
About WISE
The WISE – Initiative for Stigma Elimination (WISE) is a nationwide coalition of organizations and individuals promoting inclusion and support for those affected by mental illness and addiction/substance use through the advancement of evidence-based practices for stigma reduction efforts.
WISE Executive Committee

Dr. Ricardo Anderson
Chair of WISE, Instructional Connections. Academic Coach

Ellie Jarvie
Lead Advocate, Disability Rights Wisconsin

Thomasina Jenkins, LCSW, CSAC, ICS
Clinical Assistant Professor and Field Liason Helen Bader School of Social Welfare UW – Milwaukee

Mark W. Powless
General Manager, Oneida Nation

Megan McLachlan, MEd
Education coordinator at NAMI Wisconsin

Dr. Maria Inosencia Amarante LPC, SAC, Ph.D.
Multicultural Trauma and Addiction Treatment Center of Wisconsin
Rogers Community Learning and Engagement staff supports the work of WISE - Initiative for Stigma Elimination

Alison Wolf
Operation and Development Manager

Emily Jonesberg, MSW, LCSW
Program Manager

Hanna Maechtle
Training Specialist

Brittney Fair, MSW, APSW
Training Specialist
Coaching for Success Program, Sheboygan, WI

Kimberly Johnson
Lead Coach – Coaching for Success Sheboygan

Patrick Uselding
Lead Coach – Coaching for Success Sheboygan
WISE Partners
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
American Heart Association, Milwaukee, WI
Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI
Aurora Family Services, Milwaukee, WI
Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
Character Counts, Mental Health Committee – Port Washington school District, WI
City on a Hill, Milwaukee, WI
Coalition for Children’s Mental Health, Milwaukee, WI
Compassion MKE, Milwaukee, WI
Convergence Resource Center, Milwaukee, WI
COPE Services (Ozaukee County), WI
Data You Can Use, Milwaukee, WI
Dry Hootch, Milwaukee
Illinois Institute of Technology – Dr. Patrick Corrigan
Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach (CURTO), Marquette University
Children’s Wisconsin
Christian Family Solutions, WI, MN, FL, ID, MI, NE
Concordia University, Mequon, WI
Cultivate Mental Wellness Ozaukee and Washington County Partnership
Disability Rights Wisconsin
Ex Fabula, Milwaukee, WI
Finding Your Fairytale – Angela Kupper, Milwaukee, WI
Gathering on the Green, Mequon, WI
Giving Voice to Depression Podcast, Milwaukee, WI
The Institute of Trauma and Trauma Informed Care, Buffalo, NY
Kentucky Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Kentucky
LaCrosse Mental Health Coalition, WI
Latino Health Coalition, Milwaukee, WI
LGBTQ Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
Love IV Lawrence, Tampa, FL
Medical College of Wisconsin
Mental Health America Lakeshore Sheboygan, WI
Mental Health America Wisconsin
Mental Health Task Force of Polk County, WI
Milwaukee Center for Independence, WI
Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force, WI
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI
MIRACLE (Mental Illness Raising Awareness with Church and Community Leaders Everywhere), Milwaukee, WI
Multicultural Trauma and Addiction Treatment Center of Wisconsin
NAMI Dane County, WI
NAMI Chicago, IL
NAMI Fox Valley, WI
NAMI Southeast WI
NAMI Racine, WI
NAMI WI
New Concept Self Development Center, Milwaukee, WI
Next Door, Milwaukee
Nicolet Federated Library System, WI
No Shame On U, Chicago, IL
North East WI Mental Health Connection
Nurturing Diversity Partners, Milwaukee, WI
Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH), WI
Oneida Nation, Green Bay, WI
Ozaukee Family Services, WI
PATH School based mental health program, Sheboygan, WI
Prevent Suicide Greater Milwaukee, WI
Prevent Suicide WI
REDgen, Shorewood, WI
Resilient Retreat, Sarasota, Florida
Rogers Behavioral Health, WI, PA, TN, FL, CA, GA, IL, MN, CO, WA
Safe and Sound, Milwaukee, WI
Samaritan Family Wellness, Glendale, WI
Sebastian Family Psychology Services, Milwaukee, WI
SCPMH – School Community Partnership for Mental Health, Milwaukee, WI
Shorehaven Behavioral Health, Brown Deer, WI
Southwest Wisconsin Behavioral Health Partnership Community Action Program
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Coalition of Portage County, WI
The Jed Foundation, Los Angeles
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
UWM Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Milwaukee, WI
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Veteran Peer Support at Medical College of Wisconsin
Core El Centro, Milwaukee, WI
Wellpoint Care Network, Milwaukee, WI
WISH (Wisconsin Safe & Healthy Schools) Center, CESA (Cooperative Educational Service Agency), Wisconsin
Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System
Wisconsin Family Ties (WFT)
Wisconsin PATCH Program
Wisconsin Peer Specialists
Wood County Mental Health Matters Coalition, WI