Executive Director
Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addiction Services (TAADAS)
Nashville, Tennessee
Mary Linden Salter is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug and other Addiction Services, an association of addiction and recovery support providers. She received her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University and Bachelor’s in Social Welfare from the University of Kansas. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in Tennessee since 1996. She was the Director of Network Services for Behavioral Health for United Healthcare (UHC), and the manager of a utilization review team for Magellan Behavioral Heath, both TennCare MCOs. Mary Linden was the Director of Public Policy at the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations, where she was involved in statewide policy analysis and development as well as legislative advocacy. She had clinical roles at the Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody and as the IOP Program Director for Centerstone.
Since Mary Linden joined TAADAS, the association’s advocacy efforts have included ACA education, addressing the Medicaid Gap, funding for addiction resources, parity education and enforcement, and refinements to LADAC licensure. Mary Linden serves on the TDMHSAS Institutional Review Board, the Co-Occurring Disorders Collaborative Steering Committee, the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute Board of Trustees, the TN Association of Drug Court Professionals Board, The University of TN Institute for Public Service Board, the ONETennessee Board, and the Healing Arts Project Board.
D11 - Relationships Matter – Tennessee’s Effort to Bolster the Public Behavioral Health Workforce
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT