Who's Who at the Wake County LME


Wake LME Director
Ramon Rojano rrojano@wakegov.com
Wake LME Administrator/Director Designee Carlyle Johnson cjohnson@wakegov.com


Network Development Team (NDT)
The Network Development Team serves as consultants to providers and LME staff. They manage the purchase of service budget(s), community collaboration projects, system planning and conceptualization, and provider recruitment and endorsement. They also support CPAC and CFAC committees. The NDT consists of a team of professionals with varying areas of expertise.

Adult Substance Abuse DeDe Severino dede.severino@wakegov.com 919-856-6408
Developmental Disabilities Jeff Hildreth jhildreth@wakegov.com 919-857-9108
Child MH/SA – Outpatient/Community-based Services Beth Nelson enelson@wakegov.com 919-856-6213
Child MH/SA – System of Care Implementation/Case Mgmt. Functions/Residential Services Greta Gill ggill@wakegov.com 919-857-9353


Care Coordination Team

Assists consumers (children and adults) transitioning from hospitals and residential settings to outpatient providers. They provide short-term, crisis and interim supportive case management, assertive outreach, and engagement for high-risk populations.

Care Coordination Manager Tammy Strickland tstrickland@wakegov.com 919-856-5496
Developmental Disabilities Care Coordination Manager Jenny Hamm vhamm@wakegov.com 919-856-6341


Quality Management Team

The Quality Management Team monitors services of licensed and non-licensed providers, receives and reviews incident reports, provides endorsement reviews, assists in complaint mediation, and offers provider training and technical assistance.

QM Team Leader Miki Jaeger miki.jaeger@wakegov.com 919-856-5646

Access to MH/DD/SA Services
This team provides consumers with phone screening, triage and referral to community providers.

Access Center Program Manager Suzanne Goerger suzanne.goerger@wakegov.com 919-212-7029

Utilization Management
Utilization Management is responsible for utilization review, including the authorization and reauthorization of IPRS-funded MH/SA services. They provide consultation with service providers and consumer advocates regarding level-of-care criteria.

UM Program Manager Larry Fuller larry.fuller@wakegov.com 919-857-9124

Contracts Management  assists providers with the contract process.

Contracts Management Phil Goerger pgoerger@wakegov.com 919-664-7840

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a pre-booking, jail diversion program educating law enforcement officers in techniques to divert persons with mental illness from incarceration for misdemeanor charges.

CIT Chris Wassmuth cwassmuth@wakegov.com 919-212-7528