Morton M. Silverman, M.D., is the Senior Science Advisor to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). Dr. Silverman served as the first Chief of the Center for Prevention Research at the NIMH (1983-1985) and as the first Associate Administrator for Prevention at ADAMHA (1985-1987).

Dr. Silverman served as the Senior Scientific Editor and Writer for the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action (2001). From1996-2009 he was the Editor-in-Chief of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Dr. Silverman is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the co-author of The Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology (2000) and Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and Intervention (2006). He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1969), his M.D. degree from Northwestern University (1974), and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago.

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Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D., as a clinical psychologist, mental health advocate, faculty member and survivor of her brother’s suicide, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas sees the issues of suicide prevention from many perspectives.

Currently, she holds leadership positions for the Carson J Spencer Foundation, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the American Association for Suicidology.