To promote overall mental health through education, support, public health reform, and advocacy.
Mental wellness is the foundation of our healthy, resilient community. Together, with mental health champions, peers, and workplaces, all individuals thrive in a compassionate, trauma-informed environment.
Our Values
hope
We believe hope is the foundation of, and the bridge to, recovery.
resilience
We empower one another to embrace strengths and learn new skills when faced with adversity. Self-care and core principles of mindfulness create life balance for ourselves and those we serve.
education
Providing information, assistance, and knowledge on mental wellness fosters increased access to care, reduced stigma around mental health, and promotes healthy living. Commitment to continued education for MHA team members ensures quality programming.
compassion
Using a trauma-informed care lens, empathy, kindness and acceptance drive our interactions with others and ourselves.
community
By celebrating inclusiveness and diversity through partnerships, collaborations, and collective impact, we build strong, thriving communities.
Staff Members
Executive Director
Julie joined Mental Health America in Sheboygan as Executive Director in 2018. She defines her 25-year career as a gift to serve others. She is an advocate for highlighting social determinants of health relating to barriers to access to care. She is dedicated to implementing stigma reduction and social inclusion strategies and strives every...
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Director of Education & Advocacy
Trisha has had a passion for working with children and youth for as long as she can remember. She graduated with a degree in social work from UW-Whitewater (Go Warhawks!) in 2008, and decided to continue her education by pursuing a Master's degree, which she earned in 2016. As the Education Program Coordinator at MHA, Trisha is able to pursue...
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Director of Strategic Planning | United Way PATH Coordinator
Brianna is a graduate of Silver Lake College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. Since joining MHA’s team in June 2017, she has gotten involved with a number of community and statewide coalitions including, but not limited to, Healthy Sheboygan County (HSC2020) SBIRT Committee and Wisconsin’s Coalition for Expanding School-Based...
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Director of Wellness & Marketing
Rachael Haas has been a fitness and wellness professional since 2003. After gaining her Bachelor’s Degree from Elmhurst College majoring in biology and minoring in psychology, Rachael continued a path gaining education and experience working with all types and ages of clients and students. Working in Chicago, Milwaukee, Door County,...
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Mental Health Resource Specialist
Alycia comes to us after working at Kohler as a Material Coordinator and most recently Lakeshore Technical College LTC as their Student Resources Assistant. Her Associate's Degree in Accounting from LTC, technical skills and organizational expertise, on top of her caring personality, are very appreciated and welcomed by the team! In addition,...
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2021 Board of Directors
Dr. Thomas Campbell (Board President)
Dana Bear (President Elect)
Kevin Bruggink (Past President)
Adam Norlander (Treasurer)
Wendy Yurk, MS, LPC
Laura Albright
Rev. Kristal Klemme
Dawn Jastrow
Emily Wodach
Mary Martin
Nicole Moriarity
Kurt V. Cornielsen
Laura Reinemann
Rebecca J. Rupnick
Carol Sherman Haid
Julie Preder (Non-Voting)
Check out our latest annual report 2018 to learn about program outcomes, community impact, collaborations, partnerships, funding sources, volunteer support, and team! If you would like a copy of our most recent audited financials 2018, please contact Julie L. Preder, Executive Director at julie@mhasheboygan.org or by calling (920) 458-3951 ext. 1003