Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe is a nationally renowned thought leader in mental health and social justice. She specializes in community, child and adolescent, and adult psychiatry as the Medical Director of iMIND Behavioral Health, Mobile Crisis Response and Stabilization Services.

A graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and Tulane University School of Medicine, Dr. Gordon-Achebe completed her psychiatry residency and child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Tulane. She serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at her alma mater and was previously the Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Driven by her passion for mental health equity, Dr. Gordon-Achebe is the CEO & Founder of BHETC, LLC, doing business as Dr. Kim Answers, a health equity coaching & consulting firm supporting initiatives for women, children, adolescents, and families. Her expertise spans public/community psychiatry, medical education, school-based mental health, juvenile justice, mobile crisis response and stabilization, coordinated systems of care for community and home based care for children and adolescents, psychiatric residential treatment, trauma-informed care, social justice, diversity, health equity, inclusion and mindset coaching.

Dr. Gordon-Achebe has authored several peer-reviewed publications on discrimination's impact on health disparities. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Board member of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, Co-Chair for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing's Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Committee with the Medical Director Institute, Faculty and Consultant for the Weitzman Institute Child Trauma Echo Series and Expert Council for Under the Sisterhood. Her achievements include the American Psychiatric Association's Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Program Achievement Award, the Women's Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Award and the Rose Memorial Award from University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry.