Tia L. R. Hartsock

Tia L. R. Hartsock is the first director of the Office of Wellness and Resilience, housed within the Office of the Governor Josh Green, M.D. Tia has worked for nearly 25 years to improve our state’s mental health and criminal justice systems.

Formerly, Tia was the project director on three Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-funded initiatives within the Hawai‘i Department of Health to develop and provide mental health services for adolescent girls and other historically underserved populations, overseeing multiagency collaborations to improve the delivery of services by the state's mental health system using trauma-informed and gender-specific frameworks.

She is a nationally certified trauma-informed care trainer by the Gains Center at the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Tia was also appointed as an adjunct faculty lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and has lectured at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Tia earned her Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Chaminade University with a specialization in juvenile justice and her Master of Social Work from the University of Hawai‘i with a specialization focus on mental health.