MCMH Home Mission History Services Press & Media Directory Resources Get Involved Employment Contact Us Search	MCMH » Press & Media » Mayor Suozzi Installs Officers for the Melillo Center for Mental Health Mayor Suozzi Installs Officers for the Melillo Center for Mental Health Contact: Brandon A. Palanker Networked Now (516) 445-4473 This past Wednesday, July 26, Mayor Ralph Suozzi installed the Officers for the Melillo Center for Mental Health for 2006/2007. The Officers included Charles A. Powers Jr., President, Carloyn Willson, 1st Vice President, Carol Waldman, Vice President and Rev. James Phegley, Treasurer. Not present for the installation of officers were George Meyer, Vice President and Adrian Hersey, Secretary. Mr. Powers, is a stockbroker with Shields & Co located in Locust Valley, a long time Rotarian, former Chairman of Powers Chemco and an original board member of the Melillo Center. Carolyn Willson is currently the City of Glen Cove’s City Clerk and former Deputy Mayor. Carol Waldman is the Executive Director of the Glen Cove Senior Center and Vice President of the Inter-Agency Council of Glen Cove. Rev. Phegley is Senior Pastor of Glen Cove Christian Church and the Vice President of the North Shore Sheltering Program. Founded in 1977, the Melillo Center has grown into one of Nassau’s leading mental health and human services organizations. The installed Officers represent a wide range of experience and community service which they will bring to the Melillo Center to help further its mission to provide outpatient mental health and chemical dependence services and a variety of residential services for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities. Many of the aforementioned names will be highly recognizable to members of Glen Cove and the surrounding Communities. In the words of Mayor Suozzi "Good people make this community run, not just elected officials." The Melillo Center for Mental Health is a tax exempt charitable organization that offers outpatient mental health and chemical dependence services and a variety of residential services for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities. The Melillo Center is supported by Nassau County Departments of Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Addiction; NYS Offices of Mental Health and Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and United Way. The Center is a clinical affiliate of North Shore LIJ Glen Cove Hospital. To learn more about the Melillo Center and its ACT program, please visit www.melillo.org. Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Melillo Center for Mental Health. All Rights Reserved.

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