Leadership Team

Dr. Kilinc joined the Freedom Center as Executive/Clinical Director in April, 2019. She has over 22 years of experience working in behavioral health, accreditation, managed care, and government sectors. Before joining the Freedom Center, she served as the Director of Behavioral Health for Aetna Better Health of Ohio where she helped to implement Ohio’s Duals Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Demonstration. She is a Professional Clinical Counselor with 20 years of clinical and management experience. Dr. Kilinc earned a doctorate degree in Counselor Education from the Ohio State University in 2001.

Debbie joined the Freedom Center staff in 1987. She oversees the day-to-day operations of our agency and supervises the administrative staff. Debbie ensures we are meeting the requirements for certification for the Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services and CARF. She keeps us organized and has the crucial data ready when we need it for reports, grant writing and to fulfill the requirements from our funders. All her efforts help ensure we will be able to continue offering our important services.

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