Rusty Dennison, M.A., M.B.A., is President and co-founder of the national health care and consulting firm Parker Dennison & Associates, and has over 25 years of clinical, administrative, and consulting experience in a variety of behavioral health and child welfare settings. Mr. Dennison has assisted providers, governmental authorities, and managed care organizations in over 40 states with training, consulting, project management, and technical assistance in care/utilization management, provider network readiness, affiliation/partnering, accountability systems, quality improvement, restructuring, strategic planning, and management/leadership re-engineering. He has been a central team member in seven public sector managed care implementations and numerous local/regional projects including mental health, substance use disorder, and child welfare service areas.