Joanne Perley, MPH

Joanne Perley, MPH

Program Manager of Suicide Prevention
Office of Crisis Services and Suicide Prevention
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Nashville, Tennessee

joanne.perley@tn.gov

Joanne Perley, MPH is the Project Manager of Suicide Prevention in the Office of Crisis Services and Suicide Prevention at the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and oversees the eight State and Federal suicide prevention programs statewide. Joanne previously worked at the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network where she worked as West TN Regional Director, Middle TN Regional Director, and Statewide Initiatives Director. A Tennessee native, Joanne is an alumna of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she obtained a Master’s in Public Health with a primary focus on health behavior and this approach to suicide prevention. Preceding her Master’s degree, Joanne studied at Emory University, receiving a Bachelors in English. She is a certified in a variety of suicide and mental health curricula including QPR, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Youth Mental Health First Aid.

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