Elevating Behavioral Health - Todd Garrison: My Brains Are on Fire!

For more than 14 years Todd Garrison has devoted himself to the work of elevating the well-being of children who’ve experienced adversity in their young lives. In 2003, Todd joined nationally-recognized Intermountain, a Montana nonprofit that has been committed to the plight of vulnerable children for more than 100 years. His roles at Intermountain were in fund raising and project development. ChildWise Institute was one of those projects.

Since 2009 Todd led the launch and growth of ChildWise as its executive director until April 2018, when he “re-wired” not retired. ChildWise is an independent Montana not-for-profit 501c(3) organization. The focus of ChildWise is elevating the well-being and futures of our children by Advancing Awareness, Accelerating Knowledge, and Advocating for Positive Change – all around child well-being issues. Under Garrison’s leadership, ChildWise
garnered statewide and national attention. The organization’s Elevate Montana ACE Study Summit is featured in the documentary film Resilience by James Redford, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, director, and producer. Garrison is a Certified Adverse Childhood Experiences ACE Study Master Trainer.