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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.net

Thomas 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

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