As president and chief hospital executive, Ms. Toole leads Hackensack Meridian Carrier Clinic, one of the largest private non-profit psychiatric behavioral health care systems specializing in psychiatric and addiction treatment, as well as one of the largest residential treatment centers for adolescents. Carrier Clinic’s care delivery system includes an inpatient psychiatric hospital, detoxification and rehabilitation center, an adolescent residential facility, a fully-accredited middle and high school for students, and an outpatient substance use disorder treatment facility. Over the past two years, Ms. Toole has guided Carrier Clinic in a facility master planning project, embarking on a $29 million, state-of-the-art expansion, as well as an adolescent replacement unit. Ms. Toole is passionate about reducing the stigma associated with mental health challenges, as it pertains to societal influences, insurance reimbursement and regulatory factors.
