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Preliminary Program

May 12–14, 2025

Behavioral Health is Everyone’s Concern:
Constant Care, Changing Times.

Salamander Washington, DC
1330 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20024, US
(202) 787-6170
concierge@salamanderdc.com

2025 Annual Meeting Program Committee

Trish Toole, M.A.S., Annual Meeting Program Chair 
Mary-Catherine Bohan, M.S.W., Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
Rhonda Ashley-Dixon, M.A., Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

2025 Annual Meeting Schedule

All times below are Eastern Daylight Time.

Monday, May 12, 2025

  1. 8:30 a.m.
    Registration Desk open
  2. 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
    NABH Education & Research Foundation Board (Foundation only)
  3. 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
    Exhibitor set-up of tabletop displays
  4. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

    NABH Board of Trustees Lunch with Exhibitors (Board and exhibitors only)

  5. 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
    NABH Board of Trustees Meeting (Board only)
  6. 12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
    Exhibitor set-up of tabletop displays
  7. 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
    Gourmet Dessert Welcome
  8. 2:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.
    Welcome

    Speakers:

    Shawn Coughlin, NABH President and CEO and Jim Shaheen, NABH Board Chair, CEO, New Season/Colonial Management Group

  9. 3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

    Opening Session: Speakers TBD

  10. 3:45 – 4:30 p.m.

    NABH Education and Research Foundation Workforce Session I:

    NABH Registered Apprenticeship Program

    Moderator:

    Frank A. Ghinassi, Ph.D., NABH Immediate Past Board Chair, President & CEO, Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare, Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health and Addictions Service Line, RWJBarnabas Health

    Panelists:

    Jim Shaheen, NABH Board Chair, CEO & Board Member, New Season/Colonial Management Group, LP

    John Pallasch, Founder and CEO, One Workforce Solutions

    Kristen Weeden, M.S.W., Consultant

  11. 4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
    Visit with Exhibitors
  12. 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
    Managed Care Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
    Sponsored by VersaBadge
  13. 6:20 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
    New Member Welcome
  14. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

    Welcome Reception

    Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson, Inc.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

  1. 8 a.m.
    Registration Desk open
  2. 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
    Coffee with Exhibitors
  3. 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

    NABH Education and Research Foundation Session II: Strengthening Supervisor Competencies

    Speaker:

    Scott Migdole, M.S.W., LCSW, ACSW, COO, Yale Behavioral Health & Yale Program on Supervision, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

  4. 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
    Session Two
    Speaker: TBD
  5. 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    Quality Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
    Sponsored by Oxehealth
  6. 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    Youth Services Committee Meeting (Committee only)
  7. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
    Annual Meeting Luncheon
    Sponsored by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
  8. 1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

    Addiction Treatment Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
    Sponsored by Trac9 Informatics

  9. 1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
    Behavioral Health Services within General Healthcare Systems Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
    Sponsored by Odd Ball Industries
  10. 3:45 p.m. – 4 p.m.
    Visit with Exhibitors
  11. 4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

    Legislative Session I: Today’s Telemedicine & Telehealth Landscape

    Speaker:

    Kyle Zebley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, American Telemedicine Association; Executive Director, ATA Action

  12. 4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    Legislative Session II: 
    Speaker: TBD

  13. 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
    Board Chair’s Reception
  14. 8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
    Exhibitor take-down (Optional)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

  1. 7:30 a.m.
    Registration Desk open
  2. 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
    Continental Breakfast
  3. 9 a.m.
    Annual Meeting Formal Program Ends
  4. 9 a.m.
    Exhibitor take-down
  5. 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
    Hill Day Congressional Office Visits

NABH thanks the Annual Meeting sponsors noted above and these additional sponsors:

Gold Sponsor JDi Healthcare Consultants & Recruiters: Custom Hotel Key Cards

Diamond Sponsor Whitehall MFG: Annual Meeting Social Media Posts