People on the Move: Florio New COO at South County Psychiatry and Gordon School Names 3
Monday, October 03, 2022
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South County Psychiatry Names Florio
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South County Psychiatry announces the appointment of Jim Florio Jr., MBA, as Chief Operating Officer. South County Psychiatry is a full-service outpatient psychiatric practice serving patients throughout its three locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The practice recently announced the opening of The Weight and Wellness Center, a South County Psychiatry-operated program opening in December of 2022 with a goal to help patients lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way.
"I am thrilled to have someone with the knowledge-base, work ethic, and character of Jim Florio join our team,” said Dr. Anthony Gallo, founder of South County Psychiatry. “Having worked with and known him for over a decade, there is no one better who can help lead South County Psychiatry, including its new Weight and Wellness Institute, to its full potential."
Florio previously spent 20 years working at Lifespan in various capacities, working his way up from a financial analyst to the vice president of adult psychiatry and behavioral health. A graduate of Rhode Island College and Providence College, Florio has spent his career working with some of the best psychiatry and behavioral health clinical leaders in the world, including Dr. Richard Goldberg, Dr. Mark Zimmerman, Dr. Gabor Keitner, Dr. Gregory Fritz, and Dr. Deb Lobato to lead the cultivation of a robust psychiatry and behavioral healthcare system.
“I am honored to join South County Psychiatry as the Chief Operating Officer,” said Florio. “I look forward to partnering with Dr. Anthony Gallo and everyone on the team to lead South County Psychiatry in a direction that allows us to be the largest and the best ambulatory psychiatry and behavioral health program in the region. Under our leadership we will focus on family culture, being the best place to work for all employees, equitable access to all consumers in the region, and delivering the highest quality of psychiatry, behavioral health, and weight and wellness services.”
Florio joins a team of healthcare professionals at South County Psychiatry and the Weight and Wellness Institute including Dr. Vincent Pera, the director of the Weight and Wellness Institute, and a dedicated team of nurses, physicians, registered dieticians, exercise physiologists, and behaviorists who specialize in mental health as well as weight management and overall wellness.
South County Psychiatry focuses on the treatment of mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. The Weight and Wellness Institute is located in Cranston, Rhode Island, at 1170 Pontiac Avenue and will provide patients with weight loss solutions including exercise prescription, weight loss medications, lifestyle coaching, and more. The Weight and Wellness Institute begins accepting patients on November 1, 2022, and is slated to open on December 1, 2022. Future patients can call 401-895-9937 to schedule an appointment.
“As the Chief of Weight and Wellness at South County Psychiatry and the Director of our Weight and Wellness Institute, I am happy to join in the announcement of Jim Florio, Jr. as our organization's chief operating officer, as he brings exceptional experience from his distinguished career in the healthcare industry,” said Dr. Pera. “His expertise and dedication to his profession have resulted in the improvement of healthcare for thousands of Rhode Islanders over the past years. We are very fortunate and excited to have Jim joining our team as we strive to build an organization that will provide exceptional integrated health services in the areas of psychiatry, behavioral health, weight management, and wellness.”
Gordon School Names Three
Caroline Mullaney Named Admissions Director
Caroline Mullaney has been named Admissions Director. The Gordon School. In her new role, Caroline will be responsible for reaching out to families whose perspectives reflect the diversity that is essential to Gordon’s mission and thoughtfully stewarding them through an equitable and transparent admissions process.
“During our search process, Caroline demonstrated her ability to move seamlessly between big picture and tactical thinking and her commitment to focusing on what is core to our mission,” said Dr. Noni Thomas López, Head of School, Gordon School. “We look forward to seeing Caroline grow in this new leadership role at Gordon.”
Prior to this role, Caroline served as Gordon’s Associate Director of Admissions for Research, Marketing and Data Analysis. Prior to joining Gordon, she served as Lincoln School’s associate director of admission, strategic communication and engagement. She also held admission positions at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC and at the University of Vermont. Caroline was a civil servant at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. She has a B.A. in Art History and Cultural Anthropology from Lafayette College.
“I am honored to participate in the school’s continuing growth. Gordon has shown me that it is more than a school, it is also a community that welcomes everyone,” said Mullaney. “I’m grateful to be able to share our story with the Providence community and beyond.”
Minna Ham Appointed Lower School Director
After a highly competitive search, the Gordon School, located at 45 Maxfield Avenue in East Providence, RI, is pleased to announce that Minna Ham has been named Lower School Director.
“We are extremely thrilled to have Minna back at Gordon. Her skills and experiences will help Gordon’s mission to capture “’the true spirit of joyous work,” said Dr. Noni Thomas Lopez, Gordon’s Head of School. “Minna is a community builder who prioritizes relationships and connections.”
Ham first joined Gordon in 2002 as a first-grade teacher, during which time she helped develop Common Ground, Gordon’s race-based affinity group for students. She also worked with children with language-based learning differences, leading to a role as Gordon’s Lower School literacy specialist, where she helped develop the Pathways Program to support emerging readers and worked to ensure that the children who were most susceptible to being overlooked were lifted, heard, and valued for all of their talents and unique strengths.
Prior to returning to Gordon for her new position, Ham was the lower school head at Belmont Day School, in Belmont, Massachusetts, where she led nearly 200 students and 23 faculty members in a division that spans Pre-K to fifth grade.
"I have always considered Gordon a second home, and I am excited to return to Gordon's mission, beliefs and people,” said Ham. “Over the last four years, I have acquired a better understanding of, and honed, my priorities as a leader, progressive educator and team contributor, and they all point back to Gordon. I look forward to reacquainting myself with the students, families and faculty of the Lower School. It is a privilege to return to Gordon and work shoulder-to-shoulder with this incredibly special community.”
Ham holds a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University, a MS. Ed from Fordham University in elementary education and Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She also serves on the board of directors of the Family Collective in Watertown, MA. Minna currently resides in East Providence with her family.
Gordon School Names Dr. Olivia Ordoñez as New School Counselor
After a nationwide search, the Gordon School, located at 45 Maxfield Avenue in East Providence, RI, announced Dr. Olivia Ordoñez as its new School Counselor.
Ordoñez will join Gordon School in this newly-created role at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. She will work collaboratively with students, family, faculty, staff and Gordon School’s Consulting Psychologist to support the social and emotional well-being of all students.
“Given the challenges schools are facing across the country, from the COVID-19 pandemic to an increase in white nationalist activity in our own neighborhood, not to mention the ‘typical’ struggles school-aged children face after the past two years, we are fortunate to have found the right mental health practitioner, researcher, and educational advocate for our families to ensure they feel heard and supported. We are thrilled to have Dr. Ordoñez on board, for Gordon School,” said Alethea Dunham-Carson, Assistant Head of School, Gordon School.
Ordoñez spent the past seven years completing her graduate studies at the University of Michigan where she received a Masters in Social Work and a Doctorate in English Literature and Language with specializations in African-American Cultural Studies and Disability Studies. She also holds a B.A. in English and Political Science and an M.A. in Children’s Literature from the University of Florida.
Ordoñez’s past experience has focused on acute trauma responses in schools, providing mental health services to students and their families, assisting traditionally-underrepresented students navigate academic institutions, and offering proactive, structural interventions for mental health wellness that benefit everyone in a school.
“I’m excited to begin my journey at Gordon School,” said Ordoñez. “I look forward to building off my experience working with students from the elementary level to young adults to support and provide mental wellness strategies that will help benefit the entire Gordon community.”
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