Staff

Tammy Weppelman is the Director of Health Care Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. She has 25 years of experience in behavioral health with a focus on suicide prevention. She is passionate about strengthening systems and reducing barriers to behavioral health care.

Tammy’s expertise includes suicide prevention best-practice implementation, comprehensive risk assessment, Safety Planning Intervention, Local Outreach to Suicide Survivor (LOSS) teams, and care transitions. She has extensive experience in providing training in best practices; making presentations tailored to specific audiences; and supporting system-level implementation of suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention practices. Tammy has served at the state and local levels with a focus on policy development, system improvement, product development, and workforce wellness.

Tammy has a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of North Texas and is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S).