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

• More than 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 a 65% reduction in restraint and seclusion, 50% reduction in aggressive incidents, and 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

• Doctor of Public Administration (DPA Candidate) – Projected Completion 2025
• Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing – Yale University
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing – University of Connecticut
• Certified Mediator – Quinnipiac University

• Certified Health Coach

• Certification in Pastoral Counseling

• Advanced expertise in Joint Commission, CMS, and healthcare regulatory compliance