Holbrook Resident Named to the Board of MHAW

Jason D. Sattler, of Holbrook, has been named to the board of directors of the Association for Mental Health and Wellness (MHAW), a not-for-profit based in Ronkonkoma. He has more than 13 years of officer-level experience providing an array of commercial banking services to Long Island’s business community.

Sattler presently serves as a Managing Director for Sterling National Bank. Based in the Babylon and West Islip financial centers, he manages a $300-million portfolio of assets and focuses on business development in the Long Island Market.

Sattler, who has formal credit training, had previously held positions with Capital One Bank, the Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase Bank in various locations on Long Island.

Through his own family experiences, he developed an awareness of mental health issues – as well as an understanding of society’s critical need to dispel stigmas associated with the disease.

Dedicated to community service, Sattler is active with a number of social service and Veterans’ organizations. He also participates and contributes to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Hydrocephalus Association, and United Cerebral Palsy. Sattler also teaches finance education to grade-school students through Junior Achievement.

About the Association for Mental Health and Wellness

The Association for Mental Health and Wellness (MHAW), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation based in Ronkonkoma, NY, provides programs, services, and advocacy for people facing mental health challenges with an enhanced focus on serving military Veterans.

MHAW dates back to 1955 with the incorporation of the Mental Health Association in Suffolk County (MHA Suffolk). In 1990, Clubhouse of Suffolk was launched, providing a wide array of vocational rehabilitation services and recovery programs. With the growing need to provide services for Veterans with PTSD and other battle-related brain injuries, Clubhouse merged with MHA Suffolk and Suffolk County United Veterans in 2014 to form the Association for Mental Health and Wellness.

MHAW is committed to the core practice values of empowerment, hope, opportunity, and cultural competence. All of the agency’s direct service workers are trained in the importance of addressing health from trauma-informed and whole person perspectives with enriched understanding of the social and economic conditions that contribute to physical and mental health and substance abuse.

MHAW’s Mental Health Helpline can be reached at 631-471-7242 ext. 2. Their web address is www.MHAW.org.