Mary Francis is an experienced consultant who develops teams, communities of practice, portfolios of grants, and provides technical assistance that contributes to behavioral health solutions. Mary consults for the Ohio School-Based Health Alliance as a regional coordinator to help Ohio’s K-12 schools, health providers, and families work together to improve access to comprehensive care across the continuum. Mary provides consultation with school districts, hospitals and FQHCs, social service organizations, governmental agencies, other health providers, and funders to expand services, create policy change, improve program design, spread best practices, and conduct evaluations. Previously, Mary served as Director of Prevention Services at the Addiction Services Council. She was also an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Cincinnati Teacher’s College for 15 years, where she wrote the course syllabi and taught substance abuse prevention in schools and communities and mental health courses for the UC Addiction Studies program to undergraduate and graduate students with majors in criminal justice, nursing, teaching, social work. Mary worked with Wright State University's SARDI program, writing and teaching about curriculum adaptations for people with disabilities, with the Miami County Recovery Council as a clinician, and served as an AmeriCorps volunteer with Mercy Hospital’s prevention department serving the Appalachian community.

Mary has an Associate of Applied Science in Human Service from Edison State College, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the Union Institute, and a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Distance Learning from the University of Phoenix. She is a certified prevention consultant, licensed social worker, and a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor.

Mary serves on the executive board of the Ohio School Based Health Alliance. Mary formerly served on the advisory board for Children’s Oral Health Network, Appalachian Funders Network, Appalachian Ohio Funders Group, Growing Well, LISC Place Matters, the OhioMAS Health Equity Workgroup for Community Collective Impact Model for Change, Santa Maria’s Bienestar program, and Cincinnati Public School’s Safe and Drug Free Schools Advisory Committee.