Responsible for approximately 150 staff with a $14 million budget. One of only four Human Services Administrators who worked directly with the Department of Public Welfare and the Governor’s office to establish Block Granting for Human Services for the first time in Pennsylvania history. Block grant funding of Human Services has allowed greater flexibility in allocating funds to those services that meet the specific needs of each county. Received an Affiliate of the Year Award by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania in 2012.Full administrative and financial oversight of:• Drug and Alcohol programs• Children and Youth and Family Services• Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services• Early Intervention• Adult and Juvenile Case Management• County Fiscal Department• 12-bed Residential Group Home for Juveniles• Housing and Rental Assistance Program• Case management, mental health services for elderly in the community and in community centers• Bridge Housing

Responsible for approximately 60 staff nationally and locally with a $1.3 million budget. In the 11 years of managing the Bethesda Foundation, the organization grew into areas of counseling and training instead of managing programs. This allowed Bethesda to reach five times as many people at one fifth the cost.Full administrative and financial oversight of:• Counseling programs• Federal and state prison contracts, both secular and faith-based• Training contracts with existing agencies in 15 states• 12-bed girls’ group home in Oklahoma• Grant applications and the implementation process

Responsible for approximately 150+ staff nationally and locally with a $6.2 million budget. Full administrative and financial oversight of: • Two twelve-bed Bethesda Group Homes in Oklahoma• Training, consultation and certification of three 100+ bed maximum security facilities and nine group homes in Oklahoma operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs• 30-client Bethesda Day Treatment Program in center city Baltimore, Maryland• 15-client Bethesda Day Treatment Program in Dallas, Texas• Outpatient Counseling Program• Bethesda Parenting Program, which provides services to adult inmates and their families in over 25 Federal and State prisons nationwide• Bethesda Mentoring Program in Miami, Florida, which matched mentors with over 50 youth throughout the county• Five-member national training team

Specialized in marriage, family, individual, adolescent and group counseling; provided consultation and participated in numerous speaking engagements.

• Coordinated the efforts of 67 foster homes• Supervised the placement of approximately 100 referrals• Supervised Assistant Director, Network Director, four social workers and a secretary• Facilitated program development, training, public relations, conflict resolution and successful negotiations• Budget management• Ensured O.D.H.S. code compliance

• Supervised of all referrals and county relations• Coordinated public and private providers• Prepared cases for court hearings• Presented programs to County Commissioners• Ensured compliance with state codes and regulations