George Braunstein, M.A., FACHE

George Braunstein, M.A., FACHE, Senior Associate, brings more than 35 years of experience in leading both private and public sector health and human service organizations – in both institutional and ambulatory settings. Prior to joining OPEN MINDS, Mr. Braunstein served as executive director of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) in Fairfax, Virginia, which provides community-based mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabled services. During his six-year tenure with the CSB, which had a $150+ million budget and over 1,200 employees, he both reduced the budget and increased service access. Before his role in Fairfax County, Mr. Braunstein was the executive director of the Chesterfield County CSB. In his eight years in that role, he restructured management to flatten the organization, which improved both service and budget performance and eliminated a $1.5 million deficit with no reductions in staff. Mr. Braunstein also served as the head of behavioral health for Aurora Healthcare in Milwaukee – the largest integrated healthcare system in Wisconsin with 13 hospitals, 20,000 employees and $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Additionally, Mr. Braunstein brings managed care experience to the OPEN MINDS team, having served as the director of behavioral health for Family Health Plan Cooperative, a Wisconsin HMO. Well respected in the behavioral health community, Mr. Braunstein has served on several boards of local and national associations including the SAMHSA National Leadership Council, and the National Association of Community Behavioral Health. He is also a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.