Lynn Miller, M.Ed.

Lynn
Miller

Director, WRAP, Innovation

Lynn A. Miller, M.Ed., WRAP director at Advocates for Human Potential (AHP). She is skilled in correctional administration, including education, group facilitation, curricula development, and training program administration. Ms. Miller uses her advocacy, training, and interviewing skills in one-on-one counseling and assessments to determine individual needs and subsequent programmatic and service delivery; she also trains in complex course content. She has extensive experience in federal and state behavioral health care systems, including fiscal interpretation and service implementation, and a strong skillset pertaining to working with the behavioral health forensic and aging population. She is a Certified Peer Specialist and implemented statewide mental health awareness campaigns across Pennsylvania. She developed the collaborative partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) to address unmet behavioral health needs and suicide in Pennsylvania veterans. Ms. Miller was nominated and voted to lead the Pennsylvania OMHSAS Older Adult Advisory Council (2010–2012).

Her expertise encompasses project development and management, planning and program implementation pertaining to older adults, behavioral health, health education, veterans, Medicare and Medicaid, suicide prevention, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®), recovery services, reentry, and trauma-informed approaches and educational programs. She was awarded one of the first national innovative awards by the Addiction Policy Forum for a department of corrections mental health program. She implemented a staff wellness program across the state correctional institutions in Pennsylvania to address the impact of working in a prison environment and developed a sensory program in Pennsylvania’s only prison mental health inpatient unit. She has an extensive skill set in justice complex care reentry coordination and advocacy. She has personal and family experience in recovery and is passionate about improving systems for individuals and families in recovery. She was recently featured in the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s first book as an expert in justice and recovery initiatives. Ms. Miller earned her master of health education degree from The Pennsylvania State University.