South Carolina Department of Mental Health

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.

Updated 12/20/11

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

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

Division of Administrative Services
 Mark Binkley, Deputy 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 Physical Plant Services
James R. Berry, Director, (803) 935-5655

Office of Public Affairs
(803) 898-8581

Office of Special Programs
D. Stewart Cooner, (803) 898-8632

Division of Community Mental Health Services

Geoffrey J. Mason, Deputy Director, (803) 898-8337

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

Office of Client Affairs
Katherine Roberts, Director (803) 898-8304

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 Deaf Services
Roger C. Williams, LMSW, CT, Director (803) 898-8301

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

Office of Multicultural Affairs
Katherine Roberts, (803) 898-8304

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

Division of Inpatient Services
Versie J. Bellamy, MN, RN, Deputy Director (803) 935-5761

  • Institutions:
    • Bryan, Forensic, SVP, WSHPI, Morris Village, Harris Hospital
  • Long Term Care Nursing Homes:
    • C. M. Tucker- Stone and Roddey
    • Campbell Veterans Nursing Home,
    • Victory House Veterans Nursing Home
  • Office of Nutritional Services
    Carol Petersen, Director, (803) 935-5155

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
Robert L. Bank, M.D., (803) 898-8339

Quality Management
Ligia Latiff-Bolet, Ph.D., Director, (803)898-1245

Clinical Grants and Waivers
Brenda M. Ratliff, M.D., Director, Telepsychiatry Program, (803)898-8378

Sheila Mills, Director, PRTF, (843)214-4288

Office of Evaluation, Training and Research (ETR)
Elva M. Hyre, MSN, RN, Administrative Director, (803)-935-5733

  • Best Practices
    Ellen Sparks, MPS, (803) 935-5784
  • Continuing Education, Pathlore and Staff Development
    Elva M. Hyre, MSN, RN, (803) 935-5733
  • Data, Outcomes, Evaluations
    Elva M. Hyre, MSN, RN, (803) 935-5733

Residency Training Program

  • General Psychiatry Residency Training
    Nioaka N. Campbell, M.D., Director, (803) 434-1433
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Craig A. Stuck, M.D., (803) 434-1422
  • Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Program
    Richard L. Frierson, M.D., (803) 434-2018

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