Maryland National Guard Forums on

Veterans Reintegration

Caring for Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families:

A Summit for Healthcare Providers

The Maryland National Guard and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene offer a unique opportunity for behavioral and primary care professionals to come together and explore multifaceted issues unique to reintegrating veterans.  The goal of the conference is to enhance the awareness, knowledge and clinical skills of Maryland’s behavioral health and primary care professionals to assess and treat our military members, veterans and their families.

The conference will:

• Target behavioral health and primary care professionals serving military members, veterans and their families.
• Encourage all Maryland behavioral health and primary care providers to extend their practice to military members, veterans and their families.
• Provide participants understanding and appreciation of military culture and how it impacts care.
• Promote use of evidence-based best practices in behavioral health and primary care.
  

The Adjutant General, Brigadier General James A. Adkins, has initiated the planning for the conference in an effort to reach the communities where veterans live, work and go to school. Funding and support from the Maryland National Guard, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University, the United States and Maryland Departments of Veterans Affairs and Towson University provides the entire forum with no charge to the participants. 

Please view the Conference Agenda for information on CEU and CME accreditation.

Planning Committee Members

Marcela Aguilar, MHS
Manager, ICF Macro

Laura Bageant, PMP
Office of Enrollment Management
& National Guard Conferences
Towson University

Mark Bailey
Maryland Professional Volunteer Corps and ESAR-VHP Coordinator
Office of Preparedness & Response
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)

Laura Copland, MA, LCMHC
Director of Behavioral Health Disaster Services and Veterans Reintegration Issues
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MHA)

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gafney
Officer in Charge, Maryland National Guard Reintegration Initiative
Project Manager, Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) Post Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) Program

1LT Jennifer Hahn
Deployment Cycle Support Manager
Maryland National Guard

Christina Harnett, Ph.D., MBA
Faculty/Psychologist
The Johns Hopkins University
Division of Public Safety Leadership

Jean Langbein, LCSW
OEF/OIF Program Manager
Washington, DC VA Medical Center

James (Jim) A. Martin, Ph.D., BCD
Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret),
Professor, Bryn Mawr College
Member, Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board

John O’Brien, LCSW-C, BCD
Chief Social Work Executive
VA Maryland Health Care System

Veronica A. Thurmond, Ph.D.
Lead Women Veterans Program Manager
OEF/OIF Program Manager
VISN 5 Network Office
VA Maryland Health Care System

Archie T. Wallace
Director, Maryland’s Commitment to Veterans
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)

Office of Enrollment Management
Phone: 410-704-2369
E-mail: cmannon@towson.edu