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KERRY MARTIN, MPPdirector of growth and impact | board memberKerry Martin, MPP is a visionary leader and social change architect who has championed the rights of those living with no-fault brain diseases since 2014. As a survivor of a broken mental health system, she leads with radical empathy and a profound personal mandate to end systemic neglect. Her decade-long involvement with the NSSC provides a legacy perspective that has been instrumental in the coalition’s evolution into a national authority.
Strategic Leadership & Disruptive Innovation Kerry’s expertise is anchored by a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and 30 years of strategic leadership across the tech, marketing, and nonprofit sectors. A specialist in high-velocity growth, she has founded and directed national nonprofits and successfully lobbied the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to host a pivotal Patient Listening Session. Her work focuses on disruptive innovation—challenging outdated mental healthcare models to create systems that prioritize medical accountability and upstream suicide prevention. Bridging Policy with Lived Expertise A Peer Support Specialist, Kerry bridges the gap between high-level policy design and field-tested truths. Her frontline service on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams allows her to translate complex treatment protocols into human realities. At NSSC, she leverages her background in coalition building and strategic planning to catapult the organization into a dominant national player, ensuring that institutional policies are driven by compassion, care, and evidence-based reform. |