Dr. Xavier Amador is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and leading expert on anosognosia. As TAC’s Scientific Officer, Amador brings decades of clinical research, worldwide speaking tours, and extensive work in schizophrenia, bipolar, and other disorders to audiences through written blog posts, podcasts, and social media. Amador is the founder of the LEAP Institute, CEO of the Henry Amador Center on Anosognosia, author of many popular books on topics related to SMI, and has previously served as faculty at Columbia University and other institutions. Dr. Amador is passionate about making information about SMI easier to understand and widely available.

As TAC's Executive Director, Lisa Dailey leads an energetic team dedicated to improving the lives of families affected by severe mental illness with a focus on only this population through the lenses of advocacy, research, public education, and movement-building. Dailey brings many years of nonprofit policy and advocacy experience as well as a diverse background as an attorney that includes trial work, representation of asylum-seekers, and legal scholarship in the area of human rights and civil liberties. Dailey read for a master’s degree in international human rights from the University of Oxford after earning a juris doctor from Hamline Mitchell School of Law and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and English from Macalester College.