Rigorous strategy to Vitally Catalyze 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.
Six pillars of support
We provide structured, highly professional consulting services tailored to the unique operational realities of non-profits and public agencies.
Grant Writing
Strategic Planning
Executive Coaching
Securing sustainable funding through meticulously researched, grant-ready proposals that align with funder priorities.
Designing actionable, weekly strategic frameworks that align your board, staff, and community around shared long-term goals.
Empowering executive directors and public sector leaders to navigate operational complexity while maintaining personal well-being.
Community Engagement
Training, Technical Assistance, Speaking
Programmatic Consultation
Designing inclusive, facilitated spaces that transform community input into foundational program designs and trust.
Delivering high-impact workshops and keynote presentations on organizational health, capacity-building, and systemic change.
Providing rigorous programmatic and organizational assessments to optimize your team's workflows and maximize community impact.
The Founder
Billina Shaw, MD, MPH
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.
Build sustainable capacity
Ready to fund your mission, align your board, and streamline your operations? Let's discuss how we can support your goals.