Meet the Advisory Board

The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism Advisory Board is made up of top mental health experts and journalists. They help select fellows and mentor them through their fellowship projects.

U.S. Advisory Board

Bill Lichtenstein


Benjamin Druss

Dr. Víctor García-Perdomo

Tori Murden McClure

Katie Hawkins-Gaar

Caroline “CC” Clauss-Ehlers

Dr. Kortni Alston

Dr. Lawrence Kutner

Bob Meyers

Arlene Notoro-Morgan


Deborah Wang

Kathryn Cade


Jimmie Briggs

Hank Klibanoff

Ellen Mickiewicz


International Advisory Board – United Arab Emirates

  • Dr. Saliha Afridi

    Clinical psychologist, founder and managing director of The LightHouse Arabia 

  • Leonard Stall

    Philanthropist, chairman of communications agency Touchline

  • Iman Ben Chaibah

    Founder, Sail Magazine & Publishing

  • Dr. Justin Thomas

    Associate professor of psychology, Zayed University and health psychologist, British Psychological Society

International Advisory Board – Latin America

  • Dr. Víctor Manuel Garcia Perdomo

    Professor of the Communication School, Universidad de La Sabana 

  • Yahira R Guzmán-Sabogal

    Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana

International Advisory Board – Qatar

  • Nick Bradshaw

    Director of Partnerships and Outreach, World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)