the eastern region of the state.

William Beverly, PhD, LMFT
Dr. Beverly is a licensed psychologist and faculty member in the counseling department at South Mountain Community College, were he also serves as Coordinator of the Behavioral Health Sciences program. Dr. Beverly has held leadership positions in a wide array of behavioral health settings overseeing numerous behavioral health programs across the state of Arizona, including residential treatment for teens, therapeutic group homes for adults with serious mental illness, forensic psychological services, sex offender treatment, and general outpatient counseling and psychiatric services. He was previously the Lead Psychologist for the Maricopa County jail system, where he co-developed a trauma-informed model for training officers working with inmates with mental illness and cognitive impairment. Dr. Beverly has conducted numerous workshops and published on the topic of suicide prevention and intervention with vulnerable populations. Dr. Beverly is also an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University, where he has taught in the educational psychology department for the last 10 years.

James M. Greenblatt MD
A pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, James M. Greenblatt MD is dually board-certified in Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with nearly three decades of experience treating clients with mood disorders, eating disorders, and other mental illnesses. His knowledge in the areas of biology, genetics, psychology, and nutrition as they interact in the treatment of mental illness has made him a highly sought-after speaker, and he has lectured internationally on the scientific evidence for nutritional interventions in psychiatry. Dr. Greenblatt has also published multiple books and articles for professional and consumer audiences on how to employ a comprehensive approach toward mental health treatment. His book series Psychiatry Redefined, which includes the newly-released Integrative Medicine for Depression from FriesenPress, draws upon his many years of experience treating complex and diverse patient populations. Dr. Greenblatt offers online courses for medical and health professionals as well as specialized fellowship programs in integrative psychiatry.  Dr. Greenblatt currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Services at Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham, MA, and is an assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc. and the founder of Psychiatry Redefined.

Carla Stumpf Patton, EdD, LMHC, NCC, QS, FT, CCTP
​Dr. Carla Stumpf Patton serves as the Director of Suicide Postvention Programs at Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) where she oversees programs and services provided to military families after a suicide loss. As a subject matter expert concerning issues of surrounding grief, trauma, and suicide, she presents on the topic and consults with civilian providers and military leaders in providing effective outreach and clinical care to military personnel, veterans, and military families. She is trained in suicide first aide through ASIST, as well as Psychological Autopsy Investigations through the American Association for Suicidology. Dr. Stumpf-Patton earned a B.S. in Psychology, a M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Guidance Counseling, and a Doctorate of Education in Counseling Psychology where she completed her dissertation research on military families bereaved by suicide. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Thanatologist, National Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Florida Qualified Supervisor, and counseling educator in higher academia.  Dr. Stumpf Patton is the surviving spouse of Marine Corps Drill Instructor Sgt.Richard Stumpf, a Gulf War Veteran who died by suicide in 1994, several days before their only child was born. She is married to a retired Marine Corps Veteran, and together, they have five children.

Kelli Donley Williams
Kelli Donley Williams is the state suicide prevention specialist at AHCCCS. She
returned to this position in 2018 after previously serving in a similar role for ADHS and
AHCCCS from 2013-2017. She has a BS in journalism from NAU and a graduate
degree in public health from UofA. She is a published novelist, and is passionate about
public health and public service. She serves on the boards for United Food Bank and
the Arizona Public Health Association.

Breakout Speakers: 

​Nikki Kontz
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.

Paula J. McCall
Dr. Paula J. McCall is a nationally certified school psychologist as well as a licensed psychologist in Arizona. She has over 15 years of experience in the school systems, both as a special education teacher and as a school psychologist, and she earned her PhD in Educational Psychology. Dr. McCall currently has a private practice that serves children and adolescents, and her experiences include working with suicidal ideation and self-harm, as well as with various developmental disabilities and mental health disorders. Dr. McCall currently teaches for the University of Arizona School Psychology program, and she has a history of presenting locally and nationally on topics including
suicide prevention, non-suicidal self-injury, grief, and crisis response with children and adolescents. Dr. McCall also is passionate about community outreach to provide information about mental health to parents and other adults, and she recently facilitated
the development of the Prepared Parenting series in Chandler, in which community members gain free information about child and adolescent mental health.

​Evette Richardson, BS, LMSW
Evette Richardson is a Clinician at Devereux’s Residential Treatment Center. Evette received her Bachelors of Science in Family Studies and Human Development from the University of Arizona and her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Washington. Evette Has been working with Queer and Transgender/Gender Expansive youth for nearly 10 years in various capacities and specializes in working with at-risk youth struggling with significant mental and behavioral health needs.

Russell Toomey, PhD
Dr. Russell Toomey is an Associate Professor of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona and Chair of the Youth Development and Resilience Initiative of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families. Dr. Toomey received his Ph.D. in Family Studies and Human Development from the University of Arizona, completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Arizona State University in the Prevention Research Center and the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics. Dr. Toomey’s research identifies malleable contextual (e.g., family, school) and individual-level (e.g., identity processes) factors that contribute to and mitigate health disparities experienced by marginalized adolescents in the United States. His research has examined these relationships with explicit attention to the minority-specific stressors of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination that contribute to the disparate rates of negative outcomes experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adolescents and Latinx youth, and the culturally-relevant protective factors (e.g., ethnic-racial identity, Gay-Straight Alliances) that buffer these associations. Dr. Toomey’s current research integrates these two distinct – but conceptually similar - lines of research (i.e., LGBTQ youth and Latinx youth), and focuses on how the amalgamation of individuals’ multiple marginalized identities contributes to their contextual experiences, health, and well-being. Dr. Toomey is Associate Editor for the Journal of Adolescent Research, and is a recipient of the Society for Research on Adolescence Young Investigator Award, a National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Award, and the University of Arizona Shirley O’Brien Diversity Award.

M.T. Webb is a LMSW,  LCDC
M.T. Webb is a LMSW, a LCDC, and is the director/founder of NConcepts, LLC (a continuing education consulting group). He served as an Adjunct Professor at both the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, and Tarleton State University School of Social Work. In 1997, Mr. Webb earned his Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Biblical Studies at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Webb is a
licensed and ordained minister with the Southern Baptist Convention. In August of 2001, he earned his masters’ degree in Social Work at the University of Southern Mississippi. Mr. Webb served as the Clinical Coordinator in the Allied Health/Substance Abuse Department at Weatherford College and has designed and implemented several treatment modalities to address the complex psycho-emotional issues of addiction and the subsequent dynamics of social and personal relationships. Mr. Webb served honorably in combat Medical divisions of both the U.S. Navy (Active Duty) and the Louisiana Army National Guard. In 1990, Sergeant Webb was deployed to the first Gulf War. In 2005, M.T. relocated to Texas due to hurricane Katrina. M.T. Webb is the author of the 2018 non-fiction, inspirational, self-help book entitled: “The Needy Greedy Dilemma: The Clashing of Cravings within a Conflicted Mind” which is available online through Amazon.com and Kindle Direct Publishing.

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