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  The OPEN MINDS Research and Consulting team is comprised of over 70 professionals with specific research and management expertise and experience in addiction treatment, mental health and social service fields. Meet our team...

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  Strategic Management: Organizations with limited resources have little margin for error, particularly in a rapidly changing environment that requires re-evaluation of mission, vision, values, customers, programming, and funding. Learn more...

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  Financial Management: Health and human service organizations have experienced environmental changes that have directly effected their financial performance and organizational stability. Learn more...

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  Technology & Information Management: Technology systems are essential to the operations and management of behavioral health and social service organizations. These organizations require and rely upon practice management, managed care, accounting, human resources, and consumer assessment & outcomes software. Learn more...

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  Leadership & Governance: The health and human service landscape is constantly changing. Changing with it it is the role of the board of directors. Boards of for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental agencies all find their needs for information and their responsibilities shifting. Learn more...

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  Marketing & Innovation: Privatization, consolidation, and competitive bidding of behavioral health, MR/DD, and children's services have resulted in serious threats, as well as tremendous opportunities. This rapidly changing environment demands an understanding of customers, competitors, market opportunity, and how to successfully compete. Learn more...

Meet Our Research & Consulting Team

OPEN MINDS has a team of 75 professionals with specific research and management expertise and experience in addiction treatment, mental health and social service fields. Most team members are based in Gettysburg, with satellite offices in North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Montana, California, Maryland, Kansas, and New Jersey.

Below is a listing of the majority of our team members. You can view each individual biography by clicking the links provided.

Consulting Team Stacey Biggins - Consultant, Hanover, PA Allyson Carlson - Research Analyst, York, PA Laura Carr - Research Analyst, Gettysburg, PA Julita Caliwan, M.S.W., Senior Associate, Trenton, NJ Neils Eskelsen - Senior Associate, Concord, NC Jed M.D. Goldart - Consultant, Bethesda, MD Robin Jay - Senior Associate, Coral Springs, FL Rafi Khan - Senior Consultant, Simsbury, CT Brenda Leister - Research Analyst, Gettysburg, PA Richard Louis, III - Senior Associate, Claremont, CA Marlowe, Herb - Senior Associate, Newberry, FL Laura Morgan - Consultant, Gettysburg, PA Ronald Morton - Senior Associate, Annapolis, MD Joe Naughton-Travers - Senior Associate, Plainfield, NJ Robert Neary - Senior Associate, Altadena, CA Bill Organek - Senior Associate, Higganum, CT Monica Oss - Chief Executive Officer, Gettysburg, PA Daniel Patterson, M.D. - Senior Consultant, Wilmington, NC Aida Porris, M.A. - Senior Associate, Atlanta, GA James Powell - Consultant, Gettysburg, PA Rosalind Richmond - Consultant, Pueblo West, CO January Scott - Senior Consultant, Topeka, KS Dorn Schuffman - Senior Consultant, Columbia, MO John Talbot - Senior Associate, Gettysburg, PA Jack Wilson - Senior Associate, Royal Oak, MI

Advisory Board Skip Barber - Executive Director, Colorado Association of Family & Children’s Agencies, Denver, Colorado Dee Brown - Chief Operating Officer, Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland Barry Buckingham - Executive Medical Economist, Pennsylvania Office of Medical Assistance Programs, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Bertram, Robert - Senior Associate, Harrisburg, PA Citrin, Richard - Chief Executive Officer, Citrin Consulting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jonathan Evans - Chief Executive Officer, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, Erie, Pennsylvania Richard Galicia - MS Manager, Credentialing, Council of Affordable Healthcare, Mt. Airy, Maryland Bruce Gorman - Director of Business Development, MHM Services, Inc., Berkeley, California ellise hayden - Surprise, Arizona John Heffner - Chief Executive Officer, SemperCare Hospital of Savannah , Savannah, Georgia Hunsicker, Ronald - Senior Consultant, Lititz, PA John Kingsley - Holton, Ph.D. Associate Director, Division of Mental Health , Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago, Illinois Steve Howe - Special Projects, The Children’s Guild, Baltimore, Maryland Gary Humble - Regional Administrative Director for Business Finance Support, Cleveland Clinic Center for Behavioral Health, Cleveland, Ohio Jess Jamieson, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Western State Hospital, Tacoma, Washington Sally Johnston, MA - Director of Client Performance, Health Dialog, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wendy Kidd - Utilization Manager, Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., Westminster, Colorado Shelia Kochis - Internal Audit Administrator, Franklin County Children’s Services, Columbus, Ohio John Kuenning - Chief Operating Officer & Chief Information Officer, Metro Community Provider Network, Englewood, Colorado Scott Leatherbery, Ph.D. - Clinical Program Development, Clinical Specialist, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jennifer Martin, MBA - Executive Director – Grants and Research, Starboard Communications, Erie, Pennsylvania Richard Maye, MBA - Executive Vice President of Finance & Operations, The International Phoenix Group, Delphos, Ohio Joe Rutherford - Chief Executive Officer, Avita Community Partners, Flowery Branch, Georgia Howard Shiffman - President & Chief Executive Officer, United Social Enterprises, Denver, Colorado Art Williams - Medical Economist, Pennsylvania Medical Assistance, Bureau of Managed Care Operations, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania