Alan Coker

Areas of expertise: Mental/behavioral health, suicide prevention, Recovery Support Specialist, Advocacy, emergency care (former emergency department technician), AIDS Awareness, consumer experience and patient rights, consumer advocacy & community engagement, Medicare/Medicaid

Bio: Informed by his lived experience undergoing two major operations and receiving homecare following discharge, Alan Coker advocates for better consumer experience, patient rights, and support of the healthcare workforce. He is particularly passionate about helping people with mental health challenges and has a deep love for the deaf community. Alan serves in a variety of roles related to healthcare, health equity mental health, substance abuse, suicide prevention, and patients’ rights. He is a member of the Husky Advisory Workgroup, the CFAC Consumer Family Advisory Council, Connecticut’s Ahead Advisory Committee, Certificated Community Behavorial Health Clinics Steering Committee, and serves as a Board Member for Advocacy Unlimited and Amplify of CT (formerly North Central Mental Health Agency). When he isn’t busy serving in advocacy and advising roles, Alan loves writing poetry and songs and relaxing through music.

Experience:

• Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) Facilitator, 2019
• ICAN Conference (Consumer Family Advisory Council, Leadership Member), 2024-present
• Board of Directors (Board Secretary), Advocacy Unlimited, 2024-present
• Husky Advisory Workgroup
• Board Member, Amplify of CT