Andy Keller, Ph.D., is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, where he also holds the Linda Perryman Evans Presidential Chair. The Meadows Institute is a Texas-based nonprofit that provides nonpartisan policy and program research, development, and advice to national, state, and community leaders towards a single goal: improving mental health care delivery in Texas and the nation. Andy is a licensed clinical and community psychologist with more than 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy, financing, and best practice implementation. His work has centered on helping state and local health systems implement evidence-based and innovative care, as well as helping local and state governments develop the regulatory and financial frameworks to support them. Prior to moving full time into policy work, Andy was a managing partner for 15 years at a national health and human services consulting firm where he focused on health financing and system transformation. Before that, he worked in Colorado with a leading Medicaid HMO and the local community mental health system, where he directed and led a range of community-based and care management programs.