ViCat Consulting
Vitally Catalyzing Change.
The mission of ViCat Consulting is to Vitally Catalyze change in individuals, organizations, communities and governments with a focus on the behavioral health field.
At ViCat, we believe that people and communities have the core ability to make a positive impact within themselves.
The focus of our consultation is behavioral health services and other community needs and services.
ViCat Consulting simply accelerates that process.
FOunder &Chief executive officer
Billina Shaw MD, MPH, FAPA, FASAM
Dr. Billina Shaw, Founder & CEO of ViCat Consulting is a triple board-certified psychiatrist focused on child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, as well as addiction medicine. She is also recognized as Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She has served in leadership roles in academia, local government, and most recently the federal government as a Senior Medical Advisor at the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
At SAMHSA, she was a lead author and/or medical consultant to several sentinel documents including the 2023 updates to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Criteria. She blends her professional, yet relaxed style to blend her skills of stakeholder engagement and collaboration to frame the writing of the 2025 National Behavioral Health Crisis Care Guidance. She also led a Federal Advisory Committee, the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee in addition to spearheading the national leadership the nations’s behavioral health strategy for bereavement and grief after leading a subject matter expert panel.
She graduated from Yale University with distinction in the major of Psychology, received her medical training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and solidified her focus on public sector services through receiving a Master’s of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She was honored to be a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow in the Addiction & Overdose focus area. She did her adult and child and adolescent psychiatry residences at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt residency programs that solidified her roots in community psychiatry. She has provided services in or served as a Medical Advisor in an almost every type of clinical and administrative behavioral health setting.
Services Offered
ViCat offers a comprehensive suite of impactful services. We welcome you to contact us to discuss how we can better support your needs.
Grant Writing
Funding can often be a rate-limiting step to make the desired impact. ViCat has secured millions of dollars through grant funding. From RFP searching through proposal preparation and grant administration support, ViCat keenly moves ideas into action.
Executive Coaching
ViCat focuses on supporting mid-level managers and women who desire to identify and fulfill their purpose through executive coaching.
Community Engagement & Meeting Facilitation
Through active listening, ViCat warmly convenes groups and facilitates meetings in a way that engages all in order to collaboratively attain the desired goal.
Training & Public Speaking
From crisis care to children and a wide array of topics in between, Dr. Shaw represents ViCat. ViCat provides trainings and Dr. Shaw is a prolific and internationally sought-after speaker.
Programmatic & Organizational Consultation
From public health to direct services, ViCat can leverage past leadership experiences to support organizations and governmental entities in planning and implementing programs.
Strategic Planning
From knowing your why to key performance indicators, our Founder has led many strategic planning sessions that have actually led to meaningful impact.
Contact Us
If you want to have a discussion about all that ViCat offers, feel free to reach out. ViCat looks forward to joining you on the journey to catalyze change.