Congratulations to Cynthia Wainscott, a tireless champion for women's mental health and perinatal wellbeing, for her nomination by President George Bush to the National Council on Disability (NCD).

Cynthia, who has spoken publicly about her mother's struggle with depression and her daughter's experience of PPD (most recently at the National HMHB Coalition briefing on Capitol Hill last fall), has been a board member of Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association) since 1999. She also directed a pilot site for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) program "Depression: Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment," a groundbreaking public education campaign that developed a training model for education programs nationwide.

I can testify that Cynthia is at her finest when speaking about her personal experiences of depression and her vision for change - she's an impassioned, inspiring advocate for women and families!