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Commissioner’s Office

• Nelson Smith
  Title: Commissioner
  Email: nelson.smith@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-3921
• Mira Signer
  Title: Chief Deputy Commissioner for Community Behavioral Health
  Email: mira.signer@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-3921
• Cort Kirkley
  Title: Deputy Commissioner for Administrative Services
  Email: cort.kirkley@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 298-3215
• Robert Hobbelman
  Title: CIO
  Email: robert.hobbelman@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 774-2280
• Heather Norton
  Title: Acting Deputy Commissioner for Developmental Services
  Email: heather.norton@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-5850
• Angela Harvell
  Title: Deputy Commissioner for Facility Services
  Email: Angela.Harvell@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 225-3829
• Meghan McGuire
  Title: Chief Public Relations Officer
  Email: meghan.mcguire@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-3921
• Jenni Schodt
  Title: Department of Justice Settlement Agreement Advisor
  Email: Jenni.Schodt@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 663-7286
• An-Li Hoban
  Title: Commissioner’s Office Coordinator/Administrative Supervisor
  Email: an-li.hoban@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-3921

Office Directors

• Lauren Cunningham
  Title:Communications Director
  Email: Lauren.Cunningham@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 956-5434
• Dev Nair
  Title:Assistant Commissioner of Quality Management & Development
  Email: dev.nair@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 225-3857
• Beverly Rollins
  Title: Administrative Community Operations
  Email: Beverly.Rollins@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 225-3705
• Lisa Jobe-Shields, Ph.D., LCP
  Title:Deputy Director, Community Services
  Email: lisa.jobe-shields@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 298-3198
• Dawn Traver
  Title: Waiver Operations
  Email: Dawn.Traver@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 382-7055
• Eric Williams
  Title: Provider Development
  Email: eric.williams@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 371-7428

• Andrew Diefenthaler
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
  Email:Andrew.Diefenthaler@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-9889
• Ken Gunn
  Title: Budget and Financial Reporting
  Email:ken.gunn@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-1555
• John Moore
  Title: Fiscal Services
  Email: john.moore@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-8598
• Taneika Goldman
  Title: Human Rights
  Email: taneika.goldman@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-0032
• Alvie Edwards
  Title: Director of Internal Audit
  Email: alvie.edwardsiii@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-5839

• Mark Blackwell
  Title: Director, Office of Recovery Services
  Email: mark.blackwell@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 837-5890

• Christine Schein, LCSW
  Title:Forensic Operations Manager
  Email: christine.schein@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 482-8798
  Fax: (804) 786-9621

• Carla Zarrella, LCSW
  Title: Director of OSVP Services
  Email: carla.zarrella@dbhds.virginia.gov
  Phone: (804) 786-6420
  Cell: (804) 971-7948
  Fax: (804) 786-2315