BRADFORD, Pa (October 13, 2023)– Journey Health System (JHS) and their affiliates held their annual Board meeting on October 13, 2023, at the main JHS office located in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Over 30 individuals from each agency’s Board, executive team members and guest speakers gathered remotely and in-person for the election of officers and to review the fiscal year. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Working Together for You”.

Journey Health System provides administrative support for the following behavioral health affiliates: Beacon Light Behavioral Health System (BLBHS); Beacon Light Adult Residential Services (BLARS); Deerfield Behavioral Health (DBH); Dickinson Center, Inc. (DCI); Forest-Warren Mental Wellness Association (FWMWA) and Stairways Behavioral Health (SBH). The JHS Board of Directors is comprised of representatives from each organization which deliver mental health care to a total of 23 counties across Pennsylvania.

Journey Health System’s President and CEO Guy Signor welcomed attendees to the meeting prior to presentations by each affiliate’s executive director regarding last year’s results. Additionally, the guest speaker Scott Nick of J.L. Nick & Associates presented, “The State of Human Resources Today”.

The annual meeting’s proceedings and Board elections were conducted by Journey Health System’s Board Chair Gregory LaRocca.

The following new Board members were announced:

Beacon Light Adult Residential Services–

• Lakiya Imani

Dickinson Center, Inc.–

• Isaac Gradl

Forest-Warren Mental Wellness Association–

• Marsha Romine

• Michael Gray

• Gary Coy

Journey Health System–

• Tawni Betts

The 2024 JHS Board Officers were elected as follows: Chairperson Gregory LaRocca, Vice Chair Joe Yaros, Treasurer Maurice “Maury” Cashman and Secretary Kathy Jones.

Board reappointments for a three-year term are as follows:

Journey Health System–

·         Gregory LaRocca

·         Dr. Tony Snow

·         Robert Saunders

Stairways Behavioral Health–

·         Tom Tredway

·         Brian Hennessy, Esq.

·         Dr. Kristine Nelson

Beacon Light Behavioral Health System–

·         Anne Albright

Dickinson Center, Inc.–

·         Kara Vollmer

·         John Schlimm

·         Joe Haines

Forest-Warren Mental Wellness Association–

·         Gary Lester

·         Kim Adams

Beacon Light Adult Residential Services–

·         Brandon Means

·         John Foerstner

·         Mary Anne Polucci Sherman

The following affiliates made reappointments for a one-year term:

Dickinson Center, Inc./Forest-Warren Mental Wellness Association–

·         Patricia Rosenstein

Beacon Light Adult Residential Services—

·         Jean Hvizdzak