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 Mary
Liveratti has served as the Deputy Director of the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) since January
2003. She is responsible for oversight of the Office of
Disability Services, the Senior Rx and Disability Rx
programs, Office of Suicide Prevention, Grants Management
Unit, and the Head Start State Collaborative Office. She is
also the Chair of the DHHS Institutional Review Board for
Research Involving Human Subjects.
Mary is currently a member of the Governor’s Council on
Developmental Disabilities and the Governor’s Partnership on
2-1-1, the health and human services informational telephone
service. She has served on the U.S. State Pharmaceutical
Assistance Transition Commission, Nevada Commission on
Aging, Board of Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators,
Public Health Trust Fund Board, Governor’s Task Force on
Personal Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities,
and was the Coordinator for the Governor’s Strategic Plan
for Senior Services Task Force. She serves in an advisory
capacity to the Senior Services and Disability Services
Strategic Plans Accountability Committees and the
Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Prior to becoming DHHS Deputy Director, Mary worked in the
Nevada Division for Aging Services for 23 years, serving at
various times as Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and
Coordinator of Senior Services. During that period, she was
responsible for implementing the Community Home-based
Initiative Program (CHIP).
Mary has been the recipient of the Sanford Center on Aging
“You Make a World of Difference” Award (2002), the Sanford
Silver Star Award (2004), the Governor’s Outstanding Senior
Advocate Award (1997), and the Nevada Senior Games Founders’
Award (1997) for her outstanding contributions to seniors in
Nevada.
A licensed social worker, Mary came to Nevada as a VISTA
volunteer with the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board
Senior Center. She received her degree in Sociology at the
University of California at Santa Barbara.
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