Profile Highlights

Tina Rosenthal, Governing Board chair

What is the best thing about being a Bert Nash board member?

The best thing about being a Bert Nash board member is the people I have the privilege to serve with. I have met a lot of wonderful individuals, employees as well as fellow volunteers, while serving on the board. It has been both refreshing and exciting to work with a group of people who are equally as passionate as I am about the stability of mental health services for our community.

Why is it important to you to serve?

Being on the board of Bert Nash, I have been gifted the opportunity to better serve and give back to my community which has always been really important to me.

What goals do you have for your term? 

I feel that my goals have somewhat shifted given the current pandemic we are in. Prior to assuming my role as board chair I set out with the intention of focusing on the growth and expansion beyond the already existing services Bert Nash provides. Given the financial predicament that Bert Nash, like so many other mental health centers are in, my number one goal now is to assist The Center with its continuation and availability of already existing services. We need Bert Nash to remain a staple in our community and I will do all I can within my ability to ensure this happens.

Matthew Herbert, Donor

Why it is important to me to support Bert Nash: It is an unfortunate reality in modern politics that far too often individuals do not support a cause until that cause reaches out and touches their life personally. I wish I had a more morally upstanding justification for my support of Bert Nash than that but sadly I fall into that same category of person. For me, my interaction with Bert Nash occurred as a very young kid working with Aimee Ziegler as part of the WRAP program. As a person who loves data and believes all things are quantifiable, discussing the impact mental health care has had on my own personal life is frustrating because I cannot quantify it with a unit of measure; I cannot say definitively that Aimee’s work produced a specific value of change in my life. But also, as a person who loves data, I can definitively look at my life today and tell you that I believe I have been a successful contributing neighbor in our community and that I’m incredibly happy in how my life is going, and if Aimee and Bert Nash played even a small part in that for me -- as I know they do every single day for many people I have come to meet and know in my community -- they will have at the minimum my vocal support for years to come, and so long as I am able, my financial support as well.

Liz Sharp, WRAP therapist 

People can heal when they are offered a safe space to be vulnerable and authentic. They can heal when they feel truly seen, heard, and validated. I am passionate about helping others heal from past experiences and overcome life traumas, to get past the “stuck.” I strive to be the compassionate therapist who holds space and helps guide through the healing process. Specifically, as a therapist working with children in the school setting, I am passionate about social and emotional learning. As a school-based therapist, I help children learn how to identify and manage their strong emotions, practice having empathy for others, create positive relationships with children and families, and partner with educators while prioritizing the child’s well-being and success in all areas of learning and their life.

Growing up, I had many positive adults and coaches in my life who helped shape the person that I am. Being part of competitive softball growing up and in college allowed me the opportunity to stay connected and part of something. But I know for others, this is not always their experience. According to research, about two-thirds of our nation’s youth don’t feel like they have a supportive adult in their school. Children can go to school every day not feeling like there is an adult who cares about them or is there for them. I thrive to be the caring adult in my students lives. I want to be the person when asking someone, “How are you?” I am asking because I want to know, and I genuinely care about you and your well-being.