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Southwest Behavioral & Health Services Receives Hope to Outcomes Organization Award
(PHOENIX – Oct. 20, 2023) –Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, has been recognized by the Peer and Family Career Academy with the Hope to Outcomes Organization Award. The award was presented at the 2023 Embracing Hope: Rising Together Conference on Oct. 18. The Peer and Family Career Academy […]
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Paul Buttermore Promoted to Vice President of Inpatient and Community Living for Southwest Behavioral & Health Services
(PHOENIX, Ariz. – Oct. 17, 2023) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, today announced that Paul Buttermore has been promoted to vice president of Inpatient and Community Living Services, continuing to oversee all Inpatient programs and expanding his areas of responsibility to include Community Living, Residential and Housing […]
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Southwest Behavioral Receives Lovitt & Touché Risk Culture Inversion Award for Third Consecutive Year
(PHOENIX, Ariz.—March 31, 2023)—Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, today announced that the organization received a Lovitt & Touché (L&T) Risk Culture Inversion Award. Honored once again for embracing the principles of Inversion as delivered by the Lovitt & Touché Risk Control Team, this is the third year in […]
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Southwest Behavioral & Health Services Promotes Marcie Herzog to Vice President of Community Services
(PHOENIX – March 24, 2022) Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, has announced that Marcie Herzog has been promoted to Vice President of Community Services. Herzog will be responsible for overseeing School Based Counseling, Community Services and Prevention programming, In-Home Services, and the InSHAPE® program throughout Arizona. Herzog is successor […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Announces Addition to Board of Directors
(PHOENIX – Nov. 19, 2019) – Southwest Behavioral and Health Services (SB&H) today announced that Karen Evers, a recognized business leader with over 21 years of human resources and facilities experience, has been appointed to the board of directors. Currently a senior vice president of human resources & facilities at Nautilus Insurance Group, Evers has […]
READ MOREMichelle Griffith Named Vice President of Human Resources at Southwest Behavioral & Health Services
(PHOENIX – July 31, 2019) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, today announced that Michelle Griffith, a human resources leader with extensive HR experience, has been named the new vice president of human resources. Griffith is a change and transformational HR leader focused on integrating the people strategy […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Supports Local Community with Pay It Forward Adopt-A-Street Garbage Pickup Effort
(PHOENIX – July 3, 2019) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H) held a Pay It Forward Adopt-a-Street Garbage Pickup event on Thursday, June 20th, where both staff and client volunteers joined the effort to clean up trash and debris on 7thStreet from Indian School Road to Thomas Road. “It’s important to support the amazing community […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Wins Prestigious HAWP Gold Award
(PHOENIX – April 30, 2019) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), an innovative leader in behavioral health, has been awarded the Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP) Gold Award, which recognizes Arizona businesses that are making efforts to positively affect the health and well-being of employees, their families, and their community. The criteria for this […]
READ MOREMichelle Quintanilla Elected to Southwest Behavioral & Health Services’ Board of Directors
(PHOENIX – Feb. 26, 2018) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H) is pleased to announce it has elected Michelle Quintanilla, vice president of inventory management and planning for Freeport-McMoRan, to serve on its Board of Directors. In this role, Quintanilla will be collaborating with other members of the Board of Directors to further SB&H’s […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Promotes Tara Lurz to Vice President, Mohave County
(FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Jan 18, 2018) – Tara Lurz has been promoted to vice president, Mohave County with Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H). In her new role, Lurz will be responsible for overseeing programs for all SB&H facilities in Mohave County, training and hiring new staff and oversite of client treatment and compliance. Office […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Promotes Dominic Miller to Vice President Outpatient Services
(PHOENIX – Jan 17, 2018) – Dominic Miller has been promoted to vice president outpatient services for Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H). In his new role, Miller will be responsible for providing administrative and clinical oversight to outpatient clinics in Maricopa and Gila counties, partnering with stakeholders and community partners and developing and implementing […]
READ MORESouthwest Behavioral & Health Services Promotes Lauren Lauder to Senior Vice President, Northern Arizona
(FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Dec. 14, 2017) – Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H) is pleased to announce that Lauren Lauder has been promoted to senior vice president of Northern Arizona. In her new role, Lauder will be responsible for overseeing operations for Coconino, Mohave and Yavapai Counties, developing new and innovative programs that enhance SB&H […]
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