Partners

Working together with program and community partners enables us to understand all aspects of the issues that face teens and adults today.

We recognize that the development of Reach Out is only possible through our collaborations. We are grateful for the support, expertise and absolute commitment to teens and young adults they have provided.

Collaborating Organizations

Ad Council
Boys Town (Ms. Virginia Gohr)
btrax
DDB-NY
Emotechnology (Chris Gandin Le)
Inspire Australia
Inspire Ireland
Ohio State University, Student Health Services (Dr. John Vaughn, Mr. John Ford)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Dr. Gary Blau, Adolescent and Family Branch
• Dr. Anne Mathews-Younes, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs
• Cpt. Maria Dinger, Suicide Prevention Branch
• Mr. Mark Weber and Ms. Nancy Ayers, Office of Communications
The Bridgespan Group (Jon Huggett, Barry Newstead)

Advisors

Dr. Lanny Berman, President, American Association of Suicidology
Mr. John Foong Enterprise Online Sales Manager EMEA, Google
Mr. Marty Gauvin, Managing Director, Tier 5 Pty Ltd
Dr. Madelyn Gould, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in Psychiatry at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Gina Hijjawi, Partnership for a Drug Free America
Ms. Amanda Lerner, Lifeline
Dr. Herbert Ochitill, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco & Director of the Psychiatric Consultation Service at San Francisco General Hospital
Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Ms. Rita Taddonio, Director of the Adoption Resource Center & SPARK in the Post Adoption Services division of Spence-Chapin Foundation

We have been fortunate to have many volunteers who inspired by our mission were willing to work tirelessly to support us in getting to the successful launch of Reach Out here in the United States. They have been unsung heroes.

Pro Bono Professional Support

Brighton Consulting (John Kean)
Ernst & Young (Michael Strachan, Bill Taulbee, Simon Hankinson, Leila Atiyeh)
Latham and Watkins (Nirosha Nimalasuriya, Ghaith Mahmood, Brad Helms, Rhonda DeLeon, Adam Kummins, Julie Dalke, Curtis Peele, Jenny Shaw)

Board members, staff and volunteers

Paul B. Daitz
Linda Fong
Amy Grassel
Cam Hassard
Annalisa Jenkins
Sarah Moran
Olivia Whitty