Fountain House presentation by Rachel Weisman and John Delman
April 10, 2025 at 12 noon Consulate NYC Restaurant
Fountain House is a national mental health nonprofit fighting to improve health, increase opportunity, and end social and economic isolation for people most impacted by mental illness.
Drawing on more than 200 community-based social rehabilitative programs inspired by Fountain House and known as clubhouses – to reflect an insistence on belonging and acceptance – in nearly 40 states and with more than 60,000 members, we are leading a national movement for the dignity and rights of people with serious mental illness.
Fountain House Presenters:
Rachel Weisman
Director, Fountain House Gallery
Rachel Weisman is the Director of Fountain House Gallery, an exhibition space founded in 2000
by Fountain House, a nonprofit dedicated to ending social and economic isolation for individuals
living with serious mental illness.
Prior to Fountain House, Rachel was a Senior Manager of Gallery Relations at Artsy, advising a
diverse range of gallery clients on digital strategy, sales operations, and business. She has
worked at a range of commercial galleries, museums, and artist studios in administrative and
strategic roles.
She is on the Advisory Board of F.Y. EYE, a non-profit media agency revolutionizing social
impact communications through the power of media, community, and art.
Rachel has a bachelor’s degree in Art History from New College of Florida.
John Delman
Member and Staff, Fountain House
John Delman has been a member of Fountain House for fifty years and on the staff for thirty-five
years.
As a member, he participated in all aspects of the recovery process—vocational, social,
residential—and as a social practitioner, he played a key role in training mental health
professionals in the rehabilitative techniques designed to enable them to replicate the clubhouse
model in their home communities.
Returning to Fountain House after an eight-year period of retirement, Mr. Delman has become
part of the Partners in Care team, reaching out to the psychiatric community to facilitate more
helpful bonds with the membership.
John Delman has been a member of Fountain House for fifty years and on the staff for thirty-five
years.
As a member, he participated in all aspects of the recovery process—vocational, social,
residential—and as a social practitioner, he played a key role in training mental health
professionals in the rehabilitative techniques designed to enable them to replicate the clubhouse
model in their home communities.
Returning to Fountain House after an eight-year period of retirement, Mr. Delman has become
part of the Partners in Care team, reaching out to the psychiatric community to facilitate more
helpful bonds with the membership.