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34 October 2024 (continued on page 35) (continued from page 33) Get Better Aquainted with the NJAMHAA and NJMHI Board Members Robert J. Budsock, MS, LCADC President and CEO of Integrity House and NJAMHAA Board Member Secretary Cheryl Marks Young, MAS, PCC Founder and CEO Creative Blueprints for Leaders CHERYLMARKS YOUNGHAS SERVED on the NJMHI Board since FY2019 and had served on the NJAMHAA Board from FY2013 through FY2017. Cheryl founded Creative Blueprints for Leaders, LLC to provide solutions and resources and guide individuals through BOB BUDSOCKHAS SERVEDAS THE NJMHI Board Secretary since FY2016. He is also a long-standingmember of the NJAMHAA Board, which he was first elected to in FY2013. He served as Secretary in FY2018 and FY2019 and Chair in FY2020. Bob started his career in clinical services at Integrity House in 1984. His vast experience covers nearly all aspects of the agency’s operations, providing himwith a wealth of knowledge in the clinical, administrative, fundraising and community partnership arenas. He also serves on the Boards of the Healthy Treasurer For Cheryl, the value of serving on the NJMHI Board is “in hearing the impact that NJMHI makes through the stories shared by the participants in the Leadership Academy, as well as the improvements in reducing barriers to entry so that more consumers can be served and that more employees in this industry can be better prepared tomake an impact in their own future. We have a longway to go for them to be paid adequately, and I believe we are slowly making strides in the right direction,” she said. “My life purpose is to make a positive impact on asmany people as possible in my lifetime. The more we pursue this work to improve the leadership strength of our future leaders and the more we reduce and remove barriers to entry for our staff, themore value I receive personally in this process.” who are readily available to collaborate, share recommendations and align in efforts for advocacy.” Greater Newark Accountable Care Organization and World Federation of Therapeutic Communities. For Bob, the value of serving on the NJMHI and NJAMHAA Boards is “learning from other leaders and about new ideas and innovations to continue to advance the work that many NJAMHAA providers do.” “On a personal level, I strengthened my relationships with colleagues,” Bob added. “We all do similar work, and being a board member allows me to develop a great network of colleagues the process of creating blueprints for the lives they want to lead. She is a licensed coach and serves as a coach andmentor for the NJMHI Leadership Academy. Cheryl graduated fromNYU’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business; completed advanced training in Executive Philanthropy and TreasuryManagement at FairleighDickinson University, and in Professional Grant Development, Process Improvement and Executive Nonprofit Leadership fromRutgers University; and is a graduate of the National Council on Mental Wellbeing’s Executive Leadership Program. She also received advanced training from the Graduate School of Coaching and other organizations and serves on the Board of the New Jersey Association of Community Providers.