Nancy Summers is Department Chair of the Human Service Program at Harrisburg Area Community College and works as a consultant training mental health professionals. Summers has been a director of public education for mental health systems throughout her years in the profession. She remains in active contact with actual case managers and staff at organizations, such as the SAMHSA, to ensure the information she presents is as current as possible. Summers has also published a book with Brooks/Cole about case management for high-risk populations.