NAMI Maryland executive director, Kate Farinholt, recieves The Daily Record's 2018 Most Admired CEO Award

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland celebrated the awarding of its executive director,Kate Farinholt, with TheDaily Record's 2018 Most Admired CEO Award on Nov. 5. Under Farinholt's leadership, NAMI Maryland has grown into a nationally recognized agency, and Farinholt is a highly sought ‐after consultant who is respected for creating tools and procedures adopted by NAMI affiliates across the country, NAMI officials stated in a press release. Within NAMI itself, Farinholt was instrumental in the development of the NAMI model and training for both the NAMI Family Support Group and NAMI Connection (support group for individuals with mental illness), and was, for many years, the volunteer national trainer and coordinator of the NAMI Family Support Group program. Among her accomplishments, she also co‐developed the NAMI In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness training for individual speakers, which is available in all 50 states and beyond. Farinholt was selected by an outside panel of judges for her personal achievement, community leadership and mentoring.
Source: Mental Health Weekly - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Names in the News Source Type: research