April Edition 2010 - New York Nonprofit Press

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PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE
Egan Named VP Program Services
at UCP Suffolk
Eileen McDonald
munity Residences and
Egan has been appointed
Vice President, Program
Services at United Cerebral
Palsy Association of
Suffolk. She will oversee
Adult Day Services, the
Community Program Center
(CPC), Educational
and Residential Services.
“I am confident Ms.
Program Development and
Special Projects at Nassau
AHRC and Director, Residential
Services at new England
Villages in Pembroke
Massachusetts.
Egan joins the organization
with over twenty-five
years experience in the field
of special education, developmental
disabilities, and
Egan’s extensive background
and experience Eileen McDonald Egan advocacy. She holds a Master
developing and managing
OMRDD, State Education Department and
Department of Health programs coupled
with her leadership qualities make her an
excellent addition to our executive team,”
said President/CEO Stephen H. Friedman.
“Her talents will greatly enhance the unparalleled
service currently provided by
UCP Suffolk.”
Before joining UCP Suffolk, Egan
was the Vice President, Special Needs at
Terence Cardinal Cook Health Center in
New York City. Previously, she held the
positions of Assistant Executive Director
at the Shield Institute, Director of Comfrom
of Public Health degree
Yale University’s School of Medicine,
a Masters of Arts degree from State
University of New York at Stony Brook
and is a graduate of Southern Connecticut
State University.
UCP Suffolk, based in Hauppauge,
NY, provides services to 4,000 children
and adults with disabilities annually and
65% of those served are individuals with
a disability other than cerebral palsy. Job
training and placement, physical therapy,
individual and family support, early intervention,
preschool, school age, adult day
and residential programs are available.
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Hollywood New Assistant VP
at Samaritan Village
James Hollywood
tor of Samaritan’s Intensive
LCSW has been appointed
Assistant Vice President
of Residential Programs
at Samaritan Village, Inc.
Hollywood’s responsibilities
will include providing
clinical leadership and
management at Samaritan’s
Ellenville, Van Wyck,
Outpatient Program,
was promoted to the position
of Assistant Vice
President for Program
Development.
Hollywood is an experienced
clinical manager
with over 22 years
of experience working
Highbridge, Richmond
in the fields of substance
Hill, and 53rd Street programs.
abuse, mental health and
homeless services. Most
James Hollywood
The announcement
recently, he served as
follows a series of other senior management
appointments at Samaritan Village by President/CEO
Tino Hernandez. In October, the
agency named Sheila Greene to be Vice
President of Communications and Intergovernmental
Affairs. At the same time, Carol
Davidson LCSW, CASAC was promoted
to Senior Director of Veterans Services. In
December Steve Rockman, Program Direc-
Senior Director for Residential Services
at Palladia. Prior to working with Palladia,
Hollywood was the Program Director of
Urban Pathway’s Olivieri Center for Homeless
Women.
Hollywood holds a BA in Sociology
from St. John’s University and an MSW
from Hunter College School of Social
Work.
Daymond Promoted at SIMHS
The Staten Island Mental
Health Society (SIMHS) has
named Valarie M. Daymond,
LCSW to be Director of its
Teen Center, Project for Academic
Student Success (PASS),
and Afterschool GED Preparation
Program. Daymond will
continue to lead SIMH’s Family
Support Mental Health Program,
where she has served as
Director since 2003.
Daymond joined the
SIMHS in 1996 as a social
worker in the agency’s Family
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and was named that
program’s director
two years later.
Prior to joining the
SIMHS, she was a
caseworker, and later
a supervisor, for
the New York City
Administration for
Children’s Services.
“Valarie Daymond
has demonstrated
exemplary
Valerie Daymond, LCSW
work with the children
and families who receive services at
the Family Support Center,” said SIMHS
President/CEO Dr. Kenneth Popler. “Her
aptitude and experience, combined with her
superior interpersonal and leadership skills,
will ensure that she will be also be an extraordinary
director of our various programs
for adolescents coping with mental health
and chemical dependency challenges.”
Daymond earned her BS degree from
the University of Florida, and her MSW degree
from the Wurzweiler School of Social
Work of Yeshiva University, Manhattan.
The Teen Center provides treatment
services to adolescents and young adults
who are dependent on alcohol and/or drugs
or whose family members are challenged by
chemical addictions. PASS provides alcohol/
drug prevention services and free academic
tutoring for at-risk preteens and teens. Both
programs have sites in St. George and Great
Kills locations. The GED Preparation Program
is located in St. George.
The Family Support Center provides
bi-lingual outpatient mental health services
for children up to age 18 and their families,
as well as an array of support services.