KRISTIN M. WOODLOCK, BSN, MPA - WOODLOCKASSOCIATES@GMAIL.COM
Kristin Woodlock CEO of Woodlock & Associates, delivers results for government, healthcare payors, hospital systems, nonprofits and community-based organizations across the country. Ms. Woodlock served simultaneously as the Executive Deputy and Acting Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). In this role she led the largest public mental health system in the United States. After thirty years of government service, Ms. Woodlock became a Crisis CEO for FEGS Health and Human Services, one of the County's largest non-profits to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Under her leadership, FEGS transitioned over 125,000 clients to other providers in six-months without a single untoward incident.
As a subject-matter expert in behavioral health, she is a faculty member of major initiatives with the National Council for Behavioral Health and an Investigator on the Columbia University HEALing Communities Study funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Ms. Woodlock is sought out by healthcare systems and providers for her unique ability to solve complex health and behavioral health issues. Of equal importance is her work with community-based organizations to end health disparities for people with disabilities or for black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC.)
Ms. Woodlock is a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown.
David J. Woodlock MS woodlockassociates@gmail.com
David Woodlock’s career as an innovator and leader in healthcare spans across the private, non-profit and government sectors. He recently retired as the President and CEO of the Institute for Community Living, an award-winning, not-for-profit organization offering health and behavioral health care, family support, residential support and treatment services to 10,000 adults and children throughout New York City. He is co-founder and first President of the Board of Directors of AsOne Healthcare LLP, a New York State-funded Behavioral Health Care Collaborative advancing the transition to Value-Based Care for improving outcomes while lowering costs. Mr. Woodlock was appointed to the NYS Behavioral Health Services Council by the Governor and approved by the NYS Senate.
Prior to joining ICL, Mr. Woodlock served as CEO at Four Winds Hospital, a private psychiatric system in upstate New York that includes an 88-bed inpatient unit for children, adolescents and adults, an Adult Partial Hospital Program, and a Child and Adolescent Outpatient Program that each year serves over 5,000 individuals. While there, he led a major collaborative primary care and child psychiatry initiative.
David Woodlock served in state government for 32 years, including as Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health where he was responsible for children and families where he secured the largest appropriation for children’s mental health services in New York State history; spearheaded an early intervention strategy that focused on schools and primary care; and led the development of the first ever statewide Children’s Plan.
Alexander R. RIley, BS, MA - Certified k-6 Teacher (Tutor) riley.elearning@gmail.com
Alex Riley is a certified elementary educator who has been teaching and coaching since 2013. He is recognized for his ability to engage students and inspire a lifelong love of learning in a student centered environment which is safe, challenging, and encouraging. Alex has developed an extensive library of online learning resources and engaging activities to accommodate all learners. By providing differentiated instruction and individualized conferring methods, Alex is able to replicate the interactive environment of the classroom in a distance learning setting.
Senior Associates
Gary Weiskopf - MPA Behavioral Health Policy, Value-Based Care, Medicaid, and Fiscal Modeling
Gary is recognized for his unique ability to drive public policy impact through the design and implementation of strategic payment arrangements. These skills are reflected in his ability to do this work with broad stakeholders, including people with lived experience, providers, government policymakers and payors. Throughout his over 30-year public service career, Gary has been recognized for his integrity, analytic talent, and impact.
He brings extensive credentials as a Consultant and a former executive for the New York State association of County Behavioral Health leaders. Particular areas of focus included Medicaid and Medicaid managed care, strategic planning, financial analysis, value-based payment, and creation of public policy.
Mr. Weiskopf most recently was the Associate Commissioner for Managed Care with the NYS Office of Mental Health. In this role, he led the development, implementation, and oversight of Medicaid managed care for individuals with behavioral health needs of all ages.
Gary has a MPA from the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Public Affairs from SUNY Albany.
Eric Altman - MBA Performance Improvement, Quality
Eric has helped organizations lead and respond to transformations in healthcare for nearly 20 years. At W&A, he supports clients in the areas of program strategy, evaluation, outcomes, process improvement, data and reporting, workflow, and leadership development.
In his early career at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), Eric led counseling, education, marketing and community mobilization efforts to reduce the spread of HIV in NYC at the height of the epidemic. He went on to manage the agency’s $14M government grants portfolio, bringing in first-time funding from the CDC and SAMHSA. Eric also led GMHC’s quality assurance and research & evaluation efforts to track and improve effectiveness in HIV prevention, treatment and support.
Eric went on to gain experience in healthcare reform and delivery on both the provider and payer sides of the industry. At APS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Universal American, he led population health and quality improvement efforts for Medicaid recipients served by care management centers located across the US and Puerto Rico. He brought his expertise in managed care to FEGS, where he led an interdisciplinary coalition of leaders in the development of a performance measurement and improvement system that assisted programs in the transition to value-based payment models.
Eric holds a MBA from Yale University.