NEAL A. SHIFMAN, M.A. President and Chief Executive Officer Neal Shifman translates knowledge in behavioral health care and human services to social policy and systems change. He is a nationally and internationally known consultant and facilitator in service system redesign, with special expertise in substance abuse, mental health, criminal justice and a variety of at-risk populations and their interface with social service systems. Mr. Shifman was an early pioneer in the development of continuum of care designs for substance abuse prevention and treatment. He has worked extensively with federal and state systems on a large number of substance abuse and behavioral health projects. Internationally, a venue for his work has been in the Caribbean. For the past twelve years he has led a number of strategic initiatives as well as planning and facilitative processes involving governments (both civil servants and political ministries), the judicial systems, non-government organizations, and the private sector. Examples of his work have included the design of the substance abuse delivery system in St. Maarten; the coordination, development, and implementation of a WHO-sponsored Caribbean Initiative and subsequent conference on substance abuse; policy, facilitative and writing support for United Nations Drug Control Program’s (UNDCP) International Drug Court Project; a 3-year redesign of the criminal justice system in Bermuda known as Alternatives to Incarceration and a similar effort currently underway in St. Maarten; numerous strategic planning, program design, and needs assessments for NGO’s ranging from HIV/AIDS, to child and adolescent services, women and violence, substance abuse prevention and treatment, labor and training, and welfare and social services.
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