Professional Roles

• Executive C-Suite Coach

• Consultant

• Leader Developer

• Transformational Healthcare Administrator

Specialty Areas

Executive Leadership • Healthcare Administration • Behavioral Health Services • Strategic Planning • Change Management • Labor Relations • Team Engagement & Cohesion • Quality Improvement • Regulatory Compliance • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing • Diversity & Inclusion • Recovery-Oriented Systems Design

Core Competencies and Achievements

• 20+ years of executive leadership experience in public-sector healthcare and behavioral health systems

• Chief Executive Officer for Connecticut’s largest publicly funded psychiatric and addiction services hospital overseeing 1,100+ employees and multimillion-dollar operations

• Led transformational redesign initiatives resulting in:

  • 65% reduction in restraint and seclusion

  • 50% reduction in aggressive incidents

  • Reduced length of stay

• Successfully maintained less than 10% turnover and strengthened workforce retention through transformational leadership strategies

• Established and launched a 21-bed inpatient acute medical COVID service within a psychiatric hospital system

• Successfully led multiple Joint Commission accreditation surveys and ensured CMS and regulatory compliance oversight

• Directed strategic planning, labor relations, quality assurance, and recovery-oriented system transformation initiatives

• Led hospital restructuring projects, including division of one hospital into two standalone facilities in less than six months

• Spearheaded implementation of trauma-informed care, integrative medicine, multicultural services, and patient-centered recovery programming

• Extensive experience in labor relations, mediation, employee wellness initiatives, and community collaboration development

Education, Qualifications and Certifications

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