Rae currently provides strategic direction and leadership to the organization while overseeing day-to-day operations, including the management of our contract to provide mental health services to all of Oakland County. Her prior contributions to Common Ground include being Vice President of Programs & Services, as well as leading the programmatic design of our community crisis center, which helps more than 80,000 people each year through phone calls, texts, online chat, and walk-in services. Rae holds a BS in Psychology focused on Applied Behavioral Analysis from Western Michigan University, and a MA in Clinical and Humanistic Psychology from the Center for Humanistic Studies. She has over 25 years of clinical and administrative experience within both the public and private sectors.
Executive Leadership
Heather Rae
President & Chief Executive Officer
Vickie Krigner
Chief Financial Officer/Administrative Officer
Leigh Schultenover
Chief Experience Officer
Heidi Warrington
Chief Nursing Officer
John Head, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Janet Sarkos
Chief Crisis Operations Officer
Jeff Kapuscinski
Chief External Relations Officer
Directors
Gary Robb, Controller
Michelle Woody, Director, Retreat Crisis Residential Unit
Jill Smith, Senior Director MiCAL
Laura Rolands, Director of Human Resources
Todd Reid, Program Director of Genesee CIRT
Veronica Brown, Director of Health Information
Board of Trustees
Kay White, Board Chair
Julie Aronica, Chair-Elect
Lisa Mason, Secretary
Judith Christie, Treasurer
Don Campbell, Immediate Past Chair
Tracy Aronoff
Katie Bressette
Lyle Dahlberg
Eric Dobrusin
Fred Fechheimer
Amanda Hamilton
Jaime Hope, M.D.
Rhonda Laurencelle, Ph.D.
Cathy McNamara
Greg Moore
Santosh Mudiraj
Tawana Nettles-Robinson
John Randle Sr.
Colette Stimmell
Noel Villajuan
Kathy Walgren
David P. Wood, Jr. M.D.
Heather Rae, President & CEO
Tony Rothschild, CEO Emeritus
Advisory Board
Richard Astrein
Sheriff Michael Bouchard
Jerry Cavellier
Gary Dembs
Howard Hertz
Rita Margherio
John Roberts
Shelley Roberts
Kay White