HomeMy WebLinkAboutFAREWELL re DBH Leadership transition JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Adiel McKnight, Deputy Clerk of the Board
DATE: June 22,2026
RE: FAREWELL re: Discovery Behavioral Healthcare Announces Leadership Transition
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Honoring Jim Novelli's Leadership: 2020-2026
Discovery Behavioral Healthcare (DBH), East Jefferson County's nonprofit community
behavioral health agency,today announced a planned leadership transition. After a distinguished
tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Jim Novelli MSEd, will be retiring at the end of June. The
Board of Directors has named Scott Blakley as incoming CEO, with Blakley transitioning to the
CEO position during the month of June and assuming the position upon Novelli's retirement.
Discovery Behavioral Health is pleased to welcome Scott Blakley as its incoming CEO.
Scott brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in behavioral health and
psychiatric healthcare. Throughout his career, he has focused on building and strengthening
community-based systems of care, with experience spanning the full continuum of behavioral
health services, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, crisis services, partial hospitalization,
intensive outpatient, and substance use disorder treatment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
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Jeters, County Administrator Date