Global Mental Health Leader Dr. Kathy Pike to Serve as CEO of One Mind
May 01 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
One Mind™, a leading mental health non-profit based in
Napa Valley, CA, today announced the appointment of Dr. Kathy Pike
as its CEO effective immediately. Most recently, Dr. Pike has been
serving as the President and CEO of One Mind at Work, a subsidiary
of One Mind. With the board’s appointment of Dr. Pike in this new
position, she will be the first woman to serve in the role of CEO
of One Mind.
“This is an important moment for all of us who have dedicated
ourselves to One Mind for nearly three decades now,” said Garen
Staglin, Co-founder and Chairman of the One Mind Board. “My
wife and I founded this organization with a goal to heal lives and
to help everyone facing brain health challenges build healthy,
productive lives. Our son and co-founder, Brandon, was and
continues to be the guiding inspiration for this work. We are proud
to have Dr. Kathy Pike at the helm of One Mind, as we look to the
future of mental health innovations. From the scientists to the
start-up founders, to the boardrooms looking to transform workplace
mental health, to the stories that inspire us, Dr. Pike has the
vision needed to move One Mind forward. I look forward to working
closely with Kathy to accelerate our progress and impact.”
As a globally recognized mental health expert, Dr. Pike has
served as President and CEO of One Mind at Work since 2023. Prior
to joining One Mind, she founded and directed the Columbia
University World Health Organization Center for Global Mental
Health and led the Columbia University Mental Health + Work Design
Lab where she provided thought leadership, content expertise,
scientific research, and strategic guidance on advancing mental
health at work. Dr. Pike retains a faculty appointment at Columbia
University’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Public Health.
Dr. Pike has received multiple awards for her work advancing mental
health including the 2021 American Psychological Association Award
for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of
Psychology.
“Across all sectors of society and around the globe, we’re
seeing a crisis in addressing mental health needs,” said Dr.
Kathy Pike, CEO of One Mind. “Leaders of all kinds are looking
for research-backed, data-driven solutions. With science as our
cornerstone, I look forward to expanding One Mind’s distinguished
history focused on discovery, innovation, and translation of
science to build best practices and advance mental health
understanding and services. I am grateful to the One Mind
leadership for this opportunity and their trust extended to me to
provide leadership in building on the proud 30-year foundation of
One Mind and the extraordinary legacy of the Staglin family.”
Dr. Pike will assume the role effectively immediately. She will
continue to lead One Mind at Work, and will now oversee all One
Mind, including the signature programs of the One Mind Accelerator
and the Rising Star Awards.
In addition to the appointment of Dr. Pike as CEO, the Board of
Directors also established a new role of Chief Advocacy and
Engagement Officer, appointing Brandon Staglin to that role. As
Co-founder and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer (CAEO) of
One Mind, Brandon will serve as the lead public advocate for the
organization. He will play a pivotal role in advocating for greater
mental health awareness, fostering strategic partnerships with
diverse stakeholders, and promoting engagement across One Mind’s
diverse range of programs. As CAEO, Brandon will continue to serve
as a visionary leader with excellent communication skills and a
deep commitment to One Mind’s mission to catalyze visionary change
to transform the world’s mental health. Brandon will also oversee
the annual Music Festival for Brain Health. This year’s festival is
the 30th Annual, scheduled for September 7, 2024.
Since January 2018, Brandon has led One Mind as its President.
Under his tenure, Brandon has doubled the size of One Mind and
launched the One Mind Accelerator program, which backs visionary
founders of early-stage startups with the network, education, and
capital to rapidly build category-defining companies that improve
the lives of people living with mental illness.
The Board also welcomes Gordon Watson as the newest member of
the One Mind Board. Watson served as the founding member of One
Mind at Work’s Guiding Council of key executives from some of the
world’s most influential companies who are committed to improving
the mental health and wellness of their employees. Watson was
instrumental in supporting the creation of the Mental Health at
Work Index, which is a standardized assessment of
organizational-level initiatives to address workforce mental
health.
About One Mind™ Launched in 1995 by Shari and Garen
Staglin as their means to “run toward the problem” of their son’s
schizophrenia diagnosis, One Mind is today a leading mental health
non-profit that heals lives by direct support for neuropsychiatric
brain research. By convening the brightest minds in brain science
and advocacy around a collective vision of “Accelerating Brain
Health for All,” One Mind is advancing a three-pronged program
strategy of accelerating discoveries, improving services, and
transforming culture. Through such achievements as enrolling over
10,000 patients in innovative clinical studies and the One Mind at
Work initiative that has brought supportive workplace mental health
practices to over 7 million employees, One Mind is creating a world
where all people facing brain health challenges can build healthy,
productive lives. Brandon Staglin, whose own experiences triggered
the creation of the non-profit, now serves as its Co-founder and
Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer, exemplifying the change One
Mind seeks in its disruptive research and workplace
initiatives.
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