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
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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
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8:30 a.m.Registration Desk open
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9 a.m. – 11 a.m.NABH Education & Research Foundation Board (Foundation only)
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9 a.m. – 11 a.m.Exhibitor set-up of tabletop displays
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
NABH Board of Trustees Lunch with Exhibitors (Board and exhibitors only)
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12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.NABH Board of Trustees Meeting (Board only)
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12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Exhibitor set-up of tabletop displays
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2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Gourmet Dessert Welcome
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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
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3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Opening Session: Speakers TBD
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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
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4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.Visit with Exhibitors
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4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Managed Care Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
Sponsored by VersaBadge -
6:20 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.New Member Welcome
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6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson, Inc.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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8 a.m.Registration Desk open
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8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.Coffee with Exhibitors
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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
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9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Session Two
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10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Quality Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
Sponsored by Oxehealth -
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Youth Services Committee Meeting (Committee only)
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12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Annual Meeting Luncheon
Sponsored by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care -
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Addiction Treatment Committee Meeting (Committee and Silver Sponsor only)
Sponsored by Trac9 Informatics -
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 -
3:45 p.m. – 4 p.m.Visit with Exhibitors
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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
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4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Legislative Session II:
Speaker: TBD -
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.Board Chair’s Reception
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8 p.m. – 9 p.m.Exhibitor take-down (Optional)
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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7:30 a.m.Registration Desk open
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8 a.m. – 9 a.m.Continental Breakfast
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9 a.m.Annual Meeting Formal Program Ends
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9 a.m.Exhibitor take-down
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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