Mental Health Board Formally Introduces New Director
The Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services welcomed a new executive director on March 15.
The Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services welcomed a new executive director on March 15.
Christine Lakomiak, who was appointed by the board on Feb. 15, began her tenure March 13 after working with the Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board as director of quality and clinical operations for 16 years.
“I appreciate the opportunity to serve as the director of the Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services. I’m very familiar with the services that are expected to be provided,” Lakomiak said.
Lakomiak said she informed the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services of her appointment.
“I was excited about their response because I have worked in the field for so long,” Lakomiak said. “Many of the people that work there already knew me.”
Lakomiak said she looks forward to getting to know the agencies and specific programs in Geauga County.
“I came from Lake County and every county is different,” she said. “That’s why they have a board in every county in the state of Ohio, so that we can plan very specific things that are needed in each county.”
In other business, board members passed:
- An allocation of in-state opioid and stimulant response project funds in the amount of $399,194 awarded to the county by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
- The reimbursement of $12,420 to the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office for costs associated with psychotropic drugs administered to inmates at the Geauga County Safety Center for the first half of 2023;
- The renewal of grant agency contract funding allocations for the 2024 fiscal year.
