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About Bridgehaven MHS

Achieving Successful Outcomes

A COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH COMPASSION AT OUR CENTER

Bridgehaven provides the highest quality community based psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services, education, and support to those living with mental illness. In 1955-56 The Louisville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women studied mental health needs in Kentucky. 

They identified a need for programs to help ease the transition from mental hospitals back to community participation. Bridgehaven was founded in 1958 as a result of this study, the first community program in Jefferson County, and only the third of its type nationally to serve people with psychiatric problems outside a hospital setting.

A history of care in Jefferson County

An old Bridgehaven flyer postcard design
A black and white photograph of three women in long coats walking through a park
Four Bridgehaven members preparing food in a kitchen
A speaker at a podium with a bridgehaven sign behind her and several people in business attire on the stage
A black and white photograph of 8 different bridgehaven members meeting at a table
A training session in a classroom with 12 people listening to a woman in a blue dress.

Our Executive Board

Brandy Arsenault headshot
*Brandy Arsenault 
Vice President, Baird Trust

Chair

Rebecca Martin headshot
*Rebecca Martin
Chief Legal Officer,  Tungco Corp

Vice Chair

Jim Allsop headshot
*Jim Allsop
Retired


Secretary

Woman icon
Rene Strause
Strause Law Group


Treasurer

Board Members

*Lee Cochran

Emeritus Member

Community Volunteer

Barbara Dwyer

Past Chair

System Director, Norton Healthcare

Steve Lun

Member at Large

Owner, Bourbon Belt Cards

Gary Bensing

Member at Large

Retired, Passport HR

Scott Gloeckler

Member at Large

Sr. Director, GE Appliances

*Wes Gersh

Emeritus Member

Retired, Volunteer

Alan Pauw

Member at Large

Member Attorney, McBrayer PLLC

Lindsay K. Scott

Member at Large

Partner, Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

*Sarah Acland

Emeritus Member

Retired, Adult Psychiatrist, MD

Joann C. Wray DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC

Member at Large

Director, Norton Healthcare

*Eileen Estes

Member at Large

Creative Resolve Psychotherapy

Justin Laswell

Member at Large

President, Laswell Electric Co.

Jay Mallory

Member at Large

Executive VP, ImageQuest

Jamie Long

Member at Large

Dir. of Benefits, University of Louisville

Teresa Brandenburg

Member at Large

Retired, IPS State Trainer

Ann Hagan-Grigsby

Member at Large

Consultant, Park Duvalle CHC

Patrick Higgins

Member at Large

Audit Sr. Manager, Crowe LLP

Alex Hunn

Member at Large

Sr. Project Manager, Messer Construction

Mariya Leyderman

Member at Large

Exec. Dir. of Behavioral Health,
Louisville Metro Government

*Board members whose lives have been impacted by mental and behavioral health issues

Our members are something special