Mary Ann Mulligan, Executive Director and CEO

Mary Ann Mulligan’s career spanned all aspects of health care. But, the single most life-changing event was her adopted grandson’s bipolar diagnosis and his subsequent residential treatment care.  She says, “Walking that journey has been eye opening for me even though I spent my earlier life in health care.”

 

Photograph of Mary Ann MulliganA Life-Changing Event

Mulligan developed CHART with her daughter Diane after retiring from a career as an assistant hospital administrator, vice president of a home health company, group practice coordinator and consultant.

“I wanted to start CHART after realizing the enormous expense that is required for treatment of children who require 24/7 care of a residential treatment center with no or very little help from health insurance. There is also a lack of ongoing research into the impact of psychiatric medications on children and into other therapeutic options. The lack of resources and attention paid to our children is mind boggling,” says Mulligan.

Mulligan’s passion is to help other families find information and funding so they can make educated treatment decisions and afford the treatment for their extremely mentally ill adopted children.  Mulligan says, “If everything I have done previously helps me along this road, then I will have succeeded in my life in a way that was never expected.”