Our diverse team represents an array of backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives coupled with a lifelong passion for serving those who live with behavioral health challenges. The Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) team is deeply committed to the improvement of behavioral health care in WA State and beyond.
BHI Leadership
Madeline Grant
Chief Administrative Officer, Harborview Medical Center
Dr. Carolyn Brenner, MD
Medical Director, Mental Health & Addictions Service, Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Cara Towle, RN, MSN, MA
Program Director, Behavioral Health Training, Workforce and Policy Innovation Center
Corey Thies, MS, LMHC, SUDP
Program Director, Specialized Treatment for Early Psychosis (STEP) Program
Paul Borghesani, MD, PhD
Director, Psychiatry Clerkships, UW School of Medicine
Medical Director, Psychiatry Emergency Services, Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Carolyn Brenner, MD
Medical Director, Mental Health & Addictions Service, Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Clint Burwell
Assistant Vice President for Health System Philanthropy, UW Medicine
Stacey Devenney
Administrator, Behavioral Health Services, Patient Care Services, Harborview Medical Center
Ian Goodhew
Senior Director of External Affairs, UW Medicine
Madeline Grant
Chief Administrative Officer, Harborview Medical Center
Sommer Kleweno Walley
Chief Executive Officer, Harborview Medical Center
Mark Snowden, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, UW School of Medicine
Chief of Psychiatry, Harborview Medical Center
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Jürgen Unützer, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Carolyn Brenner, MD
Medical Director, Mental Health & Addictions Service, Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Corey Thies, MS, LMHC, SUDP
Program Director, Specialized Treatment for Early Psychosis (STEP) Program
Jessica Maura, PhD
Psychologist STEP
Christine Curry, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington; Psychiatrist, BHI Clinical Services STEP Program and Harborview Mental Health and Addiction Services
Cara Towle, RN, MSN, MA
Program Director
Topher Jerome, BA
Senior Project Director & Operations Specialist
Sheryl Schwartz, MPA
Project Director, Behavioral Health Apprenticeship Project
Dr. Bradford Felker, MD
Psychiatrist VA Puget Sound; Senior Telemental Health Consultant, BHI; Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, UW School of Medicine
Mylinh Thao
Executive Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer
Project Coordinator, Behavioral Health Institute
This pillar, currently in development, will support innovative practice among community based behavioral health providers who are wanting to engage in innovative care models but who lack the internal capacity to conduct rigorous program evaluation of the efficacy of these approaches and pilots. Our team (when built) will partner with agencies to develop the framework for program evaluation of the projects from the inception and will support projects by conducting program and outcome evaluations, giving the program and funders of these pilots important data regarding their efficacy, scalability and impact.