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313 words- After the death of her son, Charles, by suicide, Anne Moss Rogers started her blog, Emotionally Naked to help her work through her grief and shine a spotlight on the taboo topics that triggered her family’s tragic loss—mental illness and addiction. In the first, eighteen months, this blog had reached over a quarter million readers.

Anne Moss had been interviewed for two 2018 articles in the New York Times and has appeared on TV, radio, podcasts on the subject of suicide and the illnesses that trigger this tragic death. She was the first suicide loss survivor ever invited to speak at the National Institute of

Mental Health with the top researchers in the world on youth suicide and depression. She co-presents four times a year with NIMH staff Scientist Dr. Lisa Horowitz on the ASQ suicide screening tool and has been instrumental in bringing Preventure, an evidence-based personality targeted life skills training program to the US that has been shown to reduce drug and alcohol use in schools by up to 80%. This program is piloting in two schools in mid-October 2018.

Originally from Fayetteville, NC and a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Journalism and a concentration in advertising, she moved to Richmond in the mid-eighties to work in advertising as a copywriter, the majority of that time at The Martin Agency in Richmond. She co-owned a digital marketing firm called Impression Marketing from 2010 to 2017, which she sold to pursue behavioral health advocacy full time.

She is a public speaker, writer, and part time Executive Director of Beacon Tree Foundation, advocates for youth mental health. She lives in the city of Richmond with her husband of 32 years, Randy, and raised two sons, the late Charles Aubrey Rogers, 20, and Richard Rogers, 26, a filmmaker living his dream in LA.

73 wordsAnne Moss Rogers is a writer, public speaker and Executive Director of Beacon Tree Foundation, advocates for youth mental health. She is the owner of the blog, Emotionally Naked, which was started in memory of her son Charles Aubrey Rogers, 20, who suffered from depression and addiction and died by suicide June 5, 2015.Anne Moss was the first suicide loss survivor ever invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

103 wordsAnne Moss Rogers is a writer, public speaker and Executive Director of Beacon Tree Foundation, advocates for youth mental health. She is the owner of the blog, Emotionally Naked, which was started in memory of her son Charles Aubrey Rogers, 20, who suffered from depression and addiction and died by suicide June 5, 2015. Anne Moss was the first suicide loss survivor ever

invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and she has been instrumental in bringing Preventure to the United States--an evidence-based personality-targeted life skills training associated with 30-80% reduction in drug and alcohol use in schools.

123 wordsAnne Moss Rogers is a writer and public speaker and Executive Director of Beacon Tree Foundation, advocates for youth mental health. She is the owner of the blog, Emotionally Naked, which was started in memory of her son Charles Aubrey Rogers, 20, who died by suicide, June 5, 2015. Anne Moss was the first suicide loss survivor ever to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and she has been a co-presenter off the NIMH campus with Staff Scientist, Dr. Lisa Horwitz, PhD on the subject of the ASQ 4-question suicide screening tool. She has been instrumental in bringing Preventure to the United States--an evidence-based personality-targeted life skills training associated with 30-80% reduction in drug and alcohol use in schools.

261 words Anne Moss Rogers has been an outspoken mental health advocate and on the board for Beacon Tree Foundation since 2010. From articles to TV appearances, she has tirelessly and persistently fought for the cause to erase stigma.

Despite her family’s best efforts to get help, her 20-year-old son Charles died by suicide June 5, 2015 after many years of struggle. He was 20 years old and suffered from anxiety, depression and ultimately addiction.

Anne Moss chronicled the story in a two-part series in Richmond Times Dispatch, one in 2014 and another in 2016-- the second article ranking as the #1 news trending article of the year.

After receiving a letter from a young lady who read her post, “The Final 48 Hours,” and said it saved her life, she sold her business and starting working as an mental health and suicide prevention advocate full time.

Anne Moss was Co-Owner of a digital marketing firm and has had a lifelong career in advertising and marketing starting at the Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia.

She is originally from North Carolina, graduated from UNC and raised two sons, the late Charles Aubrey, a comedian, brilliant writer, actor and rap artist, and Richard, a graduate of UNC School of the Arts, currently working in Winston Salem as a filmmaker, screen writer and editor.

Anne Moss writes and speaks on topics ranging from suicide and grief and that which contribute to that cause of death, mental health, addiction. She has also spoken on topics related to digital marketing, giving back, leadership and supporting women in business.