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GACSB Benchmarking Coordinator
Glyn V. Thomas, PhD, is CEO of Unison Behavioral Health, and also contracts with
Strategic Healthcare Partners to advise and assist the members of the Georgia Association of
Community Service Boards, Inc. in gathering and analyzing data on their financial and clinical
performance.
He began his career in Scotland at the University of Stirling as a lecturer (assistant professor) in
psychology, teaching and conducting research in learning and human development, and in
clinical psychology. In 1974 he served as Visiting Assistant Professor in Psychology at Bucknell
University, PA. Subsequently, he was appointed full professor of psychology at the University of
Birmingham in England, and eventually Head of the School of Psychology there. In addition to
extensive teaching and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Thomas was active in research,
publishing over 70 papers in research journals, and making numerous presentations at scientific
meetings. He is a Member of the Experimental Psychology Society and a Fellow of the British
Psychological Society. On leaving the University of Birmingham in 2001 he was appointed
Emeritus Professor of Psychology, and came to the USA to join his wife, Sheila, who was working
in Georgia.
Soon after arriving in Georgia, he was appointed Organizational Development Director at Satilla
Community Services (currently known as Unison Behavioral Health), based in Waycross. In that
capacity, he developed a balanced score card methodology for tracking financial and clinical
performance, devising several customized assessments of clinical outcomes. In 2005 he was
appointed Executive Director to Satilla Community Services, and served in that capacity till 2011,
rejoining that organization as its CEO again in 2014. Since 2007, Dr. Thomas has worked through
the Georgia Association of Community Service Boards to coordinate the benchmarking initiative
established by the Association’s President, Sarah Roach. This collaboration of chief financial
officers and quality directors across the CSBs has resulted in a system of financial and clinical
performance measures that help CSBs demonstrate the value of their services as well as to support
their efforts at quality and organizational improvement.
He is a graduate of the University of Wales, and holds a PhD degree in Psychology from The
University of Nottingham in England. Born in England, he is now naturalized as an American
Citizen.
Unison Behavioral Health
Waycross, Georgia
Phone: 912.449.7103
Email: