Robin Peyson selected as NAMI Texas E.D.

After an extended search by the NAMI Texas Executive Committee, Robin Peyson of Bastrop, Texas has been selected to replace Joe Lovelace as Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas.

Ms. Peyson has a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Williams College; Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan and is a licensed chemical dependency counselor.

Her present job is Service Systems Development Specialist for the Department of State Health Services.  In that position she is the liaison between DSHS and the statewide advocacy organizations, including NAMI Texas.  Prior to DSHS, she was the Program Director for several community-based organizations delivering services to children and adolescents.

Ms. Peyson will start her employment as E.D. of NAMI Texas on January 23, 2006