Communicating with CCBHC Partners

Drawing from 40 years of experience and leadership in behavioral health, George DelGrosso has implemented public policy, developed leadership training, expanded organizational effectiveness, provided integrated behavioral health treatment in a variety of settings and educated the public and policymakers about the impact of health reform on behavioral health.

His diverse career includes experience as a psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist, clinical supervisor and program developer. Most recently, he served 14 years as the CEO of Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council. Prior to this position, he was executive director of Mental Health Centers in the San Luis Valley of Colorado and Cody, Wyoming.

In 2013, he testified at the United States Senate HELP committee on the value of Mental Health First Aid and in 2015, received the National Council Impact Award for Visionary Leadership.

DelGrosso endorses integrating mental health, substance use and physical health into a coordinated health system that will increase access to care, improve health outcomes and reduce cost. He combines his years of experience in different facets of community behavioral health to consult with local, regional and statewide organizations and associations to implement effective health care policy, models for payment reform, integrated health care, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, contracting with managed care entities and service delivery issues as they relate to mental health and substance use disorders.

For more than 25 years, Jeanne Supin has guided behavioral health providers, authorities and payers through successful change and toward leadership, management and workforce excellence. She is skilled at helping seasoned and emerging leaders amplify strengths to create personal and professional transformation and improve services, organizations and systems of care. Her scope extends from programs and departments to whole organizations and integrated organizations with stakeholders across a system, region or state. As president and CEO of Watauga Consulting, Inc., (founded 1996) Jeanne offers consultation, technical assistance, training and coaching in the following areas: leadership and management development, change management, professional discovery and development, management across generations, self-care for leadership vitality, team excellence, workforce development and excellence, healthy conflict, affiliations and mergers, strategic planning and needs assessments.

Scott began his career at a large international franchise company working across the US and SE Asia, finding great successful at improving face-to-face sales processes, client satisfaction, staff satisfaction and staff productivity. Scott developed an expertise in solving operational problems, retaining staff and increasing performance and service quality.

After returning from Asia in 1998, Scott used his experience to help community behavioral healthcare organizations prepare for changes in their funding environments, working hand-in-hand with David Lloyd at MTM Services for over ten years. During this time, Scott also earned a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in business management and operations from North Carolina State University, wrote the workbook that complements David Lloyd’s How to Deliver Accountable Care, and his own book Using Data to Drive Your Service Delivery Strategies: A Toolkit for Healthcare Organizations.