Shawn Thiele Sacks has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of behavioral health service provision and management, including grassroots prevention, community mental health and substance use counseling, programmatic development and leadership in community mental health agencies, managed care, national business development, and 12 years of government and Medicaid health care consulting. Ms. Thiele Sacks has skills and expertise in the development, implementation, and oversight of behavioral health service and system models; evidence-based practice implementation and fidelity monitoring; cross-system design and oversight with child welfare, long-term care, corrections, and juvenile justice; Medicaid and public health sector health care systems and regulations; managed care operations and compliance; and mental health services and systems for children, youth, families, and adults with complex needs. She holds an M.S.W. from Michigan State University, and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.