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Barber National Institute Leadership Team

Executive Leadership

John Barber, J.D.

President, Chief Executive Officer

Maureen Barber-Carey, Ed.D.

Executive Vice President

Robert Barber

Senior Vice President

Patrick Barber, CPA

Senior Vice President

William Harriger

Chief Project Officer

Thad Jackman

Chief of Programs

Deron Lehman

Chief Human Resources Officer

Jean Nielsen, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Christine O'Brien

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Richard Ong

Chief Information Officer

Vice Presidents

Bridget P. Barber

Vice President, External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives

Ron J. Jones

Vice President, Business Development

Heidi Sheehan, CPA

Vice President, Finance

Directors

Amy Amidon

Director, Erie Residential Services

Christoper Boyd

Director, Children and Youth

Daneen Engel

Director, Philadelphia Regional Programs

Traci L. Gardner

Director, Southwest Regional Programs

Joshua Havrda

Controller

Cecelia Hollands, MA, LPC

Senior Director, Behavioral Health Clinical Programming

Heidi McKenrick

Director, Erie Intellectual Disability Services for Adults

Karlee Meckey

Director, Behavioral Health Operations

Scott Morgan

Director, IT Application Systems

Amber Murray

Director, Revenue Cycle Management

Tammy Roche

Director, Strategic Communication

Richard Schreiber

Director, IT Technical Services

Melissa Medwid-Skinner

Director, Incident Management

Erica Stanopiewicz

Director, Governance, Risk, & Compliance

Daniel Vrenna

Director, Facilities

Jaclyn Zacherl

Director, Family Focused Services

Behavioral Health Medical Team

Charles Perrotta, Jr., M.D.

Medical Director

Julie C. Greissinger, D.O.

Emily Smith, M.D.

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