Education
Boston University
BS Communication, Journalism, Philosophy 1995-01-01 - 1999-01-01Cornell University
Graduate Certificate, Financial Management 2018-01-01 - 2019-01-01Xavier University of Louisiana
Graduate Certificate, Organizational Leadership 2013-01-01 - 2013-01-01William Carey University
MBA, Business Administration 2003-01-01 - 2006-01-01Work Experience
NOLA Detox and Recovery Center
Current
NOLA Detox and Recovery Center
Medication Assisted Recovery Centers (MARC)
2017-01-01 - 2020-01-01
Medication Assisted Recovery Centers (MARC)
New Orleans Addiction Hospital (Townsend Recovery Center)
2017-01-01 - 2019-01-01
New Orleans Addiction Hospital (Townsend Recovery Center)
Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers
2010-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers
Hedge Group
2013-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Hedge Group
Georges Enterprises LLC
2007-01-01 - 2010-01-01
Georges Enterprises LLC
Skills
Summary
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of NOLA Detox, a nationally-accredited comprehensive addiction treatment program in New Orleans, LA. In partnership with the Tulane University School of Medicine, NOLA Detox offers inpatient medical detox, residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient treatment, crisis intervention, recovery residences, and medically-assisted treatment services. Voted “Best Mental Health Provider in New Orleans” by the readers of Gambit Weekly. Named “Louisiana Treatment Provider of the Year” by LASACT. Co-founder of Medication Assisted Recovery Centers, a network of MAT OBOT opioid addiction treatment clinics in New Orleans and the North Shore, acquired by Baymark Health in 2020, and rebranded as AppleGate Recovery. Served as Regional Director of Operations at Baymark Health post-acquisition. Founder and former Executive Director/CEO of New Orleans Addiction Hospital (rebranded as Townsend Recovery Center), a 36-bed detox and residential addiction treatment program formerly based inside New Orleans East Hospital. Acquired by American Addiction Centers in 2016. Served on the executive leadership team at Townsend Recovery, a network of addiction treatment programs in Louisiana. Townsend was named the “Fastest Growing Company in Louisiana” by Inc. Magazine in 2013 and 2014, Louisiana Addiction Treatment Provider of the Year in 2015 (LASACT). Townsend was acquired by American Addiction Centers in 2016. Married father of 3 boys, raising the next generation of New Orleanians.