Jerod Mitchell Thomas was born in St. Alban’s, West Virginia, where he was a 1987 graduate of St. Alban’s High School. He was a member of the Marshall University Thundering Herd Football National Championship team in 1987, and the Southern Conference championship team in 1988. Jerod transferred to Morehead State University to play his senior season. At Morehead State University Jerod was an Academic All-American and a member of the All Ohio Valley Conference football team.Jerod received his Master’s of Education degree at the University of Tennessee, and taught and coached high school athletics in the Tennessee school system. He left teaching and pursued a career in sales, which included various products and services, and a position as National Sales Director for an athletic apparel company.In 2009, Jerod made a major career change. After a 15-year struggle with drugs and alcohol, Jerod got sober, and began a second career in substance abuse counseling. He began as a drug and alcohol counselor at WestCare Kentucy in Ashcamp, a non-profit substance abuse program. He later was moved to Program Director for WestCare, at the Boyle County Detention Center. Under Jerod's direction and leadership, the Boyle County facility became one of the few licensed detention centers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Jerod was ultimately promoted to Deputy Administrator for WestCare Foundation, where he ran the day to day operations at all the WestCare facilities in the state of Kentucky.Jerod currently serves as the President/CEO for Shepherd’s House, Inc., a non-profit business in Lexington KY. The Shepherd’s House currently has 17 treatment centers in seven Kentucky Counties: five SAP Prison Programs, three community Impact Day Reporting Programs, two IOP housing programs, five long term residential and transitional living treatment centers for men, and two long term residential and transitional living treatment center for women.
Listed skills include Drug And Alcohol Counseling, Public Speaking, Consulting, Business Marketing, and 17 others.
