I’ve spent more than 20 years in behavioral health, but my career hasn’t followed a straight line. I started in direct-care roles, working alongside people living with mental illness, substance use challenges, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. From there, I moved into psychiatric rehabilitation and program leadership, eventually taking on executive roles spanning clinical services, quality improvement, compliance, risk, technology, and organizational operations.

Along the way, I never completely stepped away from the clinical side of the work. I have continued to provide direct therapy while also serving in leadership—something that has kept me connected to what the work actually looks like on the ground, not just how it looks on an organizational chart. It has shaped the way I think about systems, leadership, clinical work, and the very human realities that can get lost when we focus too much on how things are supposed to work.

A more little about me

I earned my bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kutztown University and my Master of Social Service from Bryn Mawr College. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP), and I’ve spent much of my career teaching, supervising, developing programs, solving complicated organizational problems, and helping people navigate complicated personal ones.

Across all of those roles, I’ve found that I’m most interested in the same thing: understanding what’s really going on beneath the surface. Sometimes that means looking at patterns, relationships, and experiences that have shaped a person. Sometimes it means figuring out why a system isn’t working the way it should. Often, it means both understanding the problem and being willing to do something about it.

I’m thoughtful and curious, but I’m also practical. I take my work seriously, but I don’t take myself too seriously. I believe people do their best work—and make meaningful changes in their lives—when they feel respected, understood, and able to be honest about what’s actually happening.

That’s the perspective I bring to my work today.