Experience

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  Independent contractor

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2017

  Business consultant

  Led project management and provided full-cycle accounting services to small – medium-size businesses with a focus on setting up accounting systems, tax preparation, and facilitating employee training on accounting software. Selected Accomplishment• Advised clients on efficient processes increasing productivity

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  Avery lane, llc

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Recovery counselor

  Served as a counselor supporting positive recovery behaviors, performed crisis intervention, and de-escalation reporting issues to the clinical team, and liased between the individual’s support system, family, or loved ones, and activities with community resources.

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  Serenity knolls residential treatment center

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  For more than 25 years, Serenity Knolls has operated according to vision, mission, and treatment philosophy. These principles guide efforts and dictate virtually every aspect, both large and small, of treatment and approach to those cared for by providing a supportive, loving, residential community where recovery and change can flourish. Selected AccomplishmentsLed all aspects of programming development, monitors growth, industry changes, combining conventional 12-step programming with evidence-based methods delivered creatively Show less

  • Program Coordinator

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Enrichment/Launch Coordinator (promoted)

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Primary Counselor (promoted)

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
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  Avery lane, llc

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2024

  Program director

  Avery Lane is a mental health and addiction recovery center, community, and program located in beautiful Marin County, Avery Lane is the only treatment center for Women offering a fully comprehensive program to address recovery on every level, restoring wholeness to the often fragmented experience of trauma, mental health, and addiction. Selected Accomplishments• Compliance (DHCS state licensure and certification & Joint Commission Accreditation): Ensures compliance with all regulatory, accrediting and licensing agencies. Staying up to date on new regulations and standards to ensure compliance across all departments, perform regular audits to ensure compliance and point person for all audits/surveys. • Policy and Procedures: working knowledge of all company policies and procedures, maintain updated manuals at each facility, update policies and procedures as needed to maintain in compliance with DHCS and TJC, train staff to ensure all have a working knowledge of policies, procedures and ensure competency evaluations are performed. • Risk and Safety Management: Identifying potential safety and security risks, developing and implementing safety protocols and procedures, monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements, conducting safety training for staff, investigating incidents and collaborating with other departments. Show less

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  Bayside marin treatment center

  Apr 2024 - now

  Director of operations