Ms. Rafferty will oversee strategic growth and operations of the system’s behavioral health services throughout the region, including the upcoming Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s.
She is joining the system from Anchorage, Alaska, where she served as senior director of behavioral health services for Providence, according to a Sept. 21 press release sent to Becker’s.
She has more than 20 years of leadership experience and grew Providence to be the most comprehensive provider of behavioral health services in the state, according to the release.
At Providence, she led the creation of a school-based therapy service, long-term residential treatment addressing complex trauma and the development of a crisis stabilization center.
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