Meriden Woman Selected as New Head of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Gov. Dannel Malloy has appointed Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon of Meriden to serve as the new commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Delphin-Rittmon has been serving as deputy commissioner of the agency and she was previously senior policy advisor and director of the department’s office of multicultural healthcare equity.

“Dr. Delphin-Rittmon has a significant amount of professional experience concerning psychiatric and substance use conditions, receiving national recognition for advancing policy development in these areas. She has already helped serve the State of Connecticut at DMHAS for years and will continue providing support for Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations,” Malloy said. “Her leadership will benefit the state, and I’m glad that she will bring this experience to ensure that these services are provided to the people of Connecticut.”

She also served a two-year White House appointment as a senior advisor to the administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health SErvices Administration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“I would like to thank Governor Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman for the appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the opportunity to serve the State of Connecticut” Delphin-Rittmon said. “Our state is widely recognized as a national leader because of the quality behavioral health system we have. It is an honor to be selected to lead a system that promotes many pathways to recovery, integration of behavioral and physiological health, and works to eliminate the discrimination of those we serve.”