Fran Silvestri
Special Advisor to the President and CEO
Fran established the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and 2003 and held the position of President and CEO until 2022.
Before his work with IIMHL, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene, NH. In this role he looked internationally to identify, and then replicate, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.
Through his work with IIMHL, he assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.