Bio

Stacey Williams serves as the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. She is the point of contact for state suicide prevention and serves as the Project Director for the Youth Suicide Prevention Grant, the Zero Suicide in Health Systems grant and the recently awarded Emergency Response for Suicide Grant. Stacey is Licensed Clinical level Social Worker with over 12 years’ experience working in the mental health field. She brings forth experience in state government, residential and community mental health settings as well as experience in both policy and clinical practice. She is passionate about helping people through the process of bringing about systems change at the macro level.