Management Team
Derrick A. Boone, Psy.D.
President and CEO
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Dr. Boone has been President and CEO of Good Shepherd Center since June 2008. Previous to that, he was Senior Director of Clinical and Residential Services at Good Shepherd Center. Dr. Boone has been working in nonprofit mental health positions of increasing responsibility for over 15 years. Prior to joining Good Shepherd Center, he held clinical and administrative positions with programs of Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health. Dr. Boone holds a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate in clinical psychology from Loma Linda University in California. Other areas of interest and expertise include substance abuse and mental illness within the homeless population.
Michele Wyman, R.N., M.S.N.
Vice President
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Ms. Wyman first joined Good Shepherd Center staff in 2001 as the Director of Performance Improvement. Promoted to Vice President in 2008, Ms. Wyman has over 30 years experience in the behavioral health field in both clinical and administrative settings. She received her B.S.N. from Georgetown University and her M.S.N. from Catholic University of America. As Vice President she directs, administers and coordinates the activities of Clinical Services, Educational Services, Residential Services, Professional Development and Training and Performance Improvement.
Robert Baird
Finance Director
Robert Baird joined the Good Shepherd Center in 2010 as the Director of Finance. In his role, Mr. Baird is responsible for the financial operations of the organization. Mr. Baird has over 11 years of experience in Finance and voluntary board service in non-profit organizations. Prior to joining GSC, he was the Director of Investor Relations for Watermark Property Group LLC. He also worked for Alex. Brown Realty, Inc. in portfolio management and fund structuring, and at Deutsche Bank where he helped structure and raise capital for Alternative Investments. Mr. Baird earned a M.B.A. and a B.A. in Finance from Loyola University Maryland.
Jude L. Boyer-Patrick, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director
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Dr. Boyer-Patrick is Board Certified in Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. She is also certified in Addiction Medicine by The American Society of Addiction Medicine. Prior to coming to Good Shepherd, Dr. Boyer-Patrick was the Medical Director of Pathways Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Annapolis, and Director of the Partial Hospitalization Program at Brook Lane Health Service. As Medical Director, Dr. Boyer-Patrick supervises the Physicians, Nursing Department and Medical Records Department to ensure the highest quality of medical care to the students.
Dave Brown
Education Director
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Mr. Brown has been the Director of Education at Good Shepherd School since 2008. Before that, he was Principal of Good Shepherd School. He received a B.S. from the University of Baltimore and a M.Ed. Equivalent from Coppin State University. Previously, Mr. Brown was an Educational Case Manager at the Kennedy-Krieger Institute High School and a Program Director at the Thomas O’Farrell Youth Center, which is a Department of Juvenile Services program run by the North American Family Institute (NAFI). In addition, Mr. Brown served as the Director of School Services and Assistant Principal at the New Foundations School, a nonpublic full-day special education school.
Bud Cadwallader
Dietary Services Director
Mr. Cadwallader graduated from Paul Smith’s College in New York with a degree in Hotel Restaurant Management. He worked at Good Shepherd Center from 1971 to 1980 as the Contract Food Service Director. From 1980 to 1987 Mr. Cadwallader was the Food Service Director at Towson University for Service America Corporation until he returned to Good Shepherd Center in 1987 as the Dietary Services Director.
Joseph Caruso
Facilities Director
Mr. Caruso has been the Facilities Director at Good Shepherd Center since 2007. He is a seasoned facility manager with more than 30 years experience. Previously, for almost twenty years, Mr. Caruso was the Director of Facility Planning and Management at the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland where he was responsible for maintaining, enhancing and growing a campus facility consisting of ten buildings on 56 acres. Mr. Caruso’s scope of responsibilities at Good Shepherd Center include: Plant Operations, Maintenance and Grounds, Laundry, Central Supply, Information Management, Safety and Security, Telecommunications.
Steve Chop, LCSW-C, BCD
Clinical Services Director
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Mr. Chop obtained his Master of Social Work degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Human Services Management at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work. Steve is also a Board Certified Diplomate in both Clinical Social Work and Clinical Supervision. Throughout his career, Steve has developed, implemented, and managed several residential and community based programs. In August 2003, he published his first article, Relationship therapy with child victims of sexual abuse placed in residential care in Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. He joined The Good Shepherd Center in May, 2011.
Mary Fischbach
Medical Records Manager
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Ms. Fischbach began her career at Good Shepherd Center in 1989. Prior to coming to GSC, she spent nine years in the legal field. Over the years Ms. Fischbach has led the Medical Records Department at Good Shepherd through many changes in technology from computerization, networking and the electronic medical record (EMR). As Medical Records Manager, Ms. Fischbach supervises GSC’s team of Medical Records Assistants and EMR Application Support Specialist. She ensures agency compliance with regulatory and accrediting bodies, serves as one of the agency’s Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Officers, and oversees the daily operational support and management for all identified operations in the Medical Records Department and in the EMR system.
Patsy Hatton, R.N., B.S.
Nursing Director
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Ms. Hatton has held her nursing license for 38 years, with 15 years administrative experience. Her entire career has been in psychiatric nursing, both Adult and Child-Adolescent Mental Health. Ms. Hatton is responsible for regulatory compliance and internal policy development to support and direct safe, quality nursing care at Good Shepherd Center. She is responsible for leadership, supervision, and training to approximately 30 nurses who provide 24 hour coverage and health services for the students.
Teresa M. Jones, M.S.W.
Residential Services Director
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Mrs. Jones has worked in Residential Services since June 1976 starting as a Residential Aide, moving to Coordinator of several units including Foley admissions unit, and promoted to Assistant Director of Residential Services supervising 3 units. In November 1996 she became Residential Services Director. Her responsibilities include coordination of daily services for seven residential units including co-supervision with the Clinical Services Director of the Clinical Milieu Managers (CMMs), co-supervision with the CMMs of the Residential Coordinators, Residential Aides, Activities staff, and Residential Night staff.
Denise Lindley
Performance Improvement Director
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Ms. Lindley came to GSC as the Director of Performance Improvement in 2010. Previous to coming to GSC, she was Program Director for Arrow Child and Family Ministries Crossroads Community and Program Director for MENTOR Maryland supervising treatment foster care, independent living and a residential services program for developmentally disabled adults and children. Ms. Lindley obtained her BS in Sociology from Towson University and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Maryland. She has more than 20 years experience in the field of mental health, working with both children and adults. As the Director of Performance Improvement, Ms Lindley assumes overall responsibility for the areas of quality improvement, risk management, utilization review and program evaluation.
Sandra Litz
Development Director
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Ms. Litz has been the Development Director at Good Shepherd Center since 2007. Previously, she was the Assistant Director and Development Coordinator for School 33 Art Center in Baltimore. Ms. Litz received a BA in Sociology from the State University of New York and an MBA from the University of New Mexico and has more than fifteen years experience in Fundraising and Development.
Sr. Mary Carol McClenon, M.A.
Mission Integration Coordinator
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Sr. Carol has been a Sister of the Good Shepherd for over thirty years, has a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry from Trinity University in Washington, D.C. and has worked in various roles in Good Shepherd programs across the country and in the Pacific Islands. She describes the role of Mission Integration Coordinator at Good Shepherd Center as being “a cheerleader for spirituality” and the symbolic link between the heritage and values of the Sisters and the dedicated staff providing sophisticated treatment services to our contemporary clients.
Terri Schindler, LCSW-C
Admissions Director
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Ms. Schindler has been at Good Shepherd Center since 1997. She began her work at Good Shepherd as a therapist in the Day School program and began working in the Admissions department in 2004. Ms. Schindler has over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. Prior to Good Shepherd, she worked in various outpatient mental health settings, with a focus on providing care to children, adolescents and their families.
Marlo Thomas, M.S.
Director of Training & Professional Development
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Ms. Thomas began her career at Good Shepherd Center in 2005 and has since provided services to youth and staff at the Center in various capacities. Originally from Bronx, New York, Ms. Thomas received her Masters degree while attending West Virginia University under a Division I Women’s Basketball scholarship. In her current role as Director of Training and Professional Development, Ms. Thomas is responsible for regulatory compliance and ensuring that all Good Shepherd Center employees are equipped and prepared to provide quality care service to all students. In addition to heading the Department of Training and Professional Development, Ms. Thomas has oversight of Good Shepherd Center’s Behavior Intervention Specialist Team and is a certified facilitator of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI).
Monifa Wilcox
Human Resources Director
Ms. Wilcox joined Good Shepherd Center in May 2008. She has served in the capacity of Director of Human Resources since 2009. Prior to joining Good Shepherd, she worked in the Human Resources field in the capacity of Recruiting, Compensation, Employee Relations and Benefits Management throughout Virginia and Maryland. Ms. Wilcox is a Certified Compensation Professional and holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.