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The Ethics Experts

Episode 253 – Ellen Hunt

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ellen Hunt.

Ellen is a lawyer, ethics & compliance professional, audit executive, and chief privacy officer. She has expertise in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks as an advisor to the Board of Directors and senior management. She has over 20 years of management experience in various industries including health care, food service, and not-for-profit associations in creating, designing, implementing, and operating world-class ethics and compliance programs including board governance and reporting, designing instructor-led and online ethics education, creating policy management frameworks, implementing conflict of interest processes, managing enterprise and compliance risk processes as well as handling investigations and regulatory agency inquiries.

She is the Vice President – Global Ethics & Compliance Program for Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate company with 52,000 employees in 60 countries. Her responsibilities include developing the global ethics & compliance strategy, developing education to foster a culture of integrity, managing third party due diligence, as well as conflicts of interest.

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Beyond the Label

Beyond the Label Podcast: May Mental Health Events and Crisis/Outpatient Care Overview with Dr. Kristopher Steinke

Welcome to the newest podcast on the Texas Hill Country Podcast Network, Beyond the Label. This podcast is the story of the Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers (the Hill Country MHDD Centers). Today, the Hill Country MHDD Centers is one of 39 agencies that deliver mental health and developmental disability services in communities across Texas. Hill Country MHDD Centers has 22 locations, including 15 mental health clinics, serving a population of approximately 816,000 across a 22,714-square-mile area.

In this first episode of Hill Country MHDD’s podcast, Beyond the Label, we introduce the staff and the purpose of Hill Country MHDD: to share mental health knowledge, recovery stories, and community support across 19 counties. The team outlines May Mental Health Awareness Month activities including a Harry Potter-themed Fredericksburg School of Wellness and Recovery (12–3 at Marktplatz), a Junction summer carnival featuring a mobile clinic van, art shows in New Braunfels and Llano (including kids’ art with Facebook voting), and a May 30 San Antonio Missions “mental health night” with jersey fundraising and the CEO throwing the first pitch. Psychiatrist and CMO Dr. Kristopher Steinke describes his training and Hill Country roles, the CSU’s 14-day crisis diversion model, access barriers (distance, transport, acuity limits), prescriber recruitment via contracts and UT San Antonio telemedicine rotations, outpatient services across ages, and clinical overviews of major depression, bipolar I, schizophrenia, and related conditions, emphasizing help-seeking, medication adherence, and therapy (including CBT).

Key highlights:

  • Podcast Mission
  • May Events Rundown
  • Telehealth for Rural Care
  • Outpatient Services Overview
  • Understanding the Big Three
  • Kids’ Diagnoses and ODD

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Hill Country MHDD