Berlina Wallace-Berube, M.A.C.P., M.Ed., LPC, NCC

Berlina Wallace-Berube, M.Ed., MACP, LPC, NCC

Berlina Wallace-Berube is a Senior Public Health Advisor in the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She was a 2022-2023 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow and served her placement in the Office of Senator Edward J. Markey. Berlina previously served as the Director of the Primary Care Office at the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health. In this role, she fostered collaboration across various levels of government, organizations, and communities, coordinated shortage designation by evaluating healthcare access; and identified communities with the greatest needs and health workforce challenges. She worked towards solutions that reduce health disparities and increase access to quality healthcare for residents of the USVI. Wallace-Berube also served as a member of the USVI ESF-8 COVID-19 Response Team and the Health Planning Team responsible for creating the USVI Community Health Assessment and USVI Community Health Improvement Plan. She has served as the Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-Chair, and Treasurer of the American Counseling Association, North Atlantic Region, and Co-Chair of the Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists Education Committee.

Wallace-Berube has been actively involved in policy and advocacy efforts related to behavioral health and juvenile justice matters. She served as a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, which advises the President, Congress, and OJJDP Administrator on juvenile justice issues and concerns. During her tenure as the Director of the USVI Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health, Alcoholism, and Drug Dependency Services, she collaborated with USVI legislators to enact behavioral health legislation and was the President of the American Counseling Association of the Virgin Islands when the USVI enacted the law to license professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and substance abuse counselors. She has also contributed to the American Counseling Association’s national advocacy efforts to increase health equity through increased access to behavioral health services.

After receiving her BA in English from the University of the Virgin Islands, Wallace-Berube received a Master of Arts in Education and a Master of Arts in Psychology from the same university. Additionally, she holds a Graduate Certificate in Public Health from Walden University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC).