200 Retreat Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
[860] 545-7731
[860] 545-7570 Fax
lhaber@harthosp.org

Senior Human Services Administrator with proven record of directing and managing community and hospital based mental health and substance abuse services. Recognized as an innovator who has expanded and developed programs and organizations. Proven leadership ability, strong community orientation, quality service delivery, and a solid record of accomplishments.

  2001-Current

THE INSTITUTE OF LIVING, Hartford,CT
Director, Family Resource Center (FRC)
Established education and support services for families dealing with a psychotic spectrum disorders. Developed a resource center for information for families and professionals as well as providing training for professionals and lay audiences.

2000-2001

PA COUNSELING SERVICES, Mechanicsburg & Carlisle, PA
Independent Practice
Provided services to a diverse caseload of adults, couples, families, and adolescents.

1998-2001

LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE, Annville, PA

1999-2001

SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY, Shippensburg, PA
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

• Taught Graduate and Undergraduate Courses in Psychology

• Supervised faculty for clinical license

1991-2000

THE STEVENS CENTER, Carlisle, PA                                                                

1994-2000

STEVENS HOUSING CORPORATION, Carlisle, PA
President/CEO
Provided leadership and direction in modernizing an 80 year old human service agency, providing services for two counties in central Pennsylvania with a population of 300,000 and operating from eight locations. Expanded services, improved quality of care, and established center as an award-winning provider of care.

• Expanded revenue from $1.5 Million to $4.5 Million through increases in grants, government contracts, third party fees, and by developing the first annual fund raising campaign.
• Added new and innovative programs including; Family Preservation, Family Based Mental Health and In-Home Children’s Services.
• Established an innovative subsidiary corporation to build low-income housing, which resulted in the renovation of a condemned building into 17 units of affordable housing. Additionally, funding was received for 55 units of senior housing with construction anticipated in the fall.
• Increased professional and support staff from 65 to 175 employees in order to sustain programs
• Built first permanent headquarters for agency
• Increased accessibility of services by developing programs in eight locations as well as in clients’ homes and schools.
• Established an Employee Assistance Program providing services to forty employers.
• Developed an outpatient substance abuse center with special programs for individuals with both mental health and substance abuse problems.

1978-1991

HUMAN SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Attleboro, MA
Director 
Provided clinical and administrative management for an outpatient community mental health center providing services for a catchment area of 10 communities with 100,000 people. Expanded services, improved quality of care, and established agency as a model employer.

• Increased both clinical and support staff from 10 to 55 employees
• Increased center budget through grants and increase third party participation from $500,000 to $1.5 million
• Created model program for treating incest offenders
• Established Grief Services for the oncology unit at the community hospital
• Developed crisis intervention services in conjunction with a community hospital emergency room.
• Created specialized post-traumatic counseling services for fire, ambulance, and emergency personnel.
• Enabled agency to transition from primarily State funded to independent funding
• Built a high quality, team oriented professional organization
• Organized a multi-state professional organization

1975 to 1978

NORTHAMPTON STATE HOSPITAL
Director of Clinical Services

• Responsible for deinstitutionalizing a geographic ward of a state hospital

1972 to 1975

SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL
Clinical Administrator

• Responsible for the administration of a unit for the criminally insane
  

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology – University of Tennessee
MA Clinical Psychology – University of Tennessee
BA Psychology – University of Florida

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