BY ALEX MITCHELL
A mental health and counseling
facility in the northwest
Bronx is under a new name
but continues to provide very
necessary services to many in
the area.
The former J.W. Beatman
Counseling Center is now operating
as the David and Lori Moore
Family Riverdale Counseling
Center following a recent dedication
and renaming ceremony for
the offi ce on 521 W. 239th St.
According to his biography,
entrepreneur and Harvard
graduate David Moore is a venture
capital and private equity
investor who serves as the CEO
and Chairman of Moore Holdings.
He is also a minority stakeholder
in the NBA’s Atlanta
Hawks franchise.
The clinic, which serves
about 1,000 children and even
more patients with a variety of
social and emotional needs annually,
also prides itself in being
culturally sensitive in a diverse
area of the Bronx.
Out of the 30 therapists on
staff many come from English,
Russian, Hispanic and Orthodox
Jewish backgrounds. The clinic
provides individual, couple, family
and group therapy along with
psychiatric evaluations, crisis
interventions and medication
management for both short and
long term treatments.
“The Jewish Board is grateful
to the Moore family for their
commitment to supporting
high-quality mental health services
to this part of the Bronx.
The Moore Family Riverdale
Counseling Center is proud to
serve a diverse community at
a time when the need for mental
health services today is perhaps
greater than any time
in recent memory,” said Jewish
Board Interim CEO, John
Kastan, who oversees the newly
named facility.
“The vision and generosity
of David and Lori Moore has ensured
that this community will
be cared for today, and in the
years to come,” Kastan added.
The work of the facility
and generosity of the Moore’s
was commended by borough
President Ruben Diaz, Jr., who
David and Lori Moore celebrate the facility’s renaming with their daughter. Courtesy of the Jewish Board.
stressed the need for mental
health services for those in need
who reside in the Bronx during
the renaming ceremony.
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Moore also acts as a trustee
and co-chair of development
on the Jewish Board and separately
as president of the
board of trustees for the City
Parks Foundation.
In his spare time, Moore is a
stand-up comedian.
Riverdale mental health
facility renamed for
David and Lori Moore
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