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About NH Behavioral Health Workforce Center

White lighthouse by the rocky shore under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Our Mission

The mission of the New Hampshire Behavioral Health Workforce Center is to help make NH one of the best places in the country to train and practice behavioral health care!

Leadership Council

Our work is guided by a multi-stakeholder Leadership Council. The Leadership Council representatives provide expertise in behavioral healthcare training and delivery and the come from all rural regions of the state.

Leadership Team

Our daily work is managed by our Leadership Team: Team members include: 


Program Director: Barbara Dieckman, MS, MBA (Director Knowledge Map and Patient Education, Dartmouth Health)


Clinical Advisor: Julie Balaban, MD FAPA, DFAACAP (Section Chief - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Co-Director - Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center)


Strategic Advisor: Mark Belanger, MBA (Advisor to Dartmouth Health, Founder and CEO of Integration Sciences)

White Mountain and Foliage Photos by Brian Yurasits - Free care of Unsplash 

Newcastle Light Photo by Mark König - Free Care of Unsplash

Lakes Region from Rattlesnake Mountain Photo by Eli Missing - Free Care of Unsplash 

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