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BIOGRAPHY: Kurt Entsminger
TAC NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 PRESS RELEASE Entsminger named new executive director (Nov. 19, 2007)
STATEMENT, SEARCH COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Search Committee's unanimous choice for new executive director is "an outstanding and energetic leader" (Nov. 19, 2007)
STATEMENT, KURT ENTSMINGER “I believe it is time to restore common sense to a society that has literally sacrificed human sanity in the name of personal privacy and an outdated and unrealistic understanding of what constitutes true civil rights.” (Nov. 19, 2007)
BIOGRAPHY, KURT ENTSMINGER Former Assistant United States Attorney, nonprofit leader, and person with bipolar disorder (Nov. 19, 2007)
PRESS KIT About the Treatment Advocacy Center. What is our mission? Who is on our board? How did we get started? What do people say about us? (ongoing) |
Kurt Entsminger is an attorney with extensive experience as a nonprofit manager. As a person with bipolar disorder, he also understands first hand the importance of treatment.
He is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, and spent 18 years as a trial lawyer, including serving as a partner in two law firms. He was also an Administrative Law Judge for Huntington Human Relations Commission. He has a bachelor’s in economics from West Virginia University (1977) and a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law (1980), where he graduated first in his class.
Entsminger worked as general counsel for the national nonprofit Care Net before serving as its president for five years. During his time as president of Care Net, Entsminger doubled the organization’s annual income and greatly increased its outreach and impact.
CHRONOLOGY
June 2003 – present: President, Care Net
February 2002 – June 2003: Executive Vice President, Care Net
May 1998 – February 2002: General Counsel, Care Net
September 1990 – May 1998: Partner, Lamp, O’Dell, Bartram, and Entsminger
April 1986 – August 1990: Assistant United States Attorney, Office for the Southern District of West Virginia
May 1980 – February 1986: Associate and Partner, Love, Wise, Robinson, and Woodroe
The Treatment Advocacy Center (www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illnesses. TAC promotes laws, policies, and practices for the delivery of psychiatric care and supports the development of innovative treatments for and research into the causes of severe and persistent psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
We take no money from pharmaceutical companies. The American Psychiatric Association awarded TAC its 2006 presidential commendation for "sustained extraordinary advocacy on behalf of the most vulnerable mentally ill patients.”
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