A graduate of Biola University in La Mirada, CA (1979) and California State University, Fresno (2007), Tim is the NW Regional Co-coordinator for the Northern MN Suicide Prevention Initiative, and the mental health lead for NW Health Services Coalition. He works with statewide initiatives related to disaster behavioral health and juvenile justice mental health. Tim has lived in northwestern MN since 2007, and enjoys biking, wilderness adventure, and hanging out with whatever dogs are living at his home at the time.