Speaker Bio | Diana Spencer

Diana Spencer began her career in mental health in 1997 with Centerstone Mental Health (formally Highland Rim Mental Health) while completing her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. In 2001, she joined ProLex Medical Services in Chattanooga, specializing in Applied Behavior Analysis. She became a certified Behavior Analyst with the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) in 2011 after earning her master’s in forensic psychology and a post-graduate certification in Applied Behavior Analysis. Ms. Spencer also served as the Deputy Director of Operations at ProLex until 2017, focusing on high-quality care for individuals with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities and dual mental health diagnoses. In September 2017, she became the Assistant Superintendent of Program Services at the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, where she oversees patient care treatment and programs from hospital admission to discharge.