Sue Phipps is Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Hamilton Branch (CMHA Hamilton) with 16 years of clinical success in the community mental health sector. Sue holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master in Health Management from McMaster University. She is most inspired by collaborative, innovative partnerships to improve access to and quality of care for people with mental illness and problematic substance use. Sue is a founding member of the McMaster University Faculty of Social Sciences Community Research Platform and partner to the Advanced Research for Mental Health and Society (ARMS) initiative. As a Registered Nurse, Sue has experience working in palliative care, acute psychiatry, public health, primary care serving people experiencing homelessness, and at Hamilton’s first Overdose Prevention Site. In addition to her work with CMHA Hamilton, Sue provides Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with the Centre for Rehabilitation and Health in Toronto and serves on the Board of Directors of PATH Employment Services.