BRIGETTE DABIERE
Gallatin,TN
Summary
Seasoned leader in behavioral health with a strong track record of program innovation and operational excellence. Spearheaded initiatives that expanded behavioral health programming while ensuring compliance and quality outcomes across diverse environments. Expertise in developing leadership programs and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to achieve organizational goals.
Overview
1
1
Certification
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR
Wellpath
06.2018 - Current
- Led regional behavioral health operations for 22 correctional healthcare programs across the Northeast, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and operational guidance for approximately 50 behavioral health professionals.
- Collaborated with executive leadership to establish operational priorities, staffing strategies, and workforce planning initiatives that enhanced service delivery.
- Develop and implement behavioral health policies, operational procedures, and clinical standards.
- Lead regional quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety, suicide prevention, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, nursing leadership, correctional administrators, and executive stakeholders to improve behavioral healthcare delivery.
- Support organizational change initiatives through collaborative leadership and stakeholder engagement.
- Spearheaded development of a Restoration to Competency Program that expanded behavioral health programming and strengthened interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Implemented regional initiatives that improved regulatory compliance and standardized behavioral health operations.
- Cultivated a collaborative leadership culture that prioritized accountability, empowerment, and innovation, resulting in enhanced professional development opportunities.
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL II
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Collaborated with psychiatrists, physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care delivery.
- Conducted comprehensive behavioral health assessments and developed crisis intervention strategies, enhancing treatment planning effectiveness.
- Partnered with operational and clinical leaders to improve patient care coordination and identify program enhancement opportunities.
- Applied Vanderbilt policies, quality standards, and evidence-based behavioral health practices.
- Developed firsthand understanding of Vanderbilt's integrated behavioral health delivery model.
DIRECTOR OF SPECIALTY PROGRAMS / CORRECTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR
Heritage Health Solutions
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Led multidisciplinary collaboration to integrate behavioral health, medical, and correctional leadership, fostering a unified approach to inmate mental health.
- Partnered with executive leadership to operationalize behavioral health initiatives that enhanced service delivery and patient care.
- Directed implementation of behavioral health programs that improved mental health outcomes in correctional healthcare organizations.
- Conducted operational assessments and implemented quality improvement initiatives.
- Developed organizational policies, clinical workflows, and standardized operational procedures.
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR / LEAD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN
Armor Correctional Health Services
05.2014 - 06.2018
- Directed integrated medical and behavioral health operations within a correctional healthcare setting.
- Collaborated with psychiatrists, physicians, nursing leadership, and correctional administration to enhance operational performance and patient care.
- Managed healthcare operating budget, optimizing allocation of organizational resources to support clinical operations.
- Developed operational workflows that improved efficiency, communication, and ensured regulatory compliance.
- Supervised hiring, onboarding, scheduling, employee development, coaching, and performance evaluations.
MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
New York State Police
10.2006 - 12.2012
- Provided behavioral health consulting services to law enforcement leadership, guiding policy development and crisis management strategies.
- Trained law enforcement personnel in crisis response and behavioral health awareness, improving their effectiveness in handling mental health situations.
- Developed and delivered behavioral health education programs, enhancing community awareness and support.
SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER – FORENSIC PROGRAM
Albany County Department of Mental Health
Albany, New York
02.2006 - 12.2012
- Directed services in forensic behavioral health program, ensuring comprehensive treatment for diverse client needs.
- Oversaw team to ensure effective care delivery for behavioral health professionals, enhancing client outcomes.
- Facilitated collaboration in interdisciplinary treatment planning to improve service coordination and client support.
- Provided clinical supervision to enhance team performance clinical supervision and leadership development.
STAFF SOCIAL WORKER
Albany County Department of Mental Health
05.2000 - 02.2006
- Provided immediate support in crisis situations
- Conducted assessments in forensic settings
- Delivered mental health services in correctional facilities
- Facilitated access to community mental health resources
- Managed client services to ensure comprehensive support
Education
Master of Social Work -
State University of New York At Albany
Albany, NY05-2000
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY05-1998
Skills
- Strategic Leadership
- Regional Operations
- Organizational Strategy
- Change Management
- Program Development
- Operational Excellence
- Performance Improvement
- Policy Development
- Operational Planning
- Suicide Prevention
- Clinical Operations
- Crisis Management
- Leadership Development
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Certification
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Tennessee
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker - New York
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Florida
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Arizona
- Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP)
Accomplishments
- Directed behavioral health operations supporting 22 correctional healthcare facilities.
- Provided leadership for approximately 50 behavioral health professionals across multiple sites.
- Led development and implementation of a Restoration to Competency Program.
- Strengthened regional suicide prevention practices, focusing on zero suicide initiatives.
- Managed a healthcare operating budget while serving as Health Services Administrator.
- Developed standardized behavioral health policies and operational procedures.
- Improved regulatory compliance through leadership development, quality monitoring, and operational oversight.
- Built collaborative relationships between behavioral health, medical, nursing, and correctional leadership.
Timeline
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL II
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
05.2021 - 12.2021
DIRECTOR OF SPECIALTY PROGRAMS / CORRECTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR
Heritage Health Solutions
03.2020 - 07.2021
REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR
Wellpath
06.2018 - Current
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR / LEAD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN
Armor Correctional Health Services
05.2014 - 06.2018
MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT
New York State Police
10.2006 - 12.2012
SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER – FORENSIC PROGRAM
Albany County Department of Mental Health
02.2006 - 12.2012
STAFF SOCIAL WORKER
Albany County Department of Mental Health
05.2000 - 02.2006
Master of Social Work -
State University of New York At Albany
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Hartwick College