ARMANDO REYES, MHS 
26232 S. Evergreen Ln.
Channahon, IL
Home:  [Send email to request phone number] 21-0490
Cell:  [Send email to request phone number] 41-7070
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OBJECTIVE      
To obtain an administrative/management position where I can effectively utilize
my expertise in organizational operations, project management, program
development, quality assurance/utilization review and teach in the college
education system.
EDUCATION
Leadership and Management Training Program
Illinois Department of Human Services, IL, 2002

Masters of Health Science
Governors State University, University Park, IL, 1993
 
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Governors State University, University Park, IL, 1991

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Healthcare Alternative Systems, Chicago, IL
Vice President of Programs:  June 2007 to Present

•	Developed programs around evidence based practices/fidelity models.
•	Provided supervision/consultation to program managers and supervisors.
•	Director of Operations for the Opiate Maintenance Therapy,
Outpatient/Intensive program, DUI, and Criminal Justice program.
•	Responsible for the daily operations of program budgets, physical plant
maintenance, security, human resources staff needs, quality assurance, program
operations, marketing, public relations, planning and direct performance
supervision
•	Coordinated Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation (CARF) and funding
source 
      audits /survey preparations.
•	Assisted in the development of assigned programs.
•	Responsible for submitting Request for Proposals (RFP’s) 
•	Conducted trainings on clinical documentation and Medication Assisted
Treatment.
•	Involved in the agency wide strategic planning process


El Rincon Community Clinic, Chicago, IL
Director of Operations: Oct. 07 to June 08

•	Overseen all clinical and human resources operations agency-wide.
•	Represented the agency at local, regional and national levels.
•	Educating others regarding critical needs of the organization and community
•	Developed and provide the community organization with leadership in S/A Public
Health, HIV and IVDU.
•	Provided, developed, and managed organizational functions and systems with
executive director.
•	Resource organization’s financial, professional service delivery capacity.
•	Responsible for the physical plant operations of the agency.
•	Develop and implemented agency strategic plan, approved by the executive
director and Board of Directors.
•	Responsible for the coordination, development and submission of request for
proposals.
•	Worked closed with the Continuing Quality Care and Utilization review team.

Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health, Chicago, IL
Development/Program Director:  Sept. 04 to Oct 06

•	Responsible for directing and coordinating research for all requests for
proposals.
•	Assisted in the development of Requests for Proposals (RFP’S) for obtaining
additional funding.
•	Provide supervision and technical assistance to divisional directors.
•	Developed and facilitated trainings.
•	Provided quality assurance reviews and implemented mechanisms for change.
•	Developed budgets and strategic plans around organization objectives.
•	Responsible for developing new programs and coordinating fundraisers to build
additional capital.
•	Served as the liaison between state, city and federal entities around funding
and compliance
•	Obtained funding, developed and implemented new prevention and adolescent
substance abuse treatment programs.
•	Responsible for obtaining a charter school and establishing and implementing
new contract and relocating.

Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance
Abuse, Chicago, IL
Project Developer/Manager, and Coordinator Compliance Officer, Contract manager:
 Nov. 1994 to July 2000 & July 2001 to Sept. 2004. 

•	Responsible for reviewing, planning, organizing, developing, implementing,
contract monitoring, compliance/audit reviews, technical assistance and fiscal
management for assigned federal/state grant projects.
•	Specialized in the submission of federal Request for Proposals (RFP’s)
•	Participated and served as a team leader in investigatory assignments of
assigned providers in the case of financial fraudulent.
•	Provide supervision/technical assistance on the implementation and operations
of clinical systems documentation, education on departmental rules, and trends of
alcohol and drug abuses within certain populations. 
•	Assist in the collection, assembly, and analysis of data supportive of
regional needs assessment and prioritization.
•	Assist in the identification of network specialized resources to enhance
service delivery
•	Deliver trainings to community provides around policies, rules and
regulations
•	Responsible for ensuring substance abuse contract providers were adhering to
state department rules and regulations.
•	Conducted training needs assessment for the substance abuse treatment provider
field in Illinois
•	Provide interpretation, review and training around service delivery as it
relates to policy and clinical implementation of programs.
•	Responsible for the coordination on system improvement federal projects e.g.:
Target Chicago, Homeless Integrations and Target capacity expansion projects for
criminal justice, and methadone maintenance. 

Family Guidance Centers, Chicago, IL
Associate Vice President of Methadone Services:  Oct. 2000 to July 2001

•	Responsible for directing and supervising senior management staff, offsite
nursing supervisors, and consulting physicians.
•	Provide quality assurance and utilization reviews.
•	Responsible for the development of a new medical detoxification unit for
Norwegian Hospital.


Will County Health Department, Division of Mental Health, Joliet, IL
Adult and Youth Mental Health/Addiction Counselor:  August 1988 to November
1994

•	Responsible for the development and implementation of adolescent Substance
Abuse program.
•	Provided ATOD prevention to local schools and community based agencies.
•	Responsible for initiating services in schools and Juvenile Jail in Will
County.
•	Worked closely with the criminal justice system.
•	Responsible for conducting client screenings, assessments, case management,
individual and group counseling for assigned caseload.
•	Worked closely with area community network.


Illinois Army National Guard, Joliet, Marseilles, and Chicago, IL
Platoon Sgt. / Operations Sgt.:  Sept. 1983 to Nov. 2004 (Retired)

•	Provided technical and tactical guidance to subordinates and professional
support.
•	Assisted and coordinated in planning, organizing, directing, supervising,
training, coordinating, and reporting activities of subordinate elements.
•	Assisted in coordination and implementation of combat operations, training
programs, administrative and communications procedures. 
•	Planned, coordinated, supervised, and participated in activities pertaining to
organization, training and combat operations and intelligence of units at
battalion or higher level.


Joliet Job Corps, Joliet, IL
Residential and non-residential counselor/ Substance Use & Abuse Coordinator: 
Oct. 1985 to August 1988
 
•	Established supportive/mentoring relationship with students 
•	Participated in all Employability and Training Department staff team
activities and student case management.
•	Responsible for student progress evaluations, including weekly student
employability ratings, and conducted related assessment conferences.
•	Provided personal and career counseling for enhancing student employability
and ensuring continued participation in the Job Corps program.
•	Provided individual and group counseling and participates in student social
skills training.
•	Provided staff training to dorm life staff.
•	Coordinated all substance use and abuse programs on site.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Wilber Wright Community College, Chicago, IL
Adjunct Faculty: January 08 to Present

•	Teach “Addiction Studies” which covers treatment strategies, perspectives, and
the understanding of the addiction process and its effects upon the individual,
the family, employers, and society.





Governor State University, University Park, IL
Adjunct Faculty:  January 2003 to Present 

•	Teach for teaching in the Masters Health Science, Addiction Studies program
focusing on substance abuse counseling, etiology/epidemiology. Topics include:
education and community health approaches to prevention, clinical reasoning in
treatment, evidence based systems, political, legal and historical development of
the substance abuse field. 

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS

Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association,
Inc.
(IAODAPCA) Board Member
July 2007 to Present

Illinois Latino Coalition for Prevention Board Member
April 2005 to Present

Governors State University Advisory Board Member (Addiction Studies)
July 2004 to present