Barbara Huff is retired however continues doing part time consulting in the area of children’s mental health. She is the parent of a daughter who grew up with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse challenges. Her struggle to get appropriate services, supports, and treatment for her daughter led her to advocate on a larger scale. As the founder of Keys for Networking, a statewide family-run advocacy organization in Kansas, she led a national movement to create a voice for families in their children’s care, in systems change, and in the evaluation of services and supports. She became one of the founders and the first president of the national Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. She served 13 years as the Federation’s Executive Director. Ms. Huff’s presidential appointment to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Advisory Council raised the family voice to a new level of influence on policy and systems change. Barbara later worked part time as the Family Outreach Director for the Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Campaign.