SCDMH Administration Key Personnel
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) 898-8511Office of Human Resource Services
Eleanor Odom, Director, (803) 898-8604Office of Information Technology
Herbert Drucker, Director, (803) 898-8509Office of Medicaid/Medicare
D. Keith Randolph, Director, (803) 898-8362Office of Nutritional Services
Carol Petersen, Interim Director 803-935-5155Office of Physical Plant Services
James R. Berry, Director (803) 935-5655Planning and Grants
Office of Public/Legislative Affairs
Office of Quality Management
Ligia Latiff-Bolet, Ph.D., Director, (803) 898-8619Office of Community Residential Care Facilities
Vicki Rinere McGahee, Coordinator, (803) 898-8326Office 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) 739-8600Forensic Services
Shirley D. Furtick, MSW, LISW, LMFT, Director, (803) 898-7776Office of Multicultural Affairs
Office of Children and Family Services
Louise Johnson, M.S., Director, (803) 898-8350Office of Community Mental Health Centers/Recovery
Jeffery Ham, (803) 898-7182Office of Consumer Employment
Demetrius Henderson, M.Ed., M.B.A., L.P.C, (803) 898-4275Office of Continuity of Care
Mallory Miller, L.M.S.W., (803) 898-7172Office of Housing and Homeless
Michele Murff, Director (803) 898-7767Office of Toward Local Care
Mallory Miller, L.M.S.W., (803) 898-7172Services 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) 898-8621Office 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

