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Activities & Affiliations

CURRENT
• Children Come First Advisory Committee, Chair
•WI Council on Mental Health Children & Youth Committee and Legislative & Policy Committee, Policy Advocate
• Collaborative Crisis Intervention for Youth (CCISY) Grant, Project Coordinator
•Center for Community Regeneration, Inc., a 501c3 supporting Drylands Natural Resources Center in Maiuni, Kenya, Board President

PAST
• Wisconsin Primary Healthcare Association, Board Member (2018-2019)
• Central Wisconsin Health Partnership, Co-Chair (2011-2015)
• Behavioral Health Policy Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Counties Human Services Association, Co-Chair (2012-2015)
• Executive Committee for Collective Impact, State of WI- Office of Children’s Mental Health (2012-2015)
• Children & Youth Committee for the Governor’s Council on Mental Health (2006-2012)
• Executive Committee for the Southern Region Crisis Coordinating Committee (2006-2012)
• Project lead and Facilitator of the Central Wisconsin Health Partnership (2006-2012)

employment

July 2017- Present  
CO-DIRECTOR:  White Pine Consulting Services, Inc.
Waupaca, Wi

• Co-Administer agency operations, including budget, policies, research & development and quality improvement.  

• Provide training and technical assistance for Coordinated Services Teams Initiative statewide, and Comprehensive Community Services Program for select counties.

• Policy advocate for children and families with complex needs through the

  • WI Council on Mental Health Children & Youth Committee and Legislative & Policy Committee, and

  • Chair of the Children Come First Advisory Committee. 

• Project Coordinator of the Collaborative Crisis Intervention for Youth (CCISY) grant for 15 Counties and Tribes in Northern WI.

• Cultivate and sustain staff of 11 consultants.

• Clinical consultation and program development with 7 counties and 3 regional partnerships across WI.

• Behavioral Health Consultant to Wisconsin Primary Healthcare Association. 

April 2021- Present
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN: Family Health La Clinica, FQHC
Wautoma, WI

• Oriented new CBHO and transitioned to direct service

• Carry caseload and mentor new clinicians.  

August 2019 - April 2021
CHIEF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OFFICER: Family Health La Clinica, FQHC
Wautoma, WI

• Oversight of clinical programs and services across locations.

• Coordinated with administrative team on program compliance and quality assurance.

• Provided direct service and community outreach.

• Facilitated program improvements in response to Covid-19 and emerging patient needs.

• Developed Integrative Medicine Model across service lines and lead mind-body medicine skills groups.               

November 2018- August 2019
DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION: Family Health La Clinica, FQHC
Wautoma, WI

• Interim Director of the Roche-A-Cri Community Behavioral Health & Recovery Center, A multidisciplinary recovery model serving individuals with opioid and methamphetamine addiction in Adams, Marquette and Juneau Counties. 

• Develop process improvements for Integrated Behavioral Health in primary care setting.

• Policy advocate for Medication Assisted Treatments in WI via Federally Qualified Health Centers per the National Academy for State Health Policy’s SUD Policy Institute.

• Board member of Wisconsin Primary Healthcare Association.

October 2015- June 2017
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT: Good Oak Consulting
Coloma, WI

• Implementing collaborative systems of care- linking private sector services with federal, state and county governments to restore vulnerable families within their communities.

• Training, clinical consultation and program development for 7 counties and White Pine Consulting Service, Inc.

• Develop models for system integration and employee performance management.

• Facilitate community forums, provided technical assistance, and care coordination training for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs piloted in WI. 

2012- October 2015
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Green Lake County Department of Health & Human Services
Green Lake, WI

• Administer and monitor all personnel matters within the Department of 65 staff. 

• Assistant to the Director in all phases of agency operations, assuming full responsibility in the Director’s absence. 

• Co-Development and oversight of the annual budget within 7 million including all contracts and services purchased, and stewardship of a human services reserve account of 3 to 5 million. 

• Development and coordination of new and existing programs and services, including assistance with writing grant proposals, implementation and evaluation. 

• Co-Chair the Central Wisconsin Health Partnership, including the development of our regional shared services CCS program. www.cwhpartnership.org (2011-2015)

• Co-Chair the Behavioral Health Policy Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Counties Human Services Association. (2012-2015)

• Executive Committee for Collective Impact, State of WI- Office of Children’s Mental Health. 

2006- 2012
CLINICAL SERVICES MANAGER: Adams County Health & Human Services Department
Friendship, WI                

• Administering a full range of certified outpatient mental health & substance abuse services, crisis intervention and case management services.

• Direct supervision of 9 employees and 4 professionals under contract, serving 500 clients within annual budget of $1,300,000.  

• Preparing annual budget and monthly reports to Human Services Committee or County Board as needed to assure programs are in keeping with departmental vision.

• Strategic integration of services across disciplines and jurisdictions; programing within human services, schools, protective services, legal, medical, and philanthropic interests.    

• Established and direct our Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) program.

• Implemented and Chair of the Adams Co. Collaborative Systems Advisory Committee.

• County Representative on the Behavioral Health Policy Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Counties Human Services Association.  

• Children & Youth Committee for the Governor’s Council on Mental Health. 

• Executive Committee for the Southern Region Crisis Coordinating Committee.

• Project lead and Facilitator of the Central Wisconsin Health Partnership (CWHP).

• Reforms include

  • Crisis Response System, holding down the cost of inpatient services by $100,000 for three years, 

  • Redesign of our Outpatient Clinic leading to the clinic’s first fully compliant review of all seven programs per State Certification Survey and  

  • Streamline of services enabling Human Services operating in the black for past three years. 

1999-2006
PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Northland Community Services
Westfield, WI

• Outpatient psychotherapy services to children and families.

• Lead therapist for six to eight intensive in-home teams.

• Clinical supervision of the intensive in-home team members, promoting ecological, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral practice principles. 

• Facilitator of Coordinated Services Team, advancing community interventions and

• Represented Northland on the CST Coordinating Committee in Adams County. 

• Specialized in collaborative problem solving across human services, school districts, law enforcement and court systems in Juneau, Adams and Waushara Counties.

1997-2001
PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Youth and Family Counseling of Libertyville
Libertyville, IL

• Second year field placement with subsequent employment included.

• Outpatient psychotherapy with couples, individual adults and adolescents.

• Providing a spiritually informed psychotherapy to address anxiety and depression, relationship problems, men’s issues and dream analysis. 

 1995- 1999
MENTAL HEALTH COUSELOR: Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School at The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

• Treatment of severely emotionally disturbed children in this residential facility.

• Counseling work in the classroom alongside educational therapist and weekly

• Individual treatment sessions with ten children. 

• Developed a treatment program combining psychoanalytic and woodworking traditions; Constructive Art Therapy.