Behavioral Health Business September 18, 2024
For the first time in 12 years, Meadows Behavioral Healthcare has a new CEO.
The 47-year-old, Phoenix-based mental health and addiction treatment provider announced last week that Kate Renwick-Espinosa will take over for Sean Walsh, the company’s CEO since 2012.
Walsh moves into a new role as board advisor. A company spokesperson declined to say why he stepped down.
In a statement, the company’s executive chairman, Jim Dredge, called Walsh “a transformative leader” who guided the company through expansion. Renwick-Espinosa, meanwhile, will drive Meadows to “new heights,” according to Dredge.
Renwick-Espinosa comes to Meadows from over two decades at VSP Vision Care, the country’s largest managed vision care provider by patients. She spent the past nine years as president.
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