Denise Dillard is an Inupiaq Eskimo raised in Anchorage. She has her Ph.D. in psychology and has worked for Southcentral Foundation for 5 years. She provided direct services to Alaska Native and American Indian adults in an outpatient clinic on the Alaska Native Medical Center campus before moving into management. She currently oversees two large outpatient behavioral health clinics, one clinic in an Alaska Native village, and the supervision portion of the Behavioral Health Aide program for the Anchorage Service Unit. She is involved in a variety of research activities on the identification and management of behavioral health symptoms in primary care.