Valerie Huhn
Valerie Huhn was selected as the Deputy Director for the MO Department of Mental Health effective October 1, 2020.
Ms. Huhn began her tenure in 2000 with the Office of Administration, Division of Budget and Planning as a budget and planning analyst. She then moved to the Department of Health and Senior Services where she became Chief of the Office of Governmental Policy. In 2005, she returned to the state’s Division of Budget and Planning to serve as the Section Manager for Health and Human Services before becoming the Division’s Assistant Budget Director. In September 2014, she was chosen as the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, for the Department of Mental Health.