Providing system-wide leadership of mental health operations and service delivery, business strategy, oversight of compliance and regulatory matters, managed care contracting and negotiation, and financial stewardship. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, industry trailblazers, and interdisciplinary clinical staff to offer quality, reliable, evidence-based care for all children. Accomplishing the mission by designing and implementing best-in-class operations structure, program priorities, and divisional vision.Singularly responsible for $45mm annual budget, encompassing:* A 60-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital, partial hospitalization program, 2 intensive outpatient programs, and 5 outpatient multidiscipline specialty clinics;* Pediatric hospital consult/liaison psychiatry service, mental health emergency service, and medical social work;* Certified Child Advocacy Center;* Consultative/integrative mental health services in several primary care and community-based settings.

Collaborated with investment partners to develop business model, establish market position, secure capital, and oversee operations for a specialty outpatient treatment center providing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Senior service line executive for a five-hospital community system serving a large suburban region near metro Atlanta, with additional responsibility for developing new strategic partnerships, business development strategy, and clinical operations related to treating substance use disorders.

CEO of Riverwoods Behavioral Health System. Responsible for all aspects of strategy, operations, clinical service delivery, community partnerships, and financial stewardship for 85-bed inpatient acute psychiatric hospital and outpatient (PHP/IOP) clinics.

CEO of Red River Hospital. Responsible for all aspects of strategy, operations, clinical service delivery, community partnerships, and financial stewardship for 96-bed inpatient acute psychiatric hospital and outpatient (PHP/IOP) clinics.

Responsible for leadership, strategic vision, and daily clinical management of inpatient hospital unit providing treatment for active-duty service members with combat-related psychiatric and physical injuries.

Commissioned officer, attaining the rank of Captain (O-3). Completed 5 years of Active Duty service and 3 years in Individual Ready Reserve status, receiving an Honorable Discharge.• Assigned Officer-in-Charge of multiple functional units. Provided operational oversight and strategic direction for base-wide Mental Health and Substance Abuse services. Led staff education and training services in accordance with Department of Defense standards.• Three-time 43 MDOS Company-Grade Officer of the Quarter, 43 MDOS Company-Grade Officer of the Year (2008), and Air Force Medical Service Facility of the Year (2008)• Officer Candidate School Distinguished Graduate (aggregate score in top 10% of class)

Managed staff of over 30 therapists and licensed clinical supervisors providing community-based outpatient assessment/treatment services and psychiatric consultations• Led quality assurance and compliance programs. Served as administrator for the facility’s Medicaid contracts and billing operations, reducing reimbursement denials by $60k over two years.• Oversaw deployment of novel billing program resulting in cost savings over $100k annually