Scott Adams, PhD

Accomplished Behavioral Health Services leader with a unique combination of clinical and executive experience recognized for partnering with agencies to advance them towards their goals. Strong record of successfully integrating complexities of behaviors, needs of clinicians, requirements for ethical business practices, business development metrics and the intricacies of licensing/governmental agencies in both for-profit and not-for-profit theaters. Leader who combines extensive experience with innovative thinking; empowering a team that drives improvements, instills best practices and executes results.

Thirty-five years of executive leadership, clinical outcomes, quality assurance and performance management experience in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential, partial, treatment foster care and outpatient programs serving children, adolescents, adults and senior care.

Exceptional performance management/improvement skills with the ability to research and design projects utilizing outcome objectives/trend analysis within diverse populations and environments.

Exceptional leadership abilities as evidenced through developing both free standing and units within hospital systems for mental health, residential, inpatient psychiatry and drug and alcohol facilities as well as over twenty satellite outpatient sites. Additionally, former professional athlete and coach with the ability to motivate, train and analyze critical situations quickly and provide change management implementations seamlessly with full participation.