Michael Hogan

Dr. Michael Hogan served as State Commissioner of Mental Health for New York, Ohio and Connecticut and totaled one of the longest tenures in these key leadership positions. Previously, he chaired the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in 2002-2003. Dr. Hogan served as the first mental health representative on the board of The Joint Commission (2007-2015). <br/><br/>In 2010, Dr. Hogan was asked to join the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He and David Covington began partnering together on the task force which published the Suicide Care in Systems Framework. These two co-leads went on to give more than a hundred presentations in multiple countries spreading the transformative message of Zero. Together with Dr. Julie Goldstein Grumet, David Covington and the team at the Education and Development Center (EDC, Inc.), Dr. Hogan was the primary architect for the ZeroSuicide.com website and its 7 element toolkit and fidelity framework for replication.