Amanda Groller, MS.Ed., LPC, is the Director of Innovative and Special Projects at Gulf Coast Center, the Local Mental Health Authority for Galveston and Brazoria Counties. She has a Master鈥檚 of Science in Education in Counseling from Duquesne University and a Bachelor鈥檚 of Arts in Communications with a Minor in Family Studies from The University of Arizona. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Working for over 14 years in community and disaster mental health, she has responded to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and managed responses to Ike, Harvey, the Santa Fe High School shooting, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She currently oversees programs including Natural Disaster Response, Criminal Incident Response, Military Veteran Peer Network, Homeless and Housing Services at Gulf Coast Center. She serves as the Clinical Director for the Galveston County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team. She was recently deployed with the Galveston County CISM Team to assist first responders and community in El Paso, Texas in response to their mass shooting incident. She is also the Public and Behavioral Health Chair for the Galveston County Long Term Recovery Group.