Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is comprised of 11 members, 1 from each of the 8 parishes comprising the District, who are appointed by their local police jury, and 3 At-Large members who are appointed by the Governor.
The eight Board members representing each parish have expertise in behavioral health (mental illness and addictive disorders) and/or developmental disabilities, fiscal affairs, or they represent law enforcement, school-based clinics, the coroner's office and/or the judicial system. The three At-Large members are a parent, consumer, or advocate for individuals with mental illness, addictive disorders, or developmental disabilities. Each Board member may serve three consecutive 3-year terms.
View board meeting minutes here.
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Dr. Brenda Johnson-Moore, Chair - ConcordiaDr. Moore is serving on the Board after being appointed by the Concordia Parish Police Jury. Dr. Moore has been an educator for nearly 40 years havi...
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Kathy J. Scarborough, Vice Chair - GrantRNMrs. Scarborough is serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Grant Parish Police Jury. She recently retired with 25 years of service...
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Desirae Bruce, Secretary - WinnMrs. Bruce is currently serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Winn Parish Police Jury. She is a CASA Program Director with the Chi...
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Laura Jolly, Treasurer - At-LargeMs. Jolly is currently serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Governor. She currently serves on the Louisiana Special Education Cen...
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Shirley Washington - CatahoulaMrs. Washington is serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Catahoula Parish Police Jury. She worked in the textile industry for 13 y...
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James Darrell Rodriguez - RapidesMr. Rodriguez is serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Mr. Rodriguez has worked in Education for 40 ye...
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Dr. Linda Nichols - VernonDr. Nichols is serving on the Board after having been appointed by the Vernon Parish Police Jury. She is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Northw...
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Douglas Ryland - At-LargeMr. Ryland is serving on the Board after being appointed by the Governor. He currently serves as the State Executive Director for Evergreen Life Ser...
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Jessica Bryant - AvoyellesLPNMs. Bryant is serving on the Board following her appointment by the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury in 2022. She is a Licensed Practical Nurse with ov...
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Michelle Breland- LaSalleLPNMs. Breland is serving on the Board following her appointment by the LaSalle Parish Police Jury in 2022. She is a Licensed Practical Nurse with over...
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Candace Blood - At-LargeLCSW- BACS, LAC-CCSMs. Blood is serving on the Board having been appointed by the Governor. She currently serves as the Director of Clinical Services at Longleaf Hospi...
Administration
The administration of CLHSD is comprised of professionals who are responsible for ensuring the overall operations of the District and consist of the following departments: Executive, Fiscal, Billing/Claims, Human Resources, Clinical, Compliance, Information Technology, Developmental Disabilities, and Prevention.
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Rebecca CraigMs. Rebecca Craig serves as the Executive Director of CLHSD. She has over 25 years of behavioral health care experience. During her career, Mrs. Cra...
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Cayce McDaniel, LCSW, LAC, CCSMs. Cayce Badeaux McDaniel currently serves as the Deputy Director of Behavioral Health for CLHSD. She has extensive experience over the last 10 ye...
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RoseMary FutrellMs. Futrell serves as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and as the Liaison to the Board of Directors. She previously served as the A...
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Robin Hogue, MDDr. Hogue serves as Medical Director for the Central Louisiana Human Services District and also serves as a treating psychiatrist for adults at the ...
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Misty DezendorfMs. Dezendorf serves as the Deputy Director of Intellectual Disabilities services and is responsible for overseeing the provision of those services....
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Teresa Juneau, RNMs. Juneau serves as the Clinic Manager of our behavioral health clinic, Caring Choices of Marksville and is responsible for overseeing the Marksvil...
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Nannette Chenevert, LCSWMs. Chenevert serves as the Clinic Manager of our behavioral health clinic, Caring Choices of Pineville and is responsible for overseeing the Pinevi...
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Tiffany Smith, LCSW-BACSMs. Smith serves as the Clinic Manager of our behavioral health clinic, Caring Choices of Leesville and is responsible for overseeing the Leesville ...
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Welda Tucker, RNSMs. Tucker serves as the Safety Director and is responsible for ensuring that our staff is educated and trained in workplace safety. She has 30 year...
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Crystal HurtMs. Hurt serves as the Director of Human Resources and is responsible for all of the civil service and human resource functions for the District. Sh...
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Ingrid CannellaMs. Cannella serves as the Director of Compliance and is responsible for ensuring that the District and its contractors adhere to all funding, progr...
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Cheryl DuboisMs. Dubois serves as a Program Monitor Supervisor and is responsible for supervising programs such as the Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program...
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Kitty WynnMs. Wynn serves as Director of Prevention Services at CLHSD. She previously served ten years as a Regional Prevention Coordinator and Coalition Liai...
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Sonya NugentMs. Nugent serves as the Director of Patient Accounts and her department is responsible for the billing of all services provided in our Behavioral H...