
Leah Holmes-Bonilla, MEd
Director of the Transformation Transfer Initiative, NASMHPD
CMHIS Technical Expert Panel, Communications and Social Marketing Solutions Workgroup
Leah Holmes-Bonilla has led the TTI for the last 8 years and has worked with a multi-talented team providing TTI initiatives with exceptional technical assistance and resources. With has over 30 years of experience in communications and social marketing specializing in mental health, Leah has worked extensively with both rural and urban Tribal communities, helping build communications capacity and social marketing strategies. She provides customized communications training at national meetings and through webinars and teleconferences. For TTI, she has fostered the development of resource guides, information exchanges and ongoing active communications channels for TTI. Throughout her career, she has delivered training and technical assistance in public speaking, media relations, and communications planning to grassroots, local, and government organizations across the country.