Education Summit Speakers

Tim Rhodes is a mental health advocate, clinician, and researcher whose academic and professional journey has been driven by a profound passion for enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of college students. Tim brings a unique perspective to collegiate mental health informed by both his interpersonal training and experience as a mental health therapist and his public health background in systems thinking and collective impact. Through his role with the Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges (MHICC) initiative, Tim partners with community college mental health professionals and administrators to develop a variety of training and technical assistance resources to support colleges in expanding student access to mental health care, including leading a statewide mental health learning collaborative launching in January 2026.