The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network Board of Directors, in a unanimous vote with one abstention, named Detroit Police Chief James White as the organization’s new President and CEO. As President and CEO, he will lead the organization in its mission of providing exemplary behavioral healthcare services and supports to over 123,000 people in Wayne County.
“We are very pleased with the choice of Mr. White to continue leading DWIHN and we feel confident that he is the right person for the critical job of leading this organization as we enter this next phase of growth to help our region’s most vulnerable citizens,” said Board Chairperson, Dr. Cynthia Taueg.
The board’s CEO Search Committee began a search in July for its next president and CEO to lead Michigan’s largest community mental health organization. After a thorough search that yielded over 60 candidates, preliminary interviews with the top seven candidates were conducted and the final two candidates were interviewed before a group of panelists that included members from the group’s provider network, community stakeholders and staff, the board chose White…