Executive Moves

Justin Looser has been appointed CEO of Hampstead (N.H.) Hospital & Residential Treatment Facility, the Portsmouth Herald reported Jan. 18.

Ave Marie Costa has been appointed director of development of the Gateway Foundation, a substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment organization.

Cathy Lovejoy has been appointed CEO of behavioral health and housing services provider Lakeview Health Services.

Here are 68 behavioral health leadership appointments Becker's has reported on in 2023:

Jackson, Miss.-based Defining Wellness Centers has appointed Heather Kent as its next executive director.

Mental health and substance use treatment provider Forge Health has named Paul Martino as its next chair of the board of directors. 

Cincinnati-based Central Clinic Behavioral Health has announced Kimberly Mages, PhD, will be its next president and CEO.

Steven Schultz, former senior vice president of sales and account management at Optum Behavioral Health, has joined One Call as Chief Growth Officer. 

Juno Beach, Fla.-based Beach House Behavioral Health has appointed Candance Henderson as executive chairman.

Maine Behavioral Healthcare has appointed Lee Wolfrum, DO, as medical director of Spring Harbor Hospital in Westbrook.