Tina Atherall

Dr. Tina Atherall is the Chief Executive Officer of Psych Armor Institute, San Diego, California, which offers critical resources to Americans so they can effectively engage with and support military service members, veterans, and their families.

She is a military/veteran spouse, and a mental health advocate. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia School of Social Work, and field liaison and academic advisor for MSW students. Tina was the National Director for Community Solutions, Blue Star Families in 2018-19. She has extensive experience in social work academia.

Dr. Atherall brings to Psych Armor her vast experience and leadership in the military non-profit community and academia. In 2006, she co-founded Hope for The Warriors, an organization dedicated to serving combat wounded service members and their families. Scaling a grass-roots effort to a national platform, she worked extensively with various levels of military leadership, agencies, corporations, and communities educating and advocating for critical support for those who have served and their families. She has embedded her career in the field of social work innovation and leadership and obtained her Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California. Her recent work focuses on the 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work to eradicate social isolation specifically the challenges of military family social isolation. As an adjunct faculty, her love for Psych Armor began while utilizing the PAI educational videos to enhance teaching social work practice with military and their families to Masters of Social Work students in New York City.

As Psych Armor’s new CEO, Dr. Atherall will continue the mission of bridging the military-civilian divide. She has fresh ideas to strengthen Psych Armor’s pivotal role as the “go to” place for employers, healthcare providers, educators, volunteers, municipalities, service providers, government workers, caregivers, and communities, to learn about how to better serve the military Veterans.