Root Center Welcomes New Director of Operations
July 17, 2023
The Root Center is proud to announce a new addition to the team, Geina Marrett, is now a Director of Operations! Geina came to Root Center from MCCA where she spent nearly five years working with the Residential Programs.
Geina has 18 years of experience working in the substance use and mental health field and comes with a wealth of experience with PHP/IOP and OP programing. Geina's expertise is helping programs identify areas of growth and implementing ways to expand programming that best benefit the clientele served in the mental health and substance use community.
We are lucky to have her on our team!
Recent Posts
Welcome 2026! Root Center has had a lot unfold since our last newsletter. Most recently, staff came together for our annual holiday party, a tradition we look forward to as an opportunity to come together and celebrate the hard work we've put forth over the past year. We also donated our oldest clinic to the city of Hartford, hosted a Community Forum, were featured on NBC CT, celebrated one year of being open in New Haven County, and much more! Keep reading for more details and exciting updates!
It is time for our first Community Forum of 2026. On January 13th at 6 p.m, we will be hosting a panel of experts at 335 Broad Street in Manchester to discuss the impacts of social media on mental health. "Scrolled Out: Social Media and the State of Our Minds" is sure to spark insightful conversations about our digital age. If you missed the event, not to worry, you can watch and listen to the full discussion here . Panelists include: John Murphy: UConn Digital Media & Design Professor and Digital Health Advocate Paul Weigle, Associate Medical Director for Natchaug Hospital, a Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network partner, at UConn Medical School Keith McGilvery, Good News Guy and Journalist Micheal Shelby, LPC, Founder and Director of Technology Addiction Center, LLC, and Plan Be Counseling, LLC Aly Fox, Root Center Clinic Supervisor State Representative Gary Turco
