Executive Leadership

In 2004, John became division president of CRC Health Group, one of the nation’s largest behavioral healthcare providers. He was responsible for multiple service lines integrally involved with the growth of company facilities which included a portfolio of premium and low-cost residential facilities treating substance use, mental health and eating disorders, as well as providing an array of ancillary services. A Bain Capital-sponsored company, CRC was sold to Acadia Healthcare in 2005 for $1.3B. At the time, this deal constituted the largest organizational sale in the history of the behavioral healthcare field. 

At Acadia Healthcare, John was named division president, heading up Acadia’s national outpatient division and charged with servicing more than 58,000 patients per day across 27 states. In this capacity, he helped the division to nearly double in size through acquisition, de novo and organic growth methods. As a result, the organization became the national market leader in medication-assisted treatment (MAT). 

After great success improving clinical and organizational systems at Acadia Healthcare, John became chief executive officer of Cliffside Malibu, a network of evidence-based addiction treatment centers located in Malibu, California. In 2018, he facilitated the merger of Cliffside Malibu with Center of Discovery, resulting in the formation of Discovery Behavioral Health. 

John earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with an emphasis in finance from and a Ph.D. in applied management and decision sciences. He is married with three children and resides in San Diego.

As Lead Medical Director overseeing Clinical Behavioral Health Strategy and Operations for Humana, he was part of the team that reviewed and advised on all behavioral health technology innovations for investment and implementation. His expertise spans consistent delivery of innovative and value-based, industry-leading, and integrated behavioral health programs and services. 

Dr. Ruble earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. From there, he attended the Carver School of Medicine at the University of Iowa, earning his Doctor of Medicine degree. He then attended Harvard Medical School in Boston to intern at the Department of Medicine and became a resident at the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ruble became Chief Resident of the Psychopharmacology at Cambridge Health Alliance as well as a physician educator at the Academy at Harvard Medical School.

Edye is a graduate of Stanford Law School and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with bachelor degrees in international relations and East Asian area studies. 

A member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, Edye is proud of her Hispanic heritage. She believes in leveraging equity and inclusion practices that attract and develop a diverse workforce and amplify the voices of the underserved and underrepresented. After serving for several years as a board member of Women of Color in Law, Inc., a San Diego-based organization focused on helping people of color, especially women, succeed in the legal field, Edye recently moved to an advisory role. 

Edye aspires to be the calm in the storm, solving challenges for the company so that staff and clinicians can focus on providing the best quality care to patients. In her spare time, Edye enjoys spending time with her family and her pets.

Sandra is the author of the award-winning book, What’s Your BQ? (Brand Quotient®), and has spoken throughout the country to CEO’s, executives and sales teams about building powerful, inimitable brands. Sandra has an executive MBA from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, and resides in Newport Beach, California.

Dr. Jupinko has also worked as a behavioral healthcare consultant, was owner of a private clinical practice and led a behavioral health hospital as CEO. 

Dr. Jupinko earned her doctorate degree from the University of Arizona and her master’s degree from Duquesne University. When she is not developing guidelines that ensure an optimal patient experience, she can be found spending quality time with family, reading the latest national bestseller, working out and doting on her beloved dogs.

With DBH’s ongoing expansion plans, including the addition of several hundred employees, Corey will utilize the latest in human capital management systems (HCMS), a comprehensive and strategic approach to building and developing effective staffing in organizations. The HCMS, coupled with Corey’s vast experience as a human resource expert in the healthcare space, will help drive other key HR initiatives, including: improved employee satisfaction, engagement and retention; continuous improvements in effective staff communication; development of best-in-class hiring, onboarding and training practices for qualified candidates; and establishment of an employee benefits program. 

When Corey is not exploring the most optimal ways to improve the staff experience at DBH, you can find him enjoying hobbies such as photography and videography. He loves travel photography and was able to capture amazing images on recent excursions to Iceland and Ecuador. Though, his most inspiring photo subject is his family, which includes six children (five boys and one girl) and grandchildren.

Most notably, Shalaura successfully developed seven inclusive employee resource groups at Care1st Health Plan to include LGBTQIA+, veterans, women, Asian & Pacific Islander, African American and LatinX, resulting in a 35% increase in diverse hiring, promotion, and mentorship. At St. Francis Medical Center, she established a pipeline of BIPOC physicians through partnership enhancements with the only dually designated historically black graduate institution and hispanic-serving health school, Charles Drew University, to address health inequities and to develop a medical staff that looks like the communities served. She also co-founded the Patient and Employee Diversity Committee which achieved St Joseph Heritage HealthCare’s value imperative to transform organizational culture and provide patient-focused cultural sensitivity training to more than 6,000 employees. Other areas of expertise include executing diversity and equity strategies through meaningful engagement with historically marginalized communities, leading complex initiatives and managing difficult conversations.

Outside of her many important responsibilities at Discovery, Shalaura sits on an inclusion plan panel for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). As an IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) practitioner for NASA, she will enlist her expertise on DEI matters at one of the most respected and innovative organizations in government. Alongside scientists and other DEI industry leaders on the IDEA panel, Shalaura will review and evaluate scientific proposals through the lens of IDEA, specifically for their Astrophysics initiatives. 

Shalaura holds both a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Organizational Development from the University of La Verne. In her spare time, Shalaura enjoys attending live music and comedy shows, spinning classes, and spending time with her family.

A veteran of the behavioral healthcare industry, Chris brings nearly 30 years of expertise to this role, including direct care, clinical care and facility leadership. Since 2007, he has served as CEO and COO at facilities in Arizona, California, Texas and Kentucky. His work includes 13 years with Universal Health Services and six years with PSI/Acadia. He also helped grow Meadows Behavioral Healthcare through facility leadership, division strategy and acquisition between 2013 and 2020, holding positions as CEO of Remuda Ranch, President and CEO of Sunspire Health and Chief Development Officer. Chris received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and completed graduate school coursework in education psychology from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Davis also served as Founder/Chief Executive Officer of College Health IPA, a behavioral health Independent Practice Association of more than 3,500 clinicians and Comprehensive Behavioral Health Management, a Regional Managed Behavioral Health Organization. In 1990, Dr. Davis founded BCHBM’s predecessor company, Comprehensive Behavioral Health Management, and College Health IPA in 1990, where he developed an innovative regional managed behavioral health company that contracted with national health insurers to execute a local strategy in California for delivering and managing mental health and substance use services on behalf of 3 million members. In 2010 Dr. Davis sold CBHM to Beacon Health Strategies and remained part of their senior leadership team in the role of president of Beacon’s Western Region. 

Dr. Davis was responsible for the development and management of Beacon’s western region business as well as part of Beacon’s Corporate Leadership Team. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Davis was the president of a single specialty, multi-disciplinary behavioral health group from 1977 until 1997. He also consulted on the development and maintenance of a behavioral health delivery system serving a Medicaid population in Puerto Rico. Dr. Davis has had extensive experience in public speaking on mental health issues, including hosting a Los Angeles-based radio program for many years. Currently, Dr. Davis is a trustee for the Institute for Shipboard Education which operates the Semester at Sea as well as a board member of the Argyros School of Business at Chapman University, and a board member at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation.