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Brightli, Inc. names Indianapolis’s Tom Gaunt to Board of Directors

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Brightli, Inc., parent company of Indianapolis-based Adult & Child Health, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Gaunt to its Board of Directors. Gaunt officially joined the board in April 2024, bringing a wealth of expertise from his service to Indianapolis and surrounding communities.

A board member for A&C since 2010, Gaunt leaned on his lived experience as a foster parent and foster-child advocate to help guide the organization and was appointed board chair in 2018. He has provided Adult and Child Health with valuable insights from a foster parenting perspective and draws on his background in process management to contribute to the organization’s operations. Prior his involvement with Adult and Child Health, Gaunt had a successful career as the managing director of Geometric Solutions, a company specializing in adding value and reselling Siemens Engineering software. Gaunt studied mechanical engineering at Purdue University-Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.

As a foster parent, Gaunt and his wife, Jean, adopted 11 foster children in addition to raising four children of their own. Overall the Gaunts provided care for more than 110 foster children with multiple disabilities, many of them A&C clients.

“We are delighted to welcome Tom to the Brightli board,” said C.J. Davis, President and CEO of Brightli. “Tom’s dedication to foster children of Indianapolis is true mission in action. His service to A&C has been invaluable to that organizations growth and we are grateful that he has agreed to bring his passion and energy to the board of A&C’s parent company.”

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In response to the ever-present need for mental health support and resources among community youth, the Boys & Girls Club of Morgan County has expanded their partnership with Adult & Child Health (A&C) School-Based Services by integrating a Skills Support Specialist. With support from the Kendrick Foundation, this specialized role was developed by Clinical Supervisor Kelsey Balch, LMHC, A&C, and Senior Director of Youth Development Trista Ristau, Boys & Girls Club of Morgan County, as an innovative approach to support Morgan County youth.

Sarah Miller, PMHNP-BC

Sarah Miller works with the addictions team, general psychiatry for adolescents and adults, and the competency restoration team. She is board-certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her specialties are working in addictions and with people who experience serious mental illness.

Miller graduated from Indiana University with a psychology degree and went back to school for nursing. She received her nursing degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and worked in a nursing home and also spent time working in a group home with adolescents. She received her master’s degree from Vanderbilt University.

She enjoys hanging out with her family and her two dogs, and going to sporting events.

Joanna Chambers, MD

Dr. Joanna Chambers is a psychiatrist who began seeing Adult & Child Health patients in November 2021. She graduated from Medical College of Georgia with her Doctorate of Medicine in 1996 and completed her residency in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to bringing a wealth of experience, she currently serves as an associate professor at Indiana University School of Medicine where she teaches Clinical Psychiatry. She is certified in Addiction Medicine and has a special interest in treating pregnant and postpartum women. She is President of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry Organization as well as a sitting member of many medical association boards. Recently, she has won the Residents’ Award for Teaching Excellence in 2020 from Indiana University and has received “Best Doctors Award” in 2010, 2011, and 2014. Dr. Chambers is incredibly active in the medical, academic, and research realms of medicine. She is currently accepting new patients on Wednesdays.