CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Tra’s passion for motivating individuals, teams & organizations to reach their highest potential is naturally infectious. Combined with his delivery of real-world solutions for achieving goals, this combination has propelled thousands forward on their paths toward personal and professional success. As one who doesn’t shy away from his own battles with mental health, Tra remains pivotal in the Mental Health Alliance of America’s strategic development.

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

As a naturally orchestrated creative design artist, Chris is extremely comfortable with leading the team in our digital branding. He has a concrete history of graphic design, photography, and video production. All tools that he’ll pull on for context and inspiration. His core passions are capturing stories behind the lens and bringing ideas from sketch to scale to make people believers. He will lead our digital media arm CAVA Media Group alongside Champ Bailey.

MENTAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR

Priscilla is a Mental Performance Coach and Consultant to collegiate and professional athletes; helping them navigate and overcome performance blocks on the court as well as facilitating important breakthroughs off the court due to the challenges they face performing at an elite level. Priscilla will be instrumental to leading our efforts to connect our organization, network, and team with direct service providers.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Coming to The Mental Health Alliance of America with evaluable nonprofit knowledge, a network of industry advocates, robust community development skills, and a passion for seeing people grow, Aaron is poised to lead our sponsorship and fundraising efforts nationwide. As a natural people person, Aaron mixes business acumen with a next door neighbor personal touch. He was built for this role within the organization.

PROGRAMMING ADVISOR

As a staple in the Georgia community, we are grateful to have Lee involved with our program. Serving as a Account Executive for Turner Sports for 20 years, she brings a holistic approach to major media distribution and broadcasting networks to help propel socioeconomic issues and implementation of programs surrounding student mental health. Lee is also currently serving as the President of the UGA Alumni Association.

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

With extensive experience in personal and business athletic development, Champ leads our team’s focused agenda to expand our student-athlete’s leadership growth, business management, and be a soundboard on topics surrounding constructing corporate partnerships, improving their local branding likeness, and managing our national workforce development portfolios.

CHIEF VISUAL OFFICER

With years of experience in staging, lighting, and visual design, we couldn’t be more thrilled to have Scott on board. As a naturally talented and punctual visual storyteller and experienced videography professional, Scott is beyond instrumental in our CAVA Digital Media arm and our leader in video media development. We will interact with our audience with documentaries, short stories, and quick reels that are all designed to engage and captivate intended audiences.

MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR

Working primarily in the military realm of Social Work and Psychology, Ben brings over 12 years of dedicated experience in the mental health field. Ben will be extremely important in the trauma, domestic violence, and prevention programming initiatives along the West Coast. He will serve as a safe space liaison for The LEAP Initiative.

CONTENT & YOUTUBE DEVELOPMENT

As a natural enthusiast for storytelling, design, and concept development, Jacob joins our team working alongside our CAVA digital media arm. With a focus on social media strategies, formulating content, and building partnerships, he will help us grow our monetization verticals. Jacob will also drive our efforts to educate people on the power of real estate development and simplify financial literacy.

Fundraising & Marketing Director

We could not be more thrilled to have the very talented Teyana Chaney join our TMHAA team. As a well-rounded relationship builder, planning expert, and capital campaign strategist, she is invaluable to our team’s growth. With over a decade in donor relations and marketing, we could not be more intentional about having her experience, education, and commitment to help make a difference.