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Meet Our Speakers

Charles Hopkins

has managed services for people

with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities at the local,

regional and state levels for over 30 years. He retired from

state government in 2008 as the Deputy Director of the

Office of Developmental Disabilities. Other State Office

positions he’s held include: Special Assistant to the

Division Director, Developmental Disabilities Chief and

the state Coordinator of Supported Employment.

Charles has presented nationally, often focusing on the

contributions people with disabilities make in their

communities. He is the recipient of Georgia’s first

Distinguished Services Award for IDD Services, Unlock

the Waiting Lists’ Advocate of the Year and AADD’s

Heart of Gold Award. Charles has returned to the Division of DD and is currently working

to support the Division’s effort to significantly improve employment outcomes for

Georgians with IDD.

Charles Hopkins

Consultant, Developmental Disabilities Division

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)

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Chuck Ingoglia, MSW

Senior Vice President, Public

Policy and Practice Improvement, the National Council

for Behavioral Health

Mr. Ingoglia is Senior Vice President of Public Policy and

Practice Improvement for the National Council for

Behavioral Health where he leads the national charge to

ensure people have access to their potential to live full

and complete lives. During the last ten years at the

National Council, he has made valuable contributions to

the organization in establishing direction and achieving

specific goals for the over 2,800 member organizations

nationwide.

As leader of the Policy and Practice Improvement Team, Mr. Ingoglia transforms the

conversation about mental health and delivery of services. He effects change at both the

national and state policy level by, among other things, playing a major role in Federal and

State policy advocacy and analyses on myriad issues relevant to behavioral health