Behavioral Health News & Events
Volume 2, Issue 2 | April 2014
Hawkins County Alternative school, the Hancock County summer
sports camps and Bristol summer programs at the YMCA. Sullivan
County Prevention staff are also now part of the School Safety Task
Force.
Helen Ross McNabb Center CEO, Andy Black,
Announces Retirement
Welcomes Jerry Vagnier as Successor
Helen Ross McNabb Center’s CEO, Andy
Black, announced his plans to retire,
effective June 30.
In turn, the Center’s Board of Directors
voted to name Jerry Vagnier as the Center’s
new CEO. Jerry has been serving as
President since 2013 and will now assume
the additional responsibilities of CEO,
effective July 1, 2014. Black will remain close
to the organization in an advisory role.
Black has served as CEO since 2003 and
began his career at the Helen Ross McNabb
Center in 1986 as the Director of
Development. In 2003 when Black was
named CEO, the Center served
approximately 7,000 children and adults.
Last year, the Center served approximately
20,000 individuals in 21 East Tennessee
counties.
Andy Black
Chief Executive Officer
Helen Ross McNabb Center
Jerry Vagnier has been with the Helen Ross McNabb Center for 26
years, starting as a social worker, providing direct care to children
and adolescents. He has since held a number of clinical
management positions before moving into administrative roles.
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