Suzanne L. Meyer-Page of Kane, a licensed professional counselor who has provided therapeutic services to children and adolescents for many years, has been hired as executive director of the Court Appointed Special Associate (CASA) program of McKean County.
Meyer-Page, who most recently served as a mental health therapist at Deerfield Behavioral Health of Warren, took over her new role on Monday.
“We are delighted to have someone as experienced as Ms. Meyer-Page join CASA of McKean County,” said Robert Esch, board president. “Her longtime commitment and service to children and adolescents will prove invaluable as we continue to advocate for dependent children in our county.”
Meyer-Page said, “I have been impressed with the good work of CASA during my years of providing mental health services. I am excited and look forward to being able now to be a part of providing advocacy for children in McKean County via my new position as executive director of CASA of McKean County.”
Meyer-Page is filling the vacancy left by Kristen Tim, the organization’s first executive director who was hired shortly after the organization formed in McKean County in 2013. Tim left in June to serve as the branch executive of the Olean, N.Y., YMCA.
For more than 25 years, Meyer-Page has provided counseling and therapeutic services to adults and children in a variety of settings, including partial hospitalization programs, juvenile detention centers and residential treatment programs. She has also worked for several organizations, including Dickinson Center Inc. in Ridgway, Lincoln, Neb., Lancaster Children Guidance Center, Centerpointe Inc. in Lincoln, and Development Services of Northwest Kansas in Hays, Kan.
Before accepting the CASA position, Meyer-Page had provided therapeutic services to people of all ages in an outpatient setting in both Warren and Bradford through Deerfield Behavioral Health since 2012. Prior to her position at Deerfield, she was director of children’s services at Dickinson Center for eight years, providing supervision, program development and other administrative duties for children’s mental health services in Elk and Cameron counties.
She holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Fort Hays Kansas State University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from South Dakota State University. She has been a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania since 2002.
Meyer-Page is currently board member and secretary of the Art in the Wilds Juried Fine Arts Board in Kane. Previously she was a team member with the Elk County Children and Adolescent Services System program and a member of the Autism Task Force in DuBois.
