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!
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