About Our Guest Speaker:
Jonathan Davis brings over 25 years of behavioral health experience and currently leads Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. (BCRI)—a nationally recognized organization providing 24/7 mobile crisis services, residential crisis beds, and innovative mental health and substance use interventions across the city. Under his leadership, BCRI has expanded critical services that reduce emergency room visits and police encounters, promoting more humane and effective responses to individuals in crisis.

Why This Matters:
As future social workers, policymakers, and public health professionals, it is essential that we learn directly from those transforming systems on the ground. This series is about building bridges between scholarship and practice—and Jonathan Davis’s leadership in behavioral health is a powerful example of how equity-driven, trauma-informed care can make a difference in our communities.