About Us
BREAKING HEALTH CARE SILOS FOR BETTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
The Behavioral Health Roundtable (BHRT) is a national grassroots platform comprised of stakeholders on the front lines in the battle to serve Americans suffering in our ongoing national mental health crisis. The BHRT believes that we have a moral obligation to serve those in need who most deserve our assistance, and that the status quo is unacceptable. We are comprised of leading clinical leaders, stakeholder organizations, and faith groups dedicated to breaking down the status quo when it comes to effectively and rapidly serving Americans in mental health crises, or those who are facing the challenges of addiction. While the BHRT will serve all those in our country facing behavioral health challenges we have a specific focus on those seeking the “break the mold” in serving their needs.
In our nation today, we are in a battle for our right to serve those among us who most need our help. Concurrently, the rights of those who might be served, in their ability to choose which resources are best for them, are also under siege. One of the things that most people in America today still might almost universally agree upon is that the government system for providing care for our veterans and those facing challenges due to mental health conditions and addiction is broken.
Perhaps most troubling, those innovators and outside the box thinkers who are attempting to address these growing challenges in a new way are all to often shut out or denied entry into a rigid system that is rigged by the legacy players to ensure profits, not outcomes.
Our mission is to conduct and harness a new chorus of influential voices that have never before been assembled to engage together on behavioral health issues—and to provide a platform for these voices so that we can finally break through the status quo and make real progress.
Our goal is to assist leaders and innovators from all backgrounds have responded to help those most in need and fill the void.
Carley DeRoche
Carley is a recent graduate from Michigan State University where she studied public policy. Carley has experience working in state legislative and leadership offices. Carley has also worked with state pharmaceutical regulators and most recently with NGO service providers for homelessness, jail and prison reentry, foster care, mental health, addiction, and behavioral health services. Carley is passionate about changing how behavioral health issues are treated today. Carley handles the day-to-day operations of BHRT and will focus her expertise on recruitment and coalition building.
Executive Director
Ernest Baynard
Over the past twenty-two years, Ernest has successfully built and managed a wide array of public affairs campaigns for a diverse group of clients. Prior to founding Meridian Hill Strategies in 2002, he served as a senior staff Member in the United States House of Representatives. He served as a guest lecturer on media and politics at the United States Military Academy, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University. Ernest is regarded as one of the most effective coalition builders and strategists in Washington DC. Ernest and his firm currently represent several innovative companies providing solutions to the U.S. government in the areas of defense, homeland security, transportation, trade, communications, clean energy and healthcare. The firm also has a strong focus on leveraging a bipartisan, technology-driven approach to level the playing field and create greater opportunity for underserved communities and persons
Advisory Board
Craig DeRoche
Craig is one of the most visible and influential Christian leaders in America. He is a former republican Speaker of the House in Michigan and former president of Justice Fellowship founded by Chuck Colson. He is currently the CEO of Family Policy Alliance, which is the largest infrastructure for social conservative advocacy in America. At FPA, they host forty state organizations that employ over four hundred full-time employees, fifty million of annual investment toward the mission, and interact with more than fifty thousand local churches and millions of Christian political advocates every week. Craig has experience with addiction and has gone through the criminal justice system himself and uses his experience in recovery and repaying his debts to help others in similar situations.
Advisory Board
Help Us Break Health Care Silos For Better
Behavioral Health Outcomes
