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For additional details and applications to participate asmentees, mentors or coaches, please visit www.njmhi.org . Or contact: ShaunaMoses Vice President, Public Affairs andMember Services,NJAMHAA smoses@njamhaa.org Applications and payments are due August 31, 2025 for the cohort that will begin in September 2025. August 2025 5 ATTENTION: Executives of Behavioral Healthcare Organizations Please encourage your staff to apply to be mentees! For the low cost of $950 per employee for NJAMHAAmember organizations or $3,000 for nonmembers, you will be making extremely important investments not only in your staff, but also in your organizations through increased staff retention by helping to create career paths for your teammembers! “ Coaching is shaping how I think about how we’re rolling out new policies and practices at our organization and how I interact with my direct reports. ” JessieWasserman, LCSW 2024-2025 Leadership Academy Mentee, Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Circle of Care for Families and Children of Passaic County, Inc. “ I always have a bunch of projects going on, and my mentor and coach are helping me prioritize and advocate for what’s best for each project. I am learning to break out of my comfort zone. For example, I’m networking and giving presentations. Both my mentor and coach are great sounding boards. It’s been wonderful having their support. ” VictoriaNagel, LCADC, CCS, LPC, ACS, NCC, BC-TMH 2024-2025 Leadership Academy Mentee, Clinical Training andWorkforce Director, New Jersey Prevention Network “ I feel tremendous rewards as a mentor and coach. If you’re in a position to be able to be a mentor, giving your time and expertise to someone else is really important and valuable. It’s so important that we try to build the behavioral health workforce. These are the leaders of the future and it is so important and our responsibility to make sure they are fully equipped to really meet the challenges they will be facing in the future. ” ReginaWiddows, MA Leadership Academy Mentor; Member, NJAMHAA Board of Directors; and President/CEO, SERV Behavioral Health System, Inc. ! continued from page 4