OPEN MINDS has put together what executives need in forging the link between their executive development, successful long-term strategy, and organizational growth. Our team of current and former CEOs help organizations improve performance through hands-on leadership development, The following showcases our executive team’s core competencies and experience:
Jess Jamieson, Ph.D. – Chief Executive Officer, Western State Hospital, Tacoma, Washington
Core Competencies
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Clinical program design and staff training
- Clinical leadership development
- Executive team succession planning and management
- Chief executive officer of community behavioral health center
- Associate director of an inpatient psychiatric program
- Faculty member of University of Washington
- Facilitated the merger of five previously independent non-profit agencies
Jonathan Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
Core Competencies
- Remote service delivery and e-health service models
- Development of crisis stabilization and intensive community-based service models
- Design and operationalization of clinical protocols
- Board governance and management
Experience
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
- President of Northwest Beacon Group, a private practice
- Board member, Pennsylvania Community Provider Association
- Former Director of the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center and Director of the Adult Division at the Hamot Institute for Behavioral Health
Howard Shiffman – Senior Associate
Core Competencies
- Child Welfare treatment, financing, political advocacy
- CEO Coaching & Board Development
- Fundraising
- Merger & Acquisitions
- Strategic Planning & Visioning
- Social Enterprise
- Succession Planning
Experience
- President and CEO, United Social Enterprises
- Former CEO of a children’s facility
- Former Clinical Administrator in the Children/Adolescent Division of a mental health center
Joe Rutherford – Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Care, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Core Competencies
- Administrative and leadership of service provider organization
- Financial management and design of financial indicator systems
- Information system selection and implementation
- Design and management of in-house pharmacy operations
Experience
- Chief executive officer of Mental Health Care, Inc.
- Chief executive officer, Avita Community Partners
- Associate director, Northside Mental Health Center
- Partner, Behavioral Management Solutions
- Quality assurance coordinator, Helen Ross McNabb Center
January Scott – President & Chief Executive Officer, JHS Solutions, LLC.
Core Competencies
- Child welfare agency outcomes/performance measurement and management
- Privatization and risk-based contracting
- Clinical process improvement
- Management team development
Experience
- Previously Director of Programs and Services for the Kansas Children’s Service League and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary, Kansas Innovations, Inc.
- Served in management positions with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Kansas Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
- Expertise in executive and managerial coaching and mentoring
- Experience with child welfare system privatization, risk-based contracting, and outcomes/performance measurement
Steve Ramsland, Ph.D. – Chief Executive Officer at Redwood Community Health Coalitions
Core Competencies
- Managed care and managed care organization operations
- Business development – program design, payer contracting, and proposal and grant writing
- Strategic planning, strategy development, and merger planning and facilitation
- Social enterprise venture development and management
Experience
- Executive Director of Buckelew Programs in San Rafael, California
- Former Chief Development Officer and President, Public Sector, Comprehensive Behavioral Care
- Former Vice President and Public Sector Practice Leader, United Healthcare
- Former Vice President, Government Programs, ValueOptions
- Former Chief Executive Officer, SERV Centers in Ewing, New Jersey
John Talbot – Vice President of Integration Product Development at Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Core Competencies
- Strategic planning
- Development and implementation of payer and provider strategic alliances
- Board and management development
- Organizational reengineering and operations management
Experience
- Former president of Colorado Care Management, a provider-sponsored network
- Served as Director of the Masters in Health Systems program at the University of Denver
- Doctorate in Human Services Leadership
- Senior management positions with a psychiatric hospital in Denver