Andrea has worked in the Behavioral Health field since 2007 when she served as a Social Worker for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Andrea worked with families who were suffering from mental health and substance use disorders, domestic violence, environmental hazards, and neglect.
Relocating to Florida in 2009, Andrea joined the Florida Department of Children and Families as a Child Protective Investigator. Over the next 7 years, Andrea worked in various roles in the Child Welfare system, serving as a Dependency Case Manager, Mental Health Targeted Case Manager, Family Services Coordinator, and Parenting Instructor. In 2014, Andrea joined Centene Corporation as a Trainer II for the Child Welfare Specialty Plan offered by Sunshine Health. In this role, Andrea provided trainings on various Behavioral Health topics to Child Welfare Stakeholders and at conferences such as the Florida NASW (National Association of Social Workers) annual conference.
While working in these multiple Behavioral Health settings, Andrea earned her Master of Social Work degree and completed two internships: one at an inpatient hospice facility and the other with a primary substance use residential program. Andrea worked with the patients and families involved in the programs and provided treatment and support for their respective challenges.
In 2017, Andrea was offered a full, merit-based scholarship for the full-time, accelerated, Master of Business Administration program at the University of Florida. After earning her MBA in 2018, she joined the CEO Development Program with Universal Health Services, Inc. In this role, she served as the COO for free-standing, psychiatric hospitals. She helped open a brand-new 74-bed psychiatric hospital, Palm Point Behavioral Health, in Titusville, Florida, and oversaw multiple departments. After working with Palm Point for two years, Andrea moved to Central Florida Behavioral Hospital, a large psychiatric hospital in Orlando, Florida that offers inpatient, outpatient, and ECT services. Andrea joined Harmony Hills in August of 2021.
Credentials
Stonehill College in Massachusetts, Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology and Sociology
Florida State University, Master of Social Work (MSW)
University of Florida, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
