Jeff Fladen, MSW

Treasurer
NAMI Board of Directors
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Jeff Fladen, MSW, was elected to the NAMI Board of Directors in 2021 and is NAMI’s current Treasurer. He is also the Executive Director at NAMI Tennessee in Nashville and was previously a member-at-large for NAMI Davidson.

Through his work in community mental health centers and psychiatric hospitals, Jeff came to know NAMI and hopes to promote growth, influence, and visibility of NAMI throughout all levels of the alliance. He is also interested in outreach to the Jewish community.

Jeff is active with Crisis Intervention Team and Co-Response expansion as well as numerous mental health task forces and committees in his home state of Tennessee. He has presented at mental health-related conferences, webinars and other broadcasts.

He is a recipient of the Vicki Cottrell award, as well as received the NAMI ED Group Vicki Cottrell Peer Excellence Award in 2018.

Jeff earned his MSW at the Ohio State University.

For the 2022-2023 Board year, he is the Finance & Audit Chair, and is member of the Research, Support & Education and Justice Systems, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committees.