Natalie Cook is a motivated and goal-oriented leader focusing on new and innovative behavioral health treatment models. Ms. Cook brings over 20 years of experience to OPEN MINDS as an Advisory Board Member.
 
In addition to her work with OPEN MINDS, Ms. Cook is the Senior Vice President of Health Technology and Data Solutions for the Missouri Behavioral Health Council. In this role Ms. Cook uses her clinical background and policy expertise to apply data to improve the quality and monitor the performance of Missouri’s behavioral health programs. Ms. Cook also assists in identifying and implementing innovative health information tools to improve treatment outcomes for individuals served.

Previously Ms. Cook was the Manager of Integrated Care for The Missouri Department of Mental Health. In this position, Ms. Cook was tasked with overseeing Missouri’s Community Mental Health Center Healthcare Home Initiative, Disease Management programs, Crisis services, and Emergency Room Diversion project. In her tenure at The Missouri Department of Mental Health, Ms. Cook also held the positions of Compliance and Systems Management Coordinator, Community Operations and Policy Specialist, and Quality Assurance Specialist.
 
Prior to her work at The Missouri Department of Mental Health, Ms. Cook was a Community Support Supervisor for The Ozark Center in Joplin, Missouri. In this role, Ms. Cook supervised seven Community Support Specialists in the adult Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program and completed comprehensive assessments and treatment plans for the consumers in the program. Ms. Cook was also a Caseworker for Tanger Place, a children’s human service agency founded in 1879 in Iowa. Additionally, Ms. Cook was a Therapist and Caseworker for Genesee Health Systems.

Ms. Cook has also served as an Executive Board Member of The Missouri Credentialing Board Inc., where she was the representative for the Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare.

Ms. Cook graduated from Pittsburg State University with a Master’s Degree in Psychology in 2004 and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Minor in English from the same university in 2001.