President
Multicultural Development Institute, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Pierluigi Mancini is the president of the Multicultural Development Institute, Inc.d/b/a El Doctor Mancini (www.multiculturaldevelopment.com). He is one of the most sought after national and international consultants and speakers on the subject of mental health and addiction, his areas of expertise are cultural and linguistic competence, immigrant behavioral health, social and racial justice, health equity and health disparities.
Dr. Mancini founded Georgia’s only Latino behavioral health program in 1999 to serve the immigrant population by providing appropriate mental health and addiction treatment and prevention services in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Nationally, he has provided expert content to clients at the local, state and federal level. Internationally, he has provided consulting in Mexico, Italy, Colombia, Cuba and Kosovo. He recently led a project to train clinicians in Latin America who are taking care of more than 4 million displaced Venezuelans in the region.
Dr. Mancini’s work addressing Latino underage drinking, suicide and prescription drug prevention have won a combined six Emmy awards. Dr. Mancini has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia, honored with the NLPA Star Vega Distinguished Service Award, the UnidosUS (NCLR) - Helen Rodríguez- Trías Award for Health and the Mental Health America “Heroes in the Fight” Award among others.
He serves as the secretary/treasurer on the Board of Directors for Mental Health America National, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse and R.I. International.
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