Phyllis Foxworth is the Advocacy Vice President at the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the leading peer-focused organization for people living with mood disorders. After being diagnosed with a mental health condition in early adulthood, Ms. Foxworth continues to live in wellness and facilitates a weekly DBSA Family & Friends Support Group. She directs the organization’s national advocacy strategy with a focus on strengthening mental health parity laws and compliance, broadening adoption of peer support services, development of the peer specialist workforce, and increasing access to quality mental health care. In addition, she guides DBSA’s state-wide grassroots organizations that mobilize individuals with the lived-experience to have a voice in policies that increase access to care and change the conversation around mental health from one of hopelessness to one of hope and inspiration. She is a contributor to the first medical textbook on The Diagnosis and Management of Agitation providing a chapter titled: Patient Rights, Patient, and Family Perspectives on Agitation.