Richmond Hill-based nonprofi t appoints new CSO
BY BILL PARRY
Outreach, the Richmond Hillbased
nonprofit providers of lifesaving
drug and alcohol treatment
services, has added to its leadership
team.
Christal Montague, MSW, LMHC,
CASAC, CARC has been named
Chief Strategy Officer. In this newly
created role, Montague will work
collaboratively to articulate and
implement a strategic vision for the
agency focused on effective growth
for the future, while overseeing Outreach’s
human resources and development
departments, as well as the
Outreach Training Institute.
“Outreach’s stellar reputation as
a behavioral health treatment and
training provider is long standing,”
Montague said. “With the behavioral
and primary health care systems
moving rapidly toward a model
of integrated care, it is exciting to
steer the organization’s strategic
vision of growth in this new direction,
while sustaining our commitment
to serve special populations
such as adolescents, women, justiceinvolved
individuals, families, veterans,
and multilingual communities
and supporting and enhancing
Outreach’s best resource, our staff
and leadership. I am honored to join
the team.”
Most recently the chief program
officer at VIP Community Services
in the Bronx, Montague’s career
spans 23 years in the nonprofit sector
and includes policy and leadership
development roles on several
state and national membership
organizations. A proven and accomplished
leader, she has a substantial
track record working with
underserved populations, and her
career includes serving on several
boards of trustees, both locally and
nationally.
Montague’s extensive involvement
in the nonprofit sector includes
broad knowledge of New York State’s
OASAS’s substance use and OMH’s
mental health treatment systems,
as well as established relationships
with providers such as DHS housing
and shelter services, AIDS Institute/
Ryan White HIV/AIDS services,
criminal justice systems, HRSA
federally qualified health centers
and foundations.
“Christal is a great mix of leadership,
human service expertise,
technical breadth, and passion. She
is an outstanding addition to the executive
staff at Outreach,” Outreach
CEO Debra Pantin said. “Christal
also has great business insights and
the remarkable ability to see what’s
Christal Montague joins the executive team at Outreach, the Richmond Hills-based
providers of drug and alcohol treatment services. Courtesy of Outreach
going on in the industry, to sense opportunities,
and to understand how
to execute against those opportunities
in collaborative ways.”
Outreach has been providing services
to help people rebuild their
lives since 1980. Thousands of teens
and adults have drastically changed
their lives with the help Outreach
provides.
If you or someone you know needs
help with a drug or alcohol problem,
call Outreach, with locations in
Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island,
at 718-847-9233, or visit https www.
opiny.org.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by email
at bparry@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4538.
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