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D.D. Clark accepted the position of Historic Preservation & Grant Coordinator for the HHSC State Hospital System in May of 2021. Serving in an entirely new direction for the agency, this position highlights system preservative efforts supportive of the foundation for education and public programming, while sharing information about the architectural and cultural legacy within the mental health community and recovery. She is currently working towards the development of historic centers and collections that depict the story of mental health recovery in Texas.
Prior to accepting this position, D.D. spent the previous eight years as Director of Community Relations & Peer Support Services at Rusk State Hospital. From 2003 through 2013, D.D. was employed as a Mental Health Liaison for the Texas prison system, preceded by twelve years in Juvenile Probation supervision. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice and Masters Degree in Executive Healthcare Administration, from the University of Texas at Tyler and is a 2014 graduate of the HHS Aspiring Leadership Academy.
Her professional commitments include serving the underserved, more specifically efforts designed to erase the stigma of mental illness through peer advocacy and person centered programming.
Enjoying just about anything that includes the outdoors, she can be found on any given day sweating profusely but with a smile on her face kayaking, landscaping, surf fishing and practicing at being the coolest GranDD in the world :)
Elizabeth Stauber stewards the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health’s educational mission to document, archive and share the Foundation’s history. Through this work she advocates widely for the preservation of mental health history. She has a Master of Science in Information Studies from The University of Texas at Austin, and has helped many organizations preserve their analog and electronic records for future generations—from museums to news organizations.
Elizabeth is an active member of her local archives community and serves on the Archivists of Central Texas board. In her spare time she enjoys playing the cello and camping with friends.
Jenna Cooper is the Head of Public Services at the Austin History Center where she oversees reference services and cataloging operations. She received her MSIS from The University of Texas at Austin, and for the past decade she has managed City of Austin museum collections, records, and archives in varied capacities. Her passion for preserving the history of mental health comes from a combination of lived experience, genealogy research, and serving as a subject specialist for Central Texas healthcare at the Austin History Center.
2024 NAGARA Annual Conference