About Us
Welcome to NAMI Dubuque (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Our mission is to bring stigma-free brain and mental health efforts to the forefront allowing our expanding service areas to be compassionate communities where those with lived and shared experience, can thrive. We focus on education, support and advocacy for peers and their families.
We believe in advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves and
work collectively to live and build a stigma free community where
mental/brain health services are equitable and sustainable.
We believe in community support, as all of our programs and services are free of charge.
NAMI Dubuque provides interim care (non-clinical) by way of support groups, education classes, materials, presentations and programming using evidence based models.
We strive to be an approachable, accessible nonprofit organization that meets the needs of other agencies through resource sharing and providing emotional support and complementary care
for peers and their families that live within Dubuque, Jones and Delaware counties and surrounding areas.
NAMI Dubuque has been incorporated since 1996 and we are a 501(c)(3).
Chairman: Kellie Cook
Vice-Chair: Sarah Carlson
Secretary: Katie Potter
Treasurer: Ashley Boleyn
At Large:
Adrienne Gibbs
Jeff Walters
Amy Jenkins (Web Design)
Past Presidents:
Immediate Past, Britni Farber
Diane Bucko
Susan Ruden
Dee Mosiman
Past Leadership:
Kathryn Beecher-Kolck, VP
Daryl Brufoldt, Program Support
Jim Normann, Peer Programs
Advisory Council:
Kathryn Beecher-Kolck, Dubuque, Iowa
Dustin Farber, Dubuque, Iowa
Nicole Gantz, Dubuque, Iowa
Jodi Ehlers, Delaware County
Donna Boss, Delaware County
Mark Otting, Jones County
President/CEO:
Britni Farber
Expansion Coordinator:
Olivia Einarsen
Tri-County Program Development, Recovery & Peer Services
Ellen Schardt
Peer Programs, Community Outreach:
Jim Vansteenburg
Peer Support, Community Outreach:
David Lange
Director of Families:
Barb Otting
Volunteer Facilitators & NAMI Advocates:
Mark Otting
Rachel Callahan
Nichole Bauer
Jami Schadler
Molli Hunter
Kelli Naylor
Cathy Ahrens
Kristi Howes
Deb Wessels
Allison Poster
David Pelton
Kellie Cook
Mary Beth Vansteenburg
Meredith Lahey
Kat Liebold
Kathe Beneventi
MaryAnn Barton
Addison Scully
Echo Staton
Barbara Hughey
Nancy Edwards
Tom Derr
Christine Socash
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is a collection of compassionate community advocates who are invested in the outcome of mental health and NAMI Dubuque.