LUK’s Beth Barto to serve as officer of statewide nonprofit

LUK is excited to share that LUK CEO and President, Beth Barto, will serve as the Treasurer for the board of the Association for Behavioral Healthcare!

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FRAMINGHAM — The Association for Behavioral Healthcare, a statewide nonprofit organization representing 81 community-based behavioral healthcare providers, has announced a new slate of board officers and two new board members.

Daurice Cox, president and CEO of Bay State Community Services in Quincy, will chair the board for the new term.  Serving with Cox are: Vice Chair Emily Stewart, executive director of Casa Esperanza in Malden; Treasurer Beth Barto, president and CEO of LUK, Inc. in Fitchburg; and Clerk Gary Houle, executive director of North Charles, Inc. in Cambridge.

The new board members are Susan Coakley, president and CEO of Aspire Health and Community Services in Quincy; and Kevin Martone, president and CEO of Bay Cove Human Services in Boston.

“We are fortunate to have officers and a board that are so steeped in the behavioral health field, who understand the immense regulatory, reimbursement, and workforce challenges facing behavioral health providers and who are committed to overcoming them,” said Association for Behavioral Healthcare President and CEO Lydia Conley.  “We are also grateful to those who recently completed their term as officers and board members, particularly former Chair Lesli Suggs, President and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers, who is incredibly dedicated to advancing the behavioral health profession and strengthening access to care for children and adults.”

The new officers and board members will serve a two-year term.

About ABH

The Association for Behavioral Healthcare represents 81 organizations that are the primary providers of community-based behavioral healthcare in Massachusetts. The organization says that their nearly 50,000 dedicated employees provide clinically effective and cost-sensitive care to more than 80,000 individuals on any given day in communities throughout the state. Association representatives said it is recognized as a leading statewide association advocating for the preservation, promotion and advancement of community-based mental health and substance use treatment services. Visit www.abhmass.org for more information.