Candidate for
Director; Crockett Community Services District

Resume

Steve Loveseth

18 Prospect Avenue date: May 10, 2006 Port Costa, CA 94569 work: (707) 631-3337

fax: (510) 787-3116

Summary of Qualifications Twenty years of experience as a counselor, project coordinator, program manager, administrator and CEO in the Behavioral Healthcare field. Strong interpersonal skills with a background in public relations. Proven track record in managing systems which emphasize outreach, assessment, training, client services, personnel supervision, and interagency collaborations. Governance role (Board of Directors) with non-profit, community based, agencies. Experience in civic affairs as a volunteer (Sanitation District 5, Ryan White Aids Consortium and California Hep C Task Force) and officer with community/county/state advisory boards.

Professional Experience 1989-2006 Manager Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AODS) Division

597 Center Ave., Ste. 320, Martinez, California 945553
General Responsibilities: Contract management, supervision of county staff, coordination of inter-agency implementation and project maintenance meetings for Drug Court and Proposition 36 programming, assistant to the AODS Division Director.
Specific Roles:

> Developing and overseeing the Recovery Gateway Unit --working directly with and as the intermediary between the Courts, County Probation, State Parole, the District Attorney's office, the Public Defender's office, a dozen contract service providers, and the County's AOD Services Division.
> Management of the multi-agency Prop. 36 Steering Committee.
Additional Responsibilities
> Report-writing and coordination of project interactions with the State.
> Finance-related duties, overseeing project budget of approximately $2.5 million/year in contracts

San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Facilitation of group and individual counseling ; consultant to the executive director

San Mateo, CA
Responsibilities: Counseling for substance abusing youth (wards of the Court); work with families on reunification; supervision of staff.

San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Program development, converting Homeless Shelter to a residential treatment facility for women.

South San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities: Counseling drug offenders diverted by the Court into substance abuse treatment.

Education 1984-2006 California State University at Hayward, Hayward, CA

Seeking Bachelor of Science (Psychology)

Completed one term towards Juris Doctorate

Certificate in advanced Group Therapy

Certificate in Alcohol & Drug Studies

Undergraduate Studies

Undergraduate Studies

Undergraduate Studies

Affiliations

Secretary, Sanitation District 5
Current Board Member, California Hep C Task Force
Former Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic
Former Chairperson, Contra Costa County Ryan White AIDS Consortium
National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Member

David Smith, MD, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic
The Honorable Douglas Cunningham, Judge, Contra Costa Superior Court
Ed Carlson, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Randy Snowden, Director, Napa County Health and Human Serices
William Duplissea, Cline&Duplissea