Experience

RI International

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Deputy CEO

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Executive with an international behavioral health care provider based out of Phoenix Arizona. Executive with an international behavioral health care provider based out of Phoenix Arizona.



Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2017

  Assistant Director with the State of Arizona's Medicaid program with an annual operating budget of over $12 billion.Serve as the leader of the Division of Health Care Advocacy and Advancement (DHCAA) that includes the Office of Individual and Family Affairs (OIFA), the Office of Human Rights (OHR) as well as multipole statewide Human Right Committees (HRCs), the State Medicad Advisory Committee (SMAC) and the Arizona Long-Term Care System (ALTCS) Advisory Committee. Assistant Director with the State of Arizona's Medicaid program with an annual operating budget of over $12 billion.Serve as the leader of the Division of Health Care Advocacy and Advancement (DHCAA) that includes the Office of Individual and Family Affairs (OIFA), the Office of Human Rights (OHR) as well as multipole statewide Human Right Committees (HRCs), the State Medicad Advisory Committee (SMAC) and the Arizona Long-Term Care System (ALTCS) Advisory Committee.



Arizona Department of Health Services

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director with the Division of Behavioral Health Services

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2015

  Leader of the Behavioral Health Operations team which includes the Office of Individual and Family Affairs, System of Care, Network Management, Business Information Systems and Workforce Development teams. Responsible for oversight of Maricopa County's integrated behavioral health and acute care service delivery system implementation for Medicaid enrolled individuals with a serious mental illness and the advancement of statewide integrated care services to individuals with a serious mental illness in 2015. Currently lead the operations efforts responsible for the administration of $1.8 billion in annual revenue from State, County, SAMHSA grant and Medicaid funding streams.



Magellan Health Services of Arizona

• Senior Director of Adult Services

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2014

  •Leader responsible for key elements of the central Arizona’s publicly funded behavioral health system; including: - Crisis system offering telephonic, facility and community-based services to all of central Arizona - Jail diversion and court advocacy programs - Assertive community treatment (ACT) through oversight of 15 teams throughout Maricopa County - Integrated behavioral and physical healthcare with on-site primary care in several SMI clinics - Seriously mentally ill (SMI) service delivery system for 21,000 individuals (shared)•Spearheaded the design of the innovative Assertive Community Treatment Outcomes Dashboard used to drive system improvements in (1) inpatient admission rate, (2) inpatient days per recipient, (3) employment rate, (4) meaningful community activity engagement and (5) fidelity to the SAMHSA evidence-based practice.•Instrumental in restructuring Maricopa County's behavioral health system of care by evolving and applying advanced analytic tools with predictive modeling of system need within a framework that emphasized peer and family delivered services.

• Learning Manager

  • 1998 - Feb 2010

  Re-designed new employee orientation into a fully integrated learning experience that incorporates a formal mentoring program; resulting in improved employee retention and participant satisfaction.