William T. Atkins, MSW, Executive Vice President  is a certified mental health administrator with over 30 years’ managerial and technical experience in behavioral health programs. He has advised local, state and national government agencies on directing and redesigning health care systems, specifically in the areas of budget development, human resources and professional practice management and technology applications. Before joining HMC, he served as the director of the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, a cabinet position overseeing an annual budget of $160 million. During his tenure, he collaborated with the Departments of Children and Family Services, Public Health, Public Aid and HUD to create and finance innovative programs that served the special needs of adolescents and pregnant/postpartum women and their children. Bill is also the co-author of Needs Assessment, A Model of CommunityPlanning (Sage Publications, 1980) and Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy and Parenting, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988).