Teresa Steinmetz is assistant commissioner of the Behavioral Health Administration.
In her role as assistant commissioner, Steinmetz oversees programs and policies that serve people who have mental health or substance use disorder diagnoses. Her administration works to integrate substance use disorder and mental health with physical health care, to promote successful treatments, and to serve people close to their communities, families and other supports.
Steinmetz joined the Minnesota Department of Human Services in September 2024. She previously served as director of the Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery in the Wisconsin Department of Health Services where she oversaw the direction of the state’s mental health and substance use system along the entire continuum of care – including prevention, harm reduction, crisis intervention, treatment and peer and recovery support services.
Steinmetz has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, and a Master’s degree in community mental health from Southern New Hampshire University.
Learn more about the Behavioral Health Administration and the programs it oversees: Behavioral Health Administration webpage
