Dr. Hepburn became the Executive Director of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) in July 2015, championing the work of Beyond Beds in papers and through the transformation transfer initiative. He is extremely proud of the work done by states and territories in promoting the continuum of care, suicide prevention, 988/crisis services, and CCBHCs. Before joining NASMHPD, he served 13 years as Maryland’s Mental Health Program Director. As Maryland’s SMHA Director, his priorities were systems integration across a continuum of care and managing a budget of approximately $1.1 billion covering 5 hospitals, 2 Regional Institutions for Children and Adolescents, and community services for approximately 155,000 individuals (45% under age 21). Dr. Hepburn received his M.D. from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and received Residency Training in Psychiatry at the University of Maryland from 1979 to 1983.