Dane is the executive director of Cliffside Malibu and Authentic Recovery Center (ARC) in Los Angeles, California. With a lifelong commitment to helping others, Dane began his career working in the field of international development after completing his graduate education at Columbia University in New York in 2010. He joined the team at Cliffside Malibu in 2014 and became certified as a drug and alcohol counselor in 2017.

Dane is responsible for the direction of the operations, nursing and alumni departments at Cliffside and ARC. His goal is to ensure that both nationally recognized programs offer patient care of the highest possible quality.

Dane is proud to work on a team that strives for continuous improvement, within an organization that values diversity. He has a passion for helping the team members at Cliffside Malibu and ARC grow and achieve their professional goals.

Alexia joined the Discovery team in 2007 as an outreach representative in the San Diego and Orange County communities. During her time in the field, she developed several key accounts and relationships that significantly contributed to the growth of Discovery programs. In 2010 Alexia was promoted to director of clinical outreach. During that time, Alexia focused on developing a world-class outreach team that served to support professionals who needed patients to access higher levels of care. As national director of clinical outreach, Alexia manages a team focused on ensuring patients are accessing the care they need, professionals are receiving top-notch customer service, and operations is collaborating with referral sources and outreach to ensure continuity of patient care. Alexia has played an instrumental role in Discovery’s growth –from five residential programs to over 100 residential and outpatient eating disorder and mental health programs – in the last 15 years. Her relationships with key behavioral health programs and providers and knowledge of the industry have been influential in identifying regions where behavioral health services are needed.

Alexia has served on the Board of Directors at several non-profit eating disorder organizations including Rock Recovery, a non-profit eating disorder organization providing affordable treatment in the DC Metro region and IAEDP. Throughout her career at Center for Discovery, she has served on a number of IAEDP chapter boards and has assisted the development of several chapters nationwide.

Prior to joining the Discovery, Alexia worked for several years as an account executive and new business development specialist in advertising in San Diego. She garnered experience in brand development, campaign management and execution, and creative strategy. Alexia also has experience teaching children and adolescents from her years as a substitute teacher in the San Diego School District. During her time as a teacher, she spent several months working with junior high school students who were classified as severely emotionally disturbed. It was during this time that her passion for assisting children and adolescents struggling with behavioral health issues ignited.

Alexia earned her bachelor’s degree at University of California, Santa Barbara in political science and English and her master’s degree at San Diego State University in communications with an emphasis in advertising and media. When Alexia is not working, her spare time is devoted to her two children, Jack and Sophie, and her husband Nick. Her family keeps her incredibly busy exploring, teaching and seeing the world through the eyes of little people. When she is able, Alexia enjoys traveling, yoga, reading and enjoying the California sunshine.

James has been working with Discovery Behavioral Health since 2021. Currently, he is regional director of outreach in Texas supporting New Hope Ranch, PaRC and our Texas family of facilities. He started in the field specializing in working with the young adult population. Since that time, he has expanded into being a well-known resource for all things behavioral health nationally. James is inspired to help create and be a part of the solution for those who need help from life’s issues. He has the ability to connect with people where they are at on their journey and support them through tough times. He strives to support his team and work alongside them to provide the best experience to all that they encounter. When James is not at work, he loves spending time with his family, his dog (Luna) and enjoys anything related to physical fitness.

John is the regional director of clinical outreach for the east coast. He uses his professional skills to support the outreach team by building relationships with like-minded behavioral health treatment centers, family support groups, law officials, employee assistance professionals, hospitals and clinicians. John also has 10 years of experience working in a well-known Philadelphia hospital providing direct patient care. As part of his role at Discovery Behavioral Health, John engages with the clinical outreach team, giving critical trainings, coaching and mentorship aimed at enhancing their professional development. John enjoys spending free time with his family, his three dogs and golfing.

Christina has been with Discovery Behavioral Health since 2019. She currently oversees a team of clinical outreach representatives who focus on helping find treatment for those with primary mental health and substance use disorders. Christina brings 20 years of experience in the medical and behavioral health field and has held multiple leadership roles throughout her sales and marketing career. Christina earned her B.S. in business administration from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a concentration in marketing. Her passion is helping those in need. She is a champion of improving access to care for patients who are struggling with behavioral health issues. Outside of work, Christina loves spending time with her family and her two chocolate labs at the many beautiful beaches in Southern California.

Chris Diamond is instrumental in leading Discovery’s growth as it emerges as a national leader in measurement-based care, with demand intensifying for behavioral health service providers that can challenge typical rates of relapse through data-informed care and innovation. 

Chris joined Discovery to develop and launch the Professional Psychiatric Services (PPS) division focused on interventional psychiatry including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) services. As Division President he expanded Discovery’s psychiatric services and TMS footprint to over 20 locations in 5 states while growing the organization’s telehealth services. His PPS work included growth through De novo start-up and acquisition. In 2022 Chris was appointed to lead DBH Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions.

 A veteran of the behavioral healthcare industry, Chris has nearly 35 years of experience in direct care, clinical care and facility leadership. Prior to joining Discovery, he has served as CEO at facilities in Arizona, California, and Texas. His work includes 13 years with Universal Health Services and six years with PSI/Acadia.  He also helped grow Meadows Behavioral Healthcare through facility leadership, division strategy and acquisition between 2013 and 2020, holding positions as CEO of Remuda Ranch, President and CEO of Sunspire Health and MBH Chief Development Officer. 

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Chris received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and completed graduate school coursework in education psychology from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Sandra and her team oversee all elements of marketing, sales, and communications, including traditional and digital advertising, social media, public relations, collateral development, and alumni services. During her time with Discovery she has developed the brand architecture and messaging that would bring the organization’s ten brands into alignment with a unified voice and differentiated message focused on Discovery’s commitment to outcomes and measurement-based care.

Prior to joining Discovery Behavioral Health, she served as Vice President of Marketing for Newport Beach, California-based NVISION Eye Centers, and Vice President of Marketing for Irvine, California-based Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate. She was a Regional Marketing Director for six years for Atlanta-based Charter Medical Corporation, at the time the world’s largest behavioral health organization. She has also served as Marketing Director for United Western Medical Centers Behavioral Health and CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Specialists. Sandra is the author of the award-winning book, What’s Your BQ? (Brand Quotient®), and has spoken nationwide to CEO’s, executives and sales teams about building powerful, inimitable brands. Sandra has an executive MBA from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, and resides in Newport Beach, California.

Rhodes currently is the CEO of Dental Care Alliance, one of the nation’s premier dental service organizations. He joined DCA as a board member in September 2015 and became CEO in August of 2017. Prior to this position, Jerry was the Executive Chairman of Baymark Health. Baymark is one of the nation’s fastest growing and leading companies in the fight against opiate addition and abuse. In addition, he has been a board member of several major companies in the behavioral healthcare field and multi-site healthcare. Jerry was also the CEO of CRC Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of Behavioral Healthcare. CRC was a Bain Capital-sponsored company and was sold in 2015 to Acadia Healthcare for $1.2B – one of the largest deals transacted in behavioral healthcare. Jerry joined CRC Health Group in 2003 and was instrumental in developing it into the nation’s leading provider of behavioral treatment services. With over 120 programs, CRC operated a broad array of programs across the behavioral healthcare spectrum, from acute psychiatric hospitals, to residential treatment facilities, adolescent treatment centers, eating disorders programs and myriad outpatient programs spanning most of the nation. Jerry held a number of senior operating roles at CRC and was appointed COO in 2010.

Prior to joining CRC, he was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Comprehensive Addictions Programs Inc. (CAPs). CAPs was a privately held company backed by several venture capital investors that, under his leadership, became a national, full-service addiction treatment provider with 18 programs. CAPS was a pioneer in identifying the burgeoning opiate epidemic and the development of medication addiction programs to respond to the problem. The company was acquired by CRC in February 2003. Before founding CAPS, he had a number of roles focused on development in the long-term care field. Rhodes was the Director of Development for Beverly Enterprises, at the time the nation’s largest publicly held nursing home company. Prior to his position at Beverly, he held several business development roles at Manor Care. Jerry is also on the boards of several companies that span diverse healthcare services for several major private equity firms, including Springstone Hospitals and National Spine and Pain. He has also served on the boards of several major associations in the behavioral and addiction fields.

Jerry was awarded the prestigious Nyswander Dole award in 2013, from the American Association, for the treatment of Opiate dependence for his work in the field.

A leader in the behavioral and education field for 30+ years, Elliot Sainer, as the Founder and CEO of Aspen Education Group, led the growth of the company from its inception in 1998 into what became the nation’s leading and largest therapeutic education company. Aspen assisted over 40,000 struggling young people and their families from every state in the country and over 30 foreign countries. He was recognized in 2007 as the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year for the Los Angeles area for consumer services, and was one of four finalists for the National Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007.

Since selling the company in 2006 to a Bain Capital portfolio company, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of four private companies in either the behavioral healthcare or education field, including Chairman of the Board of Discovery Behavioral Health, and Baymark, the nation’s largest opioid addiction company. He is an active early stage investor in growth oriented private companies primarily in the same sectors. He has also served in the past on both national association Boards, including the Board of the National Association of Behavioral Health Systems, as well as public company Boards. He is also the immediate past Board Chairman of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles and a Founding Board member and Treasurer of Ednovate, a charter high school organization affiliated with USC which operates five inner city high schools. He received his MBA from George Washington University and his BA from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a long time resident of South Pasadena, CA.