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About Us

NAMI Dubuque, the (National Alliance on Mental Illness), is an affiliate of NAMI National, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by lived experiences. Locally, our community minded approach to brain health services allows us to be approachable, accessible, and equitable in care for our peers, their families, our loved ones, the community and the tri-state area.

Contact Us

NAMI Dubuque

225 W 6th Street

Dubuque, Iowa 52001

Additional Locations:

Delaware County

Jones County

(563) 557-6264

nami@namidubuque.org

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Personnel

Administration

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Britni Farber

President/CEO

president@namidubuque.org

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Olivia Einarsen

Associate Director

olivia@namidubuque.org

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Amy Jenkins

Marketing Director

amy@namidubuque.org

Peer Support

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David Lange

Peer & Veteran Services

david@namidubuque.org

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Ellen Schardt

Director of Recovery Services

ellen@namidubuque.org

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Jim Vansteenburg

Director of Jail Programs

jim@namidubuque.org

Family Support

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Barb Otting

Director of Adult Family

Programming

barb@namidubuque.org

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Nichole Bauer

Director of Youth

Programming

nichole@namidubuque.org

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Mark Otting

Family Facilitator

Coordinators

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Rachel Callahan

Jones County Program Coordinator

rachel@namidubuque.org

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Elizabeth Marner

Epworth Program

Coordinator 

elizabeth@namidubuque.org

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Samantha Petersen

Delaware County Peer

Support Advocate

samantha@namidubuque.org

Volunteer Support Facilitators & NAMI Advocates

Board of Dirctors

Dubuque County

Cathy Ahrens

MaryAnn Barton

Kellie Cook

Tom Derr

Carolyn Gottschalk

Kristi Howes

John Meinert

Pam Meinert

Meredith Lahey

Justin Otting

David Pelton

Jami Schadler

Mary Beth Vansteenburg

Deb Wessels

Theresa Wilson

Jones County

Nancy Edwards

Molli Hunter

Kelli Naylor

In Loving Memory

Kat Liebold,

Volunteer Facilitator

Chairman: Kellie Cook              

Vice-Chair: Sarah Carlson         

Secretary: Megan Gloss

Treasurer: Tom Wagner

At Large 

Jeff Walters

Amy Jenkins  

 

Past Presidents

Immediate Past, Britni Farber

Diane Bucko

Susan Ruden

Dee Mosiman (In loving memory)

Past Legacy Building Leadership

Kathryn Beecher-Kolck, VP

Daryl Brufoldt, Program Support

Jim Norman, Peer Programs

Katie Potter, Secretary

Advisory Council

Kathryn Beecher-Kolck, Dubuque

Dustin Farber, Dubuque

Nicole Gantz, Dubuque

Jodi Ehlers, Delaware County

Donna Boss, Delaware County

Mark Otting, Jones County

More leadership coming soon...

About NAMI Dubuque

Welcome to NAMI Dubuque (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

Our mission is to bring stigma-free brain and mental health efforts to the forefront allowing our expanding service areas to be compassionate communities where those with lived and shared experience, can thrive. We focus on education, support and advocacy for peers (people with lived mental health experiences) and their families.

We believe in advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves and

work collectively to live and build a stigma free community where

mental/brain health services are equitable and sustainable.

We believe in community support, as all of our programs and services are free of charge.

NAMI Dubuque provides interim care (non-clinical) by way of support groups, education classes, materials, presentations and programming using evidence based models.

We strive to be an approachable, accessible nonprofit organization that meets the needs of other agencies through resource sharing and providing emotional support and complementary care

for peers and their families that live within Dubuque, Jones and Delaware counties and surrounding areas.

NAMI Dubuque has been incorporated since 1996 and we are a 501(c)(3).​​

WHAT WE DO
At our locations in Dubuque, Jones, and Delaware counties, we offer our core NAMI programs, support groups, in-depth educational classes and events, presentations, public speaking engagements, 1:1 peer & family support services, WRAP programming, WRAP workgroups, awareness, advocacy, peer and family support, an abundance of resources and we are working to add specialized support groups and learning opportunities to fill in the gaps in care.

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