Founder, President and CEO

Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC, CPCS, CCMP is the Founder, President and CEO of ATC Consulting, LLC.  Linda is a licensed professional counselor and educational psychologist by training and is certified as a:

• Professional Counselor Supervisor,

• Six Sigma Black Belt,

• Change Management Practitioner,

• Product Manager, and 

• Certified SaFe Product Owner/Product Manager 

Linda has over 23 years of clinical and administrative experience in community-based mental health.  Most recently she served as the Sr. Director of Product Management at Carelon Behavioral Health where she was responsible for both the children's behavioral health and crisis behavioral health products.  Prior to that, she served as the Sr. Director of Children and Trauma-Informed Services at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.   She joined the National Council in May 2016 after working at the Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health as the Director of Mental Health Planning and Policy.  While at Georgetown she helped develop training regarding Trauma-Informed Systems, especially for people with co-occurring developmental and behavioral health disorders.  Prior to working at Georgetown, Linda worked at the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in numerous roles, the most recent being the Director of the Office of Children, Young Adults and Families, where she spearheaded the implementation of high fidelity wraparound, care management services, and mobile crisis services throughout the state, and worked with other state agencies to strengthen the service systems for vulnerable populations.  Linda brings a distinct perspective and knowledge base to behavioral health promotion, prevention and intervention and is passionate about helping families, organizations, systems and communities transform. Additionally, her work in community behavioral health centers, government and at the national level providing training and technical assistance has honed her skills in training, consultation, design, implementation and evaluation services.