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A Seat at the Table: Our Leaders Join Governor-elect’s Transition Task Force

Date: December 10, 2025Author: Noel Santos
A Seat at the Table: Our Leaders Join Governor-elect’s Transition Task Force
Pictured, from left to right: Senior Director of Programs Rose Brown, Board Vice President Emerson Crooks, CEO Robert Davison, and Program Director Madine Despeine-Udoh

 

Mental Health Association is proud to announce that Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill has named Board Vice President Emerson Crooks, CEO Robert Davison and Program Director Madine Despeine-Udoh to the Transition Team’s Interdisciplinary Advisory Task Force, a broad coalition of leaders from across New Jersey-labor, business, veterans, healthcare, education, the environment and more-assembled to give Governor-elect Sherrill and her team a real world perspective as they shape policy. The group will participate in listening sessions and briefings, ensuring that every major initiative is informed by voices from every part of the state and grounded in how these issues affect communities on the ground.

In addition, Governor-elect Sherrill has appointed Senior Director of Programs Rose Brown to the Transaction Action Team for Kids Mental Health and Online Safety. This team brings together leaders from across New Jersey and the nation to assist the Sherrill Administration in improving children’s mental health and enhance online safety.

As our Congresswoman, Mikie Sherrill and her staff were always ready to listen to our concerns and proposals on behalf of the people we serve, and beyond that move into action for citizens with mental illness and/or addictions. We are delighted to be at the table to continue the conversation.

Read more: https://www.nj.gov/govelect/action/