Today’s interview is with Jay Couture, the Executive Director and CEO of the Seacoast Mental Health Center, a non-profit community mental health center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Jay received master’s degree from the Department of Health Management and Policy here at UNH. Jay knew early on that she wanted to work in mental health, but thought she would be a provider. This is the abridged version of my interview with Jay. In the abridged version you will hear Jay describe Seacoast’s service structure and the challenges of delivering mental health care. The podcast is approximately 40 minutes in length. The full length version of the podcast explores the career path Jay took to becoming the CEO of Seacoast, as well as more detail about Seacoast and mental health service delivery, and Jay’s thoughts on leadership. The full length podcast is approximately 79 minutes.

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