Dr. Keita Franklin & Dr. Tina Atherall

Dr. Keita Franklin, Leidos Chief Behavioral Health Officer

Dr. Keita Franklin is the Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Leidos, where she leads efforts to advance behavioral health solutions for military service members, veterans, and their families. A nationally recognized expert in suicide prevention and military mental health, she previously served as a Senior Executive at the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where she spearheaded programs supporting millions of service members and veterans.

Dr. Franklin also led behavioral health for the U.S. Marine Corps, overseeing initiatives in crisis intervention, family advocacy, and mental health. In the private sector, she has continued to shape behavioral health strategies, including her work at Deloitte and Columbia University’s Lighthouse Project. At Leidos, she applies her decades of public sector leadership to strengthen mental health programs that enhance resilience and well-being.

She holds a PhD in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and executive education credentials from Harvard Kennedy School and UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Dr. Tina Atherall, PsychArmor CEO

Dr. Tina Atherall is a social innovation strategist specializing in nonprofit and educational leadership. She is the CEO of PsychArmor, a nonprofit dedicated to educating and advocating for essential support services for military, Veterans and their families. She has embedded her career in the field of social work leadership and obtained her Doctor of Social Work (DSW) from the University of Southern California. Her recent work focuses on the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work to eradicate the public health crisis of social isolation. Dr. Atherall is a George W. Bush Institute Stand-To Veteran Leadership Scholar.  She serves in an appointed role on the SAMHSA National Advisory Council and is a committee lead for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Military Social Work Specialized Practice review committee.

Dr. Atherall has advanced certificates in executive leadership and military social work. She is an Associate Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, and Doctor of Social Work adjunct at Simmons University and the University of Kentucky online programs.  Board leadership roles include Board of Director participation at Mission Edge (San Diego) and Project Healing Waters (National).