Executive Moves

Beau Lynch has been appointed CEO of Conway (Ark.) Behavioral Health Hospital, which is under Acadia Healthcare.

Michelle Shafer has been appointed CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Mental Health Cooperative, the Nashville Post reported Jan. 18.

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.