MHAI Luncheon Speaker Series #1 -

Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia 

Please join us for our first Mental Health America of Illinois Luncheon Speaker Series featuring Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, the Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections, the largest single-site jail in the United States. Help reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness, all while enjoying a fabulous lunch catered by Manny's at the Hull House, founded by Jane Addams in 1889.

Dr. Jones Tapia is the Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections, overseeing She is believed to be the first clinical psychologist or psychiatrist to lead a major jail or prison in the US. With the Sheriff’s Office, she helped launch the Sheriff’s Mental Health Transition Center, a first of its kind facility which provides extensive therapy, job skills training and discharge planning to nonviolent inmates suffering from untreated mental illness.