Melanie Brown-Woofter

President/CEO
Florida Behavioral Health Association

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Melanie Brown Woofter is currently the President/CEO of the Florida Behavioral Health Association (FBHA), a non-profit organization representing community mental health and substance abuse treatment providers statewide. FBHA a result of the consolidation of two long standing respected organizations, the Florida Council for Community Mental Health and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association. The FBHA’s members include a broad range of provider types, ranging from small specialty organizations to comprehensive treatment organizations with multiple locations within a geographic region. With over 70 provider members, the FBHA is the largest BH association in Florida and is considered a thought leader for behavioral health policy and practice. The FBHA works closely with state partners including the Agency for Healthcare Administration/Medicaid, the Department of Children and Families and the Florida legislature and is the voice for both providers and their 250,000+ clients.

Melanie is a board member of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing (formerly the National Council for Behavioral Health), and is currently Vice Chair of the Public Policy committee. Additionally, she serves on several state level committees and was recently appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to his Re-Open Florida Task Force, and to the Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse.

Before joining the FBHA, she held a variety of positions with the Agency for Health Care Administration including bureau chief of Medicaid managed care. Melanie holds a BSN from the University of Florida, attended the graduate program in Nursing at University of Texas at Austin and has held numerous clinical positions in neuroscience in Florida and Texas.

Melanie holds a BSN from the University of Florida, attended the graduate program in Nursing at University of Texas at Austin.

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