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Tod Citron
served as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Cobb & Douglas Community Services Boards from 1999
to 2015; a $35 million, 450 employee, public behavioral
health and human services organization located in the
metro Atlanta area. Prior to this position, Mr. Citron
was the Administrative Director of the behavioral
healthcare programs at Columbia West Paces Medical
Center and Columbia Parkway Medical Center, both
located in the Atlanta area. He received a bachelor’s
degree, double majoring in psychology and
communications from the State University of New York
at Oswego; and holds a master’s degree in social work
from Atlanta University as well as a master’s degree in
healthcare policy and administration from the Stetson
School of Business and Economics at Mercer University. Tod has served as an adjunct
professor in the Health and Human Services Department at Kennesaw State
University. Additionally, he has served as a director on numerous governing boards.
Tod Citron
Former CEO
Cobb and Douglas Community Service Board
Contact: 678.525.1765
Email:
tcitron@comcast.netThomas W. Ford, PhD,
is the CEO of Lookout Mountain
Community Services, a Community Service Board
providing services to four Northwest Georgia counties.
The agency, with over 300 employees and a $23 million
budget, provides comprehensive mental health,
developmental disability and addictive disease services.
Dr. Ford has provided more than 20 years in behavioral
healthcare leadership as well as treatment and counseling
for 20 years in a clinical setting. He is the Region 4 Board
member to the National Council of Community
Behavioral Healthcare and received his B.S. in Psychology
from Valdosta State College, his Masters from Mississippi
State University and his Ph.D. at the University of Texas
at Austin. He has served as the Secretary for the Georgia