South Carolina Department of Mental Health

The administrative offices of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health are located in Columbia and provide support services including long-range planning, performance and clinical standards, evaluation and quality assurance, personnel management, communications, information resource management, legal counsel, financial, and procurement. In addition, the central office administers services for the hearing impaired; children, adolescents and their families; people with developmental disabilities; those needing alcohol and drug treatment; the elderly; and patients who need long-term care.

Office of the State Director
John H. Magill, State Director, (803) 898-8319 

Mental Health Commission Liaison
John H. Magill, (803) 898-8319

Division of Administrative Services
Brenda Hart, Deputy State Director, (803) 898-8392

Office of Financial Services
David Schaefer, Director, (803) 898-8511

Office of Human Resource Services
Eleanor Odom, Director, (803) 898-8604

Office of Information Technology
Herbert Drucker, Director, (803) 898-8509

Office of Medicaid/Medicare
D. Keith Randolph, Director, (803) 898-8362

Office of Nutritional Services
Carol Petersen, Interim Director 803-935-5155

Office of Physical Plant Services
James R. Berry, Director (803) 935-5655

Planning and Grants

Office of Public/Legislative Affairs

Office of Quality Management
Ligia Latiff-Bolet, Ph.D., Director, (803) 898-8619

Office of Community Residential Care Facilities
Vicki Rinere McGahee, Coordinator, (803) 898-8326

Office of Corporate Compliance
Ligia Latiff-Bolet, Ph.D., Director, (803) 898-8619

Division of Community Mental Health Services
Geoffrey Mason, Deputy State Director, (803) 898-8337

Community Pharmacy Services
Jo Ann L. Daniels, R.Ph., Director (803) 739-8600

Forensic Services
Shirley D. Furtick, MSW, LISW, LMFT, Director, (803) 898-7776

Office of Multicultural Affairs

Office of Children and Family Services
Louise Johnson, M.S., Director, (803) 898-8350

Office of Community Mental Health Centers/Recovery
Jeffery Ham, (803) 898-7182

Office of Consumer Employment
Demetrius Henderson, M.Ed., M.B.A., L.P.C, (803) 898-4275

Office of Continuity of Care
Mallory Miller, L.M.S.W., (803) 898-7172

Office of Housing and Homeless
Michele Murff, Director (803) 898-7767

Office of Toward Local Care
Mallory Miller, L.M.S.W., (803) 898-7172

Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Roger C. Williams, LMSW, CT, Director (803) 898-8301

Division of Inpatient Services
Ronald E. Prier, M.D., MPH Deputy Director (803) 935-5761

• Institutions
• Bryan, Forensic, SVP, WSHPI, Morris Village
• Harris Hospital
• Long Term Care: C. M. Tucker, Campbell Veterans Nursing Home, Victory House Veterans Nursing Home

General Counsel
Mark W. Binkley, J.D., Director, (803) 898-8557

Client Advocacy
Rochelle Caton, (803) 898 -8570

Internal Audit
Valarie M. Perkins, Director, (803) 898-8543

Medical Director
Brenda M. Ratliff, M.D., (803) 898-8339

Co-Occurring and Alcohol & Drug Services
(Vacant)

Office of Client Affairs
Katherine Roberts, Director, (803) 898-8621

Office of Evaluation, Training and Research (ETR)
Richard K. Harding, M.D., Acting Director, (803) 434-4266 

Best Practices
Ellen Sparks, MPS, (803) 898-8572
Continuing Education, Pathlore and Staff Development
Elva M. Hyre, MSN, RN, Director,  (803) 898-1682
Data, Outcomes, Evaluations

Residency Training Program
• General Psychiatry Residency Training
  John E. Jones, M.D., Director, (803) 898-1697
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Craig A. Stuck, M.D., (803) 898-1597
• Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Program
  Richard L. Frierson, M.D., (803) 898-1728

Public Safety
Elizabeth T. Hall, Chief, (803) 935-5465