Journey Health System Held Annual Board Meeting

(Pictured: Guy Signor, president & CEO of Journey Health System.)

 

Journey Health System (JHS) and their affiliates held their annual Board meeting on Friday, October 11, 2024, at the main JHS office located in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Over 40 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 “Your Journey is our Story”.

Journey Health System provides administrative support for the following non-profit, 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), Stairways Behavioral Health (SBH) and Deerfield Solutions, a for-profit provider of the LOCUS levels-of-care software. 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 and reviewed the JHS annual report including the organization’s strategic plan. Presentations followed from each affiliate’s executive director regarding last year’s results.

Brian Chruscial, CPA, from Zelenkofske Axelrod, LLC shared the JHS consolidated financial report.

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

The following new Board members were announced:

Beacon Light Adult Residential Services

• Kyle Kirk

Beacon Light Behavioral Health System

• Katie Mattocks

Dickinson Center, Inc.

• Joe Jacob

Forest Warren Mental Wellness Association

• Susan Ball
• Danielle Flasher
• Beth Sprentz
• Amy Tobolski

Journey Health System/Deerfield Behavioral Health

• Judy Bodmer

Stairways Behavioral Health

• Kristie Nosich

 

The 2025 JHS Board Officers were elected as follows: Chairperson Joseph Yaros, Treasurer Maurice “Maury” Cashman and Secretary Kathy Jones.

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

Journey Health System

• Tawni Betts
• Craig Hartburg

Beacon Light Adult Residential Services

• Dee Baxter

Beacon Light Behavioral Health System

• Chris Clifford

Dickinson Center, Inc.

• Joseph Jacob
• Isaac Gradl
• Bob Ordiway

Forest-Warren Mental Wellness Association--

• Marsha Romine

Stairways Behavioral Health--

• Rosmari Graham
• Celene McIntyre
• Kristie Nosich
• Brandon Sieber
• Dr. Tony Snow

Special guests included trick-or-treaters from the BLBHS Short-term Adolescent Recovery program.

Visit www.journeyhealth.org for more information.