Executive Moves

Here are seven behavioral health leadership moves to know that Becker's has reported on so far in March:

Richard Leclerc has been approved as the new director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, the Rhode Island Current reported March 14.

The president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt Behavioral Health has announced plans to retire at the end of the fiscal year.

Teresa DeLuca, MD, has joined the board of directors for LifeStance Health, a nationwide provider of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare for all ages across 33 states.

Katie Gregory was appointed vice president of business development of Centered Health, a network of mental health treatment centers across Southern California.

Brad Smith, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health. 

Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health has named Ashley Muchnick COO, a system spokesperson confirmed with Becker's. 

Emily Sexton, MSN, RN, has been appointed CEO of Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital, a collaboration between Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare and Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.

Here are three behavioral health leadership moves that Becker's has reported on in February:

Jeanne Lackamp, MD, has been named director of the University Hospitals Behavioral Health Institute, in addition to appointments as psychiatrist in chief and chair of the department of psychiatry for UH.