News

December 1, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Carrithers, Vice President
Marketing and Communications
101 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
502-589-8615, ex. 1209

Members elect Shelby resident as new chair
of Seven Counties Services' board of directors

Frank Campisano, an attorney who resides in Shelby County and practices in Louisville, is the new chair of the board of directors of Seven Counties Services, Inc. Campisano will serve a one-year term along with the other newly elected officers:

Vice Chair: Robert Elliott, Jefferson County, retired health care administrator and consultant

Treasurer: Charles Heiden, Jefferson County, retired general, U.S. Army

Secretary: Betty Weis, Jefferson County, consumer mental health advocate.

Seven Counties Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation. It provides planning, prevention, treatment, and supports in the areas of mental health, alcohol and other drug abuse, and mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. It serves Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties in Kentucky. Seven Counties is Kentucky's largest comprehensive mental health center, and one of the nation's largest. More than 1,400 clinical and administrative staff members provide services to approximately 28,000 persons each year. A volunteer board of up to 26 citizens, who represent the counties Seven Counties serves and who have personal and/or professional interest in behavioral health and developmental disability issues, governs the organization.