Barb Gay, certified preventn specialist, is an expert suici preventn and behavral health. A highly experienced program lear and technil assistance provir, she specializ behavral health and crisis re admistratn, suici preventn system buildg, substance mise preventn, social servic, strategic planng, fancial management, and staff
Contents:
- ASAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BARB GAY ANNOUNC PARTURE
- BARBARA GAY
- Q&A: FROM ‘BARB AND STAR’ TO ‘Y DAY,’ FORTUNE FEIMSTER IS GIVG THE GAYS SOMETHG TO TALK ABOUT
ASAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BARB GAY ANNOUNC PARTURE
Barb Gay, ASAC executive director sce December 2014, will be partg next month, acrdg to the anizatn. Gay will be partg for a role the Zero Suici Instute, a suici preventn advocy anizatn wh the Edutnal Development Center. ASAC Deputy Director Melissa Walker will serve as terim executive director effective June 7, and will act that pacy while the board of directors nducts a search for Gay's replacement.
The announcement stated Gay has been 'stmental” directg the anizatn's future growth and has created opportuni for ASAC to tegrate mental health and substance e disorr re.
BARBARA GAY
Gay 'has guid ASAC through tremendo change and growth over the past five years, and her learship will be greatly missed, ” the announcement said. It add her role at the Zero Suici Instute 'will give (Gay) the opportuny to ntue efforts wh supportg the tegratn of substance abe and suici re to health re systems. ” ' Comments: (319) 368-8536; Barb Gay rigng as Area Substance Abe Council executive director.
Barb Gay, certified preventn specialist, is an expert suici preventn and behavral health. A highly experienced program lear and technil assistance provir, she specializ behavral health and crisis re admistratn, suici preventn system buildg, substance mise preventn, social servic, strategic planng, fancial management, and staff the manager of Zero Suici Instute (ZSI) at EDC, Gay leads the velopment and dissematn of products that advance whole system transformatn for suici preventn.
Prevly, Gay was the executive director of Foundatn2 and Area Substance Abe Council. As the manager of Zero Suici Instute at EDC, Gay leads the velopment and dissematn of products that advance whole system transformatn for suici preventn. Gay holds an MA Health Edutn om the Universy of Northern Iowa and a BA Psychology and Soclogy om St.
Q&A: FROM ‘BARB AND STAR’ TO ‘Y DAY,’ FORTUNE FEIMSTER IS GIVG THE GAYS SOMETHG TO TALK ABOUT
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