Ron Ricketts

Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network

The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network is a Georgia non-profit corporation founded in 1991 by consumers of state services for mental health, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases. The corporation evolved from a meeting of 30 consumer leaders held in Tucker, Georgia in October of 1990. The organization is now composed of over 3,000 members around the state of Georgia. Governed by a board of consumers, GMHCN is funded by grants, contracts, donations and membership fees. We host one of the largest statewide annual consumer conferences in the nation. Our mission is to promote recovery through advocacy, education, employment, empowerment, peer support and self help, and to unite as one voice to support the priorities set each year at the annual convention.