Co-Founder, President/CEO, and Director

Mr. Halpert was a practicing attorney from 1986 to 2017. He served as in-house counsel for Masco Corporation, a building products manufacturer, from 1990 to 2017 doing corporate and contract work and having responsibility for several subject matter areas. Mr. Halpert’s son, Garrett, died by suicide at the age of 23 in 2017, and Mr. Halpert hopes to make a difference for other young adults experiencing significant mental health challenges.

Co-Founder, COO, and Director

Ms. Halpert has been a journalist from 1984 to the present, writing pieces for dozens of prestigious national and local publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, covering a wide range of topics. Ms. Halpert also has been a regular Lecturer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI for over 20 years, teaching a course on environment and science writing. Ms. Halpert’s son, Garrett, died by suicide at the age of 23 in September 2017. She hopes to make a difference for other young adults experiencing mental health challenges.

Vice President/Secretary and Director

Ms. Abelson, MSW, a licensed clinical social worker, is Program Manager for the Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training at the U of M School of Social Work, and a Senior Research Associate at the U of M Institute for Social Research Program for Research on Black Americans. She has long-term clinical and research interests in the topics of mental health, the problem of suicide, and health inequities. Ms. Abelson attended Oberlin College, and received her MSW from U of M. From 1983-1996, Ms. Abelson worked for Washtenaw County and the U of M Psychiatric Emergency Services, providing mental health assessment and crisis intervention and caring regularly for suicidal individuals and their families. Ms. Abelson also is a founding and current board member of the Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor. She’s learned from her involvement there what a difference a non-profit can make. Ms. Abelson was personally touched by the heartbreak of suicide through the loss of her cousin, Richard, and is fully committed to helping Garrett’s Space reach its goals.

Director

Robert Adams [M.Arch. SCI-Arc] is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Stamps School of Art & Design, and Director of the University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies. Robert’s research focuses on the interplay between architecture and health promoting environments, disability culture, and mental health infrastructure. His design work prototypes spatial strategies to de-stress the workplace by enhancing a sense of well-being, social connection, and mindfulness. Robert co-founded B.A.S.E. Beijing Architecture Studio Enterprise in 2005, and has extensive experience working in China where he consults with disability rights organizations, and collaborates with other artists and designers. Adams+Gilpin Design Studio was established in Los Angeles in 1996 with his partner Dawn Gilpin, who is also a faculty member in architecture at Taubman College.

Director

Ms. Bennett is a family nurse practitioner with a clinical practice at (i) Corner Health Center, an adolescent and young adults clinic in Ypsilanti, Michigan and (ii) Packard Health Center, a federal qualified health center in Ann Arbor, MI. In addition, Ms. Bennett founded a grant-funded project called Family Health Assessment and Referral Program which serves the family shelters of Washtenaw County and is now in its fifth year of successful operation. Ms. Bennett’s areas of expertise are mental and sexual health and decreasing barriers to quality health care. Ms. Bennett also serves on the board of directors of the Neutral Zone, a teen center in Ann Arbor Michigan.

Director

Brandon Bond, MPH, LLMSW-Macro, is a Mental Health & Well-Being Student Advocate Consultant at the University of Michigan where he is responsible for assessing the needs of students, advocating for systemic-level changes, and implementing solutions that produce health-promoting environments. Brandon is a first-generation graduate of the University of Michigan. He received a Master of Public Health in Health Behavior & Health Education with an Injury Science focus and a double concentration in Global Social Work Practice and Management & Leadership with a Trauma-Informed Practice focus for his Master of Social Work. His research focus includes the impact that cultural conceptions of mental health have on one’s health-seeking behavior; DEI/culturally tailored integrative health interventions and LGBTQ+ mental health within African nations. Brandon has worked on initiatives to support the 2SLGBTQ+ community and create and facilitate trainings and programs for BIPOC empowerment. He also worked as a Wellness Coach in the University of Michigan’s Wolverine Wellness and he’s a Human Rights Commissioner for the City of Ann Arbor’s Human Rights Commission.

Director

Lindsay A. Bornheimer, PhD, LCSW, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry. Her NIH-funded research focuses on increasing understandings of risk factors for suicide and adapting, testing, and implementing therapeutic suicide prevention approaches. As a licensed clinician with over 10 years of psychiatric training and experience, Dr. Bornheimer teaches in the MSW program and leads workshops for mental health trainees and providers on suicide risk assessment, mental health treatment, and suicide prevention.

Director

Dr. Brabec, PsyD, MSW, is a licensed clinical psychologist and social worker who has practiced over two and a half decades. Dr. Brabec earned her master’s degree in clinical social work from Boston College and her Doctorate in clinical psychology from Illinois School of Professional Psychology, completing her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Purdue University and University of Michigan, respectively. She is currently a member of Michigan's House of Representatives. In fact, Rep Brabec is the only mental health practitioner of the 110 reps serving Michiganders. In the House of Representatives, Rep Brabec works on policy focused around mental health care, environmental issues, criminal justice reform, and educational issues. Clinically, her specialties include mood disorders, particularly bipolar disorder, identity issues, eating issues, competitive anxiety and grief and loss.

Director

Mr. Golshteyn is an Internal Audit Manager at Veoneer. He previously was employed at Masco Corporation where he has worked since 2011 with experience in corporate tax, internal audit and corporate development. He also is a director on the Board of Hebrew Free Loan of Metro Detroit serving on certain financial committees. Mr. Golshteyn is a University of Michigan graduate where he majored in Finance, Financial Accounting & Reporting, Controllership.

CFO, Treasurer, and Director

Ms. Halpert retired at the end of 2023 from her position as Senior Director, Finance and Planning at Tufts University where she was responsible for F&A and fringe benefit rate negotiations with the federal government and service center costing oversight. Additionally, Ms. Halpert designed and managed Tufts’ long-range strategic planning model, used by senior executives and trustees for strategic decision making. Further, she provided financial analyses of initiatives and opportunities across the University’s three campuses. Lisa joined Tufts University in 2006 in the Treasury group and moved to Finance & Planning in 2008. Prior to coming to Tufts, Lisa worked primarily in real estate finance roles at Copley Real Estate Advisors, Inc., Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Inc. and Goldman Sachs. She earned an MBA and B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Halpert lost her nephew, Garrett, to suicide in 2017 and is dedicated to supporting Garrett’s Space’ initiative to establish a place of help, healing and connections for young adults in distress.

Director

Dr. Share, MD, MPH, has experience in medicine, community health, health policy, behavioral health, quality improvement and insurance. Most recently, Dr. Share served as Senior Vice President, Value Partnerships, at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan until 2018 and for 30 years as Founding Medical Director at the Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, a community-based health center for teenagers and their children where he practiced medicine until 2019. Dr. Share earned his Master of Public Health, medical and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan where he is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Share served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) from 2014 to 2017. He chaired the MSMS Committee on Michigan’s Public Health from 2000-2011. In 2000, he served as President of the Washtenaw County Medical Society. Dr. Share also serves as a Director and the Secretary of the Washtenaw Health Plan, a county health insurance program for indigent people with no source of health insurance.

Director

Dr. Stein, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for Real Time Medical Systems, a healthcare technology company. Prior to joining Real Time, Dr. Stein was the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Trinity Health Continuing Care Group overseeing the clinical care of their skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home care agencies, hospices, PACE sites and senior housing. Dr. Stein’s efforts included leading the successful care re-design strategy for Trinity Health’s SNFs in CMS’ Bundled Payment Care Improvement Model 3 initiative, where costs of participants were $4.5 million lower than CMS expected due to low readmission rates and shorter lengths of stay in the nursing home. Just prior to being recruited to Trinity Health, Dr. Stein was the CMO for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan in Michigan serving both the Medicaid population and the dual-eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) population. During most of that time, he also served as UnitedHealthcare’s Midwest Regional CMO. Dr. Stein previously worked at the Oakwood Healthcare System (now Beaumont) as the Corporate Director for their Geriatrics Center of Excellence. Prior to his move to Michigan, he did his geriatrics fellowship at Harvard Medical School where he subsequently served on the faculty. Dr. Stein holds his BA from Columbia where he majored in Computer Science. He received his MD from Cornell and holds a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the Harvard University School of Public Health. Dr. Stein is boarded in internal medicine and has a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics.