Curriculum Vita
NATALIE J. CHARNEY, MA, MSEd
Address: Ivyland, PA 18974
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Business Profile: Behavioral Health Executive experienced in project management, program design, implementation, development, admissions and clinical and fiscal operations in the treatment of behavioral health disorders, including medication-assisted therapies. Well-versed to successfully establish, adjust and adhere to licensing and regulatory standards, policy and procedure, clinical curriculum, staffing, and budgeting for outpatient, inpatient, recovery housing non-profit and for-profit providers.
Skills: Budgeting, QA, CQI, evidence-based practice clinical skills (CBT), Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, marketing, program development, implementation and management, staff clinical and administrative supervision, proposal and policy writing, team building and staff development. Admissions, HR and operations management.
Education: BA University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Psychology- Cum Laude)
MA University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Social Gerontology)
MSEd University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Counseling, Psychological Services)
Experience :
01 2023- CEO & President: NJC Consulting: Program and Project management, program design, implementation,
development, admissions and clinical and fiscal operations. Licensing and regulatory standards, grant proposals, policy and procedure writing, clinical curriculum, staffing, and budgeting for outpatient, partial hospitalization, inpatient, recovery housing non-profit and for-profit providers.
06-202*-**-**** Program & Facility Director, Behavioral Health Services: GPASS SAFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Oversee clinic operations. Attend off-site meetings with funders, oversight agencies, and other stakeholders. Maintain relationship with EMR. Develop and maintain the culture of IOP/OP program. Supervise administrative and clinical teams. Foster and maintain relationships with referral bases. Collaborate with program and facility leadership to monitor trends in the region and with payers to ensure program is appropriately positioned. Maintain a focus on high quality client care. Write policies, procedures and proposals in response to local and federal grants. P&L management. Marketing and presentations.
10-202*-**-**** Director of Service Coordination: Horizon House, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Provide service
coordination and oversee development, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive Individual Service and Residential Service Plans for all participants within the Division. Oversight of existing participant placements and their established program outcomes. Market provider services and expand the number of individuals served. Ensure compliance with all funding and regulatory bodies and agency policy and procedures in the identified areas of responsibility. Direct and monitor management of participant records located in DS Services.
08-201*-**-**** Manager of Addiction Services: Community Behavioral Health (CBH), Philadelphia, PA Behavioral
Health Managed Care Organization serving Philadelphia’s Medicaid population. Leader for addiction services within CBH's clinical and quality services and throughout Philadelphia County's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services system (DBHIdS). Worked in collaboration with the Office of Addiction Services, Single County Authority and other departments within CBH to guide the overall direction of the design, quality, operations and delivery of addiction services to over 420,000 CBH members. Contributed to the strategic plan for Addiction Services within the DBHIdS system and helped oversee key initiatives of the plan. Wrote policies, procedures and proposals in response to state and federal grants. Reconciled PCPC with ASAM and developed policies and procedures for use. Developed Narcan policies and procedures for CBH, DBHIdS and all CBH contracted Providers.
01-200*-**-**** Executive Director: Sobriety Through OutPatient, Inc., (STOP) Philadelphia, PA. Oversaw day-to-day
admissions, clinical, administrative, HR, training, transportation and fiscal operations of STOP, a large for-profit holistic behavioral health agency that provided evidence-based and trauma informed mental health, substance use (SU) and co-occurring disorder outpatient, intensive outpatient and partial hospital services for adolescents and adults, including individuals dully diagnosed with SUD/MHD and IDD to further them on their road to recovery and resilience. All programs under my direction consistently passed federal, state, county, payor and CARF inspections in full compliance.
Obtained state licenses for mental health and partial hospital services
Obtained CARF credentialing for programs and grant funding to expand services
Developed, implemented and oversaw CQI program in support of continuous quality improvement
Multiple program design, development and oversight
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Budget development and management
Staff recruitment, supervision, team building, training and professional development
Policy, procedure, proposal and grant writing and management
P&L management
Marketing and presentations
01 2006- 08 2015 Executive Director: Treatment And Recovery Partnership, Philadelphia, PA. Oversaw admissions,
clinical, financial and administrative operations of TARP, a 501(3)(c) that provided AACO, BHSI and
SCA funded HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, referral, recovery housing and other supportive services
for men 18 years and older.
Specialty Certification:
1991- Board Certified Medical Psychotherapist-Psychodiagnostician (ABMPP)
1996- Certified Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist (CCBT)
Honors: 1988 BA Degree (Cum Laude) University of Pennsylvania
2004- Who’s Who in America®,
2004- Who’s Who in The World®,
2009- Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare®
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies:
National Societies:
American Psychological Association
Gerontological Society of America
1989-90 Research Education and Practice Committee
1990-92 Private Sector Task Force
American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnosticians
1993- Editorial Board
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
Local Societies:
Pennsylvania Community Providers Association
1993-95Family Home-Based Mental Health Services Subcommittee
1995-96Mental Health Committee
Philadelphia Coalition of Community Care Providers
1995-96Mental Health Directors Committee
2001-03Children’s Mental Health Committee Children’s Mental Health Committee
Pennsylvania Certification Board
Editorial Positions: 1993- Editorial Board: The Medical Psychotherapist
Board Positions: 2009-15 Member, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health/Intellectual Disabilities
Office of Addiction Services Advisory Board
2010-15 Director, Board of Directors Pennsylvania Association of Recovery Residences (PARR)
Teaching Experience:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, Fundamentals of Aging Post-Graduate Course, Institute on Aging’s Delaware Valley
Geriatric Education Center.
The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Lecturer, Post-Graduate Extramural Cognitive Therapy Training Program
Clinical Supervisor, Post-Graduate Extramural Cognitive Therapy Training Program.
Bibliography:
Papers: Salzer, M.S., Tunner, T., Charney, N.J.: A Low-Cost, Telephone Intervention to Enhance Schizophrenia
Treatment: A Demonstration Study. Schizophrenia Research, 66(1), 75-76, 2004.
Abstracts, Presentations and Lectures by Invitation:
Charney, N.J., Foster-Kennedy, D.C. & Dorsey-Bryant, L.M.: Healthy Self-Perceptions and
Dating Behaviors: A Content Analysis of Older Adult Personal Ads. Gerontological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1992 (Paper Presentation).
Charney, N.J., Foster-Kennedy, D.C. & Dorsey-Bryant, L.M.: Healthy Self-Perceptions and
Dating Behaviors: A Content Analysis of Older Adult Personal Ads. The
Gerontologist 32(11):167-168, 1992 (Abstract).
Charney, N.J., Foster-Kennedy, D.C. & Dorsey-Bryant, L.M.: Healthy Self-Perceptions and
Partner Selection: Content Analysis of Older Adult Personal Ads. Annual Poster
Session on Aging, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA May
1993 (Poster Session).
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Abstracts, Presentations and Lectures by Invitation (continued):
Charney, N.J.: Cognitive Therapy: A Short-Term Active Psychotherapy. Marriott Annual
Health Issues Conference, The Quadrangle, Haverford, PA, May 1993 (Workshops
In Morning and Afternoon Sessions).
Charney, N.J.: Stress Management for Caregivers, Jeans Vital Age Seminar, Jeans
Hospital, Rockledge, PA, June, 1993 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Introduction to Cognitive Therapy, WES Brown Bag Seminar, Dr. Warren E.
Smith CMH/MR/SA Centers, Phila., PA, November, 1995 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Managed Care, WES Brown Bag
Seminar, Dr. Warren E. Smith CMH/MR/SA Centers, Phila., PA, April, 1996 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization
Center (OIC), Phila., PA, April 1998 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Managed Care Implications
Regional Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), Phila., PA, May 1998 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Community Council for MH & MR, Inc.,
March 1999 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J.: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Managed Care, Community Council for MH & MR,
Inc., July 2000 (Seminar).
Charney, N.J., Solomon, A., Callahan, S. & Brooks, R.: Practical Applications of Ethics, Ethics:
Implications for Behavioral Health Programs University of Pennsylvania-Horizon House, Inc.
Conference, Phila., PA, June 8, 2004 (Panel Chair and Presenter).
Charney, N.J.: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Workshop, Methodist Family Services of Philadelphia,
Inc., May 2007.
Charney, N.J., Way, F., Haberle, B.J., & Wilkins, P.: Community Behavioral Health Treatment,
Treatment of Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders University of Pennsylvania-Penn
Affiliates Conference Series, Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2013 (Panel Chair and
Presenter).
Charney, N.J.: Impact of Trauma, Drug and Alcohol Addiction on Families, Philadelphia Board of
Education Annual Family Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2018.