Advance trainings in emerging parenting practice at behavioral health agencies throughout California. Create psychoeducational modules for parenting practice. Examine research on parenting issues and construct research projects. Develop educational topics for website and blog. Speak at conferences on parenting stress and special needs children. Advocate for parenting support with governmental and lobbying organizations. Deliver clinical supervision for ongoing parenting programs. Provide consultation to behavioral health agencies on program development and other administrative topics.

Responsible for budget creation and planning, day-to-day operations of regional programs,accounts payable, human resources, information technology. Represented agency with community, regulatory, and consumer stakeholders. Organized multi-disciplinary administrative and clinical teams, with mechanisms to track risk management and performance outcomes. Supervised, planned and revised clinical processes, adapting to client and regulatory requirements. Maximized monthly field-staff productivity and 48 hour documentation turnaround time. Led growth of organization from $2 million to $7 million, increasing census while starting-up and operating intensive field-based programs. Developed leadership and mentoring program leading to promotional advancement of internal staff. Retained three year accreditations with Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) since 2002. Achieved yearly employee retention over 80%.

Administrator of behavioral health managed care services for 14 capitated and fee-for-servicecontracts totaling 200,000 members with 4 group practices, 35 employees, and a 120 memberIndependent Practice Association. Held full P&L responsibility and accountability for day-to-dayoperations of organization. Operated call center, utilization management, claims, provider relations,and credentialing functions. Coordinated Human Resources, Accounts Payable and Receivable,Information Technology functions with corporate office. Improved physician productivity from 20% to 70%. Reduced outside provider costs by 70%. Achieved 90% compliance to formulary and medication management. Fulfilled start-ups for an 80,000-member and a 140,000-member medical group.

Director of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health programs in acute care facility. Managed business development, contract negotiation, physician recruitment, and programdevelopment. Represented department in hospital and health system meetings and operations.Oversaw compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO)regulations. Organized the day treatment clinic from inception to licensure approval,which increased annual facility revenue by $400 K. Created an outpatient substance abuseprogram. Formed a specialty Independent Practice Association, which secured capitated contracts with five medical groups covering care for 220,000 members.