Sarah Kovich, MEd, LPC, is our
President. She is a licensed mental health professional with a management
background at a Fortune 500 company. She received her Bachelors degree from
the University of Texas at Austin and her Master's degree from the University
of North Texas. Sarah has been in private clinical practice since 1991 and started
Provisions Consulting in 1996 combining many of her management and resource
ideas with her independent clinical practice knowledge. Sarah wants to see
Provisions be a "local, mental health partner for individuals, families
and business across the country." Sarah realizes how difficult finding
mental health services can be and wants to offer many provisions for people
who need or want mental health services to be able to find them.
Kathryn Bryant is Director of Sales and Marketing.
Ms. Bryant earned her bachelors degree in public health from Indiana University
and has a Masters Certificate in Project Management. Along with her education
and experience in public health, Kathryn has over 20 years experience in
corporate marketing, telecommunications and information technology and project
management. This unique combination brings Kathryn's far reaching view of
how technology and marketing interact in the healthcare marketplace to her work
with clients of Provisions Consulting. Kathryn provides excellent sales and
customer service and support of our communications to clients, practitioners and
others in our day to day operations and for special events like tradeshows,
public appearances and workshops.
Tim Gill, MS, is our Marketing
Assistant and Directory Administrator. Tim assists with project coordination,
customer service and overall office management. He oversees all client contacts
and assures our staff and consultants have what they need to do the best job
possible for our clients. Tim's background includes a Masters degree and work
experience in the helping professions with children and their families.
Sarah Falk, BSI, works as an Assistant Web Designer
and Sales Associate for us. She recently graduated from Baylor University
with a degree in bioinformatics. She is currently responsible for
all development and operations of our website research and product
web design development, coding and website design, and database maintenance.
Amanda Cobb, BFA, works as a Web
Developer and Graphic Designer. She recently graduated from Marietta College
in Marietta, OH with a degree in Graphic Design. She handles creative design,
new account setups, and website maintenance and updates.
Garry Bargsley has been designing web pages since 2005. He has worked with various web technologies including XML, CSS, HTML, PHP and JavaScript. Database backends used include mySQL, FileMaker and MS Access. Garry handles new and redesigned database development.
Our Corporate Consultants
Ed Cannady is Provisions Consulting's web and
database manager. Ed oversees all development and operations of our website.
Ed's experience includes information technology management of an independent
school district in Texas. Ed has worked with Provisions since our inception in
1996 and continues to be the heartbeat of our Internet related services and
resources.
Thomas L. Hartsell, Jr. is a lawyer and mediator in private practice and is the coauthor of "THE PORTABLE LAWYER FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND A-Z GUIDE TO PROTECTING YOUR CLIENTS, YOUR PRACTICE AND YOURSELF" and "THE PORTABLE ETHICIST, AN A-Z GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE PRACTICE" published by John Wiley & Sons and is a frequent lecturer to mental health professionals and organizations.
During the past 5 years he has authored or coauthored over 75 articles and book chapters and has delivered over 100 professional lectures. He has served on the adjunct faculty of Texas Woman's University and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University and Northlake College and is a member of the clinical adjunct faculty for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry.
