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LEWISTON — Tri-County Mental Health Services has named Colin O’Neill as chief clinical officer.
O’Neill, a licensed clinical social worker, brings more than 25 years of management, planning and consulting experience in both the public and non-profit sectors to his new role.He was previously associate commissioner for the Maine Department of Corrections, where he oversaw all field and facility operations, programming and contracts for the juvenile division. He also was deputy superintendent of treatment programming at Long Creek Youth Development Center, where he worked as a behavioral health treatment provider and administrator. He recently completed a fellowship at the John T. Gorman Foundation focused on advanced results-based leadership skills.
“I have experienced first-hand the success that community-based programming and treatment can have on reducing the number of individuals institutionalized in hospitals, jails and prisons while improving their clinical outcomes,” O’Neill said. “This has convinced me that the future of promoting hope and healing in Maine is by continuing to build and improve community-based behavioral health care. As the Chief Clinical Officer at TCMHS, I hope to leverage my experiences and connections with partners in state government to work towards offering a wide-range of evidence-based practices to more members in our community.”
“Colin will be an excellent addition to our executive leadership team,” said CEO Catherine Ryder. “His passion to implement evidenced-based services while balancing data-driven strategy and resource management will be of great value to our TCMHS team. We look forward to working closely with him to expand and enhance the clinical care we provide to the people of Maine.”
TCHMHIS also named Katherine Morissette community housing manager. Morissette has extensive experience working in health care management and patient care. She most recently worked as the supervision of patient access at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick and previously held several positions at Sweetser, including residential supervisor and assistant supervisor with the Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit, and overnight supervisor with the Children’s Residential Campus.
“Katie will be an excellent addition to our senior leadership team,” Ryder said. “We look forward to working closely with her to enhance the residential treatment and recovery focused environment we offer to our family, friends and neighbors living with severe and persistent mental illness and medical issues in our community. “
TCMHS has provided programs and services addressing mental health, substance misuse, developmental disabilities, and more to thousands of children, adults, elders and families each year in Androscoggin, northern Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford and York counties for nearly 70 years. For information, visit www.tcmhs.org.
