Jeffery B Parsons
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EXPERIENCE
**** – 4-2014 Cornerstone Programs
Program Manager Crockett, Tx
Administrator in charge of a 108 bed secure residential facility for adjudicated youth
Mel Brown and Associates
2012- 2013 Vice President Conroe, Tx
Consulting/Management firm providing services within the Criminal Justice Field that include operational turnarounds,
acquisitions, organizational needs assessments, training and staff development.
Continuum Health Care Nashville, TN
Continuum Healthcare offers a multitude of behavioral health care programs through its inpatient and outpatient facilities
to critically ill children, adolescents, and adults.
2006-2012 Senior Vice President of Operations
• Chief Executive Officer for over 140 bed startup hospital with multiple satellite locations and over 350 employees
• Chief Executive Officer of a 68 bed inpatient hospital with over $9.5 million in Net Revenue and over $700,000 in
EBITDA
• Operated and managed multiple Community Mental Health Centers with over $13 million in annual revenue
• Opened 6 Community Mental Health Centers throughout the Southeast
Kellogg Brown & Root Mosul, Iraq
2004-2005 Security Coordinator
• Responsible for the safety and security of 350 KBR contractors and subcontractors
• Interface with army intelligence and other security personnel to obtain latest threat analysis and put in to place
precautionary measures to insure base security.
• Responded to attacks and other emergency situations.
• Current Dept of Defense SECRET clearance.
Paragon Youth & Family Services Birmingham, AL
Paragon operated Oak Mountain Residential treatment center in Birmingham and a Wilderness Camp for adjudicated
youth in Michigan.
2002-2004 Executive Vice President
• Managed, oversaw and developed behavioral healthcare services for at-risk and adjudicated youth.
• Oversaw all corporate and facility operations of different facilities, personnel, budgets and state contracts.
• Interfaced with local, state, and federal agencies regarding enhancement of current programs
Summit, LLC Birmingham, AL
1999-2004 Partner
• Provided financial, technical, and strategic support to five different companies in the juvenile corrections,
educational or behavioral healthcare industry.
• All were underperforming assets or positioning for a sale
• Networked with companies in order to create strategic alliances for growth or exit
• Guided an Intellectual Property Company assessing hand eye coordination and how it relates to the
brain/behavioral development from the education platform to the court system.
Correctional Services Corporation, Inc (CSC) Sarasota, FL
CSC was the third largest adult private corrections facilities.
1999 Senior Vice President of Operations
• Spearheaded the merger of CCI and YSI with CSC to create the largest juvenile services provider in the United
States.
• Managed the integration of all three juvenile companies; oversaw the facility shut-downs and start-ups;
strategize the structure of the juvenile division, finances and development; participated in Government and
Business Development Relations.
Youth Services International, Inc (YSI) Baltimore, MD
YSI was the largest publicly traded juvenile corrections facilities in the US. They had 48 facilities in 27 states and Puerto
Rico.
1998-1999 Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Executive Officer
• Established CCI as a wholly owned subsidiary of YSI.
• Assumed management of the operations and soon after became Co-CEO, to lead the company from an
operations standpoint, in the sale to CSC.
Community Corrections, Inc (CCI) Hondo, TX
Started and created CCI which grew from a SBA loan and an idea to seven correctional facilities in the state of Texas.
CCI also had multiple satellite facilities throughout the US servicing over 700 kids.
1994-1998 President
• Developed the company from start-up to the largest provider in the State of Texas.
• CCI added two facilities every year to maintain a strategic growth pattern.
• Contracted with states like the State of Georgia to manage the statewide aftercare program for youth committed
to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
• Eventually merged the company with the industry leader in order to continue the growth strategy
Medina and Bandera Counties Hondo, TX
1988-1994 Chief Probation Officer
• Developed and operated a regional juvenile detention facility
• Managed court services, overseeing of grant-writing and budgets
• Participated in various boards on behalf of the state for the enhancement of children services
1987-1988 Detention Director
1986-1987 Shift Supervisor
1985-1986 Federal Adult Corrections Officer
1983-1985 Police Officer
1978-1982 United States Air Force Security Police – Canine Corp, Narcotics and Explosive Detection.
Education
1982-1985 Southwest Texas State University, B.S., Criminal Justice