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Meet Our Speakers

Carter on domestic and international advocacy and policy efforts to promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness. Fitzgerald earned her master’s degree in social work from the University of Georgia. She and her husband Tim Gould live in Cobb County with their two children, Abbie and Jack. Currently serves as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities a $1 billion dollar agency with over 5000 employees. She was appointed to the role after years of serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Programs for Commissioner Frank W. Berry. Judy is a Social worker with a long standing interest in behavioral health and public service delivery systems. Prior to her appointment at DBHDD, Ms. Fitzgerald worked in a variety of human service settings. She served as Vice President of Strategy for View Point Health, one of Georgia’s twentyǦfive public community service boards. She has also worked as a consultant on child and adolescent services in several states and was the Executive Director for the Mental Health Association of Georgia. She was privileged to begin her career in the Mental Health Program of The Carter Center, working for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on domestic and international advocacy and policy efforts to promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness. Judy earned her Master’s degree in Social work from the University of Georgia. She and her husband Tim Gould live in Smyrna with their two children, Abbie and Jack. Judy Fitzgerald, LCSW Commissioner Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) Contact: 404.463.7945 Email: judy.fitzgerald@dbhdd.ga.gov

Representative Spencer Frye was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2012, representing District 118 (Athens/Winterville) and currently serves as the Executive Director for Athens Habitat for Humanity. He’s also been a small business owner and a construction manager, has helped to export American ambulances overseas, and coǦfounded a company that began by recapturing recyclable motor oil and which now operates globally. As a business owner, nonǦprofit director, and now state representative, Spencer Frye has met and worked with folks from all over the community, and successfully balanced the interests of citizens, private enterprise, and government. His wife Gretchen is an emergency room nurse at Athens

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