Board of
Directors:

Mike Bach
Mental Health Consultant

Karen Gherardini
Mental Health Advocate & Secondary School Teacher

AllisonAustin, MAOM, MIS
Director of Community Development & Planning

Brenda Altadonna
Mental Health Advocate & Retired Elementary School Teacher

Fred Bernstein
CEO, Community Health and Emergency Services Inc.

Carolyn Brown-Hodge
Office of Illinois Governor

Jim Creason
Retired Illinois State Attorney

Tom Marek
Outreach Worker
Farm Resource Center

Kyla Beaver
Administrative Assistant
Central City School

Committees:

Mary Molano, MS
Fundraising Chairperson

A charitable research and treatment facility: the MIRFA dream.

Advocacy and research are the beginning. Ultimately, MIRFA is working towards a dream – the creation of a charitable research and treatment facility for mentally ill individuals. Modeled after St. Jude’s hospital for children, the center would offer a charitable comprehensive approach to the treatment of mental illness.

A vision of care.

The facility will be an inviting and open space, where there is no sense of stigma… A comfortable and natural atmosphere encourages recovery and a return to all the normal aspects of life… Professionalism and warm treatment is research-based… Individuals guide their own treatment, and maintain valuable links to the home, family, and community during the course of their residency.

Advisory Members:

J. Srinivasaraghavan, MD, DFAPA
Professor & Chief, Division of Community and Public Psychiatry
Southern Illinois University – School of Medicine

Jim Maloff
Development Advisor

William P. Crain
Legal Advisor

Lisa Fuehne, CPA

Deborah Seale
Executive Director of Telehealth
Networks and Programs,
Southern Illinois University – School of Medicine

Fiona Hodgson, M Ed
Senior Managing Director