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    Leadership & clinical team

    The people behind the care.

    The experienced, credentialed people behind 50 years of compassionate care.

    Our team.

    Turning Point's reputation rests on its people. Our team is led by Masters-level, licensed, and credentialed professionals whose knowledge and experience benefit our clients every day, backed by a leadership team that has guided the organization through five decades of growth.

    Leadership

    Leadership team.

    • Portrait of Robert C. Parkinson

      Robert C. Parkinson

      Chief Executive Officer

      MBA

      Appointed CEO in November 2025 after nine years as Turning Point’s CFO, with decades of senior leadership in nonprofit treatment agencies.

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    • Portrait of Heather Greulich

      Heather Greulich

      Chief Operating & Clinical Officer

      MA, MBA, LPC, LCADC, ACS

      Licensed psychotherapist and addiction professional overseeing facility operations, with public-sector behavioral health experience since 2003.

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    • Portrait of Colette Charles-Davenport

      Colette Charles-Davenport

      Director of Human Resources

      J.D.

      Georgetown Law graduate with more than 20 years of human resources and workplace compliance leadership across nonprofit and private sectors.

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    • Portrait of Christian Castano

      Christian Castano

      Director of Admissions

      MS, LPC, LCADC, NCC

      Licensed professional counselor who rose from operations technician to leading admissions, often the first person a family talks to.

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    • Portrait of Heidi Facchini

      Heidi Facchini

      Director of Nursing

      RN

      Leads the Paterson facility’s medical staff with more than 20 years of nursing and administrative experience in substance use disorder treatment.

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    • Portrait of Amelia Khalil

      Amelia Khalil

      Clinical Director · Intern Program Supervisor

      MSW, LSW, LCADC, CCS, SIFI

      Oversees the clinical side of withdrawal management and residential care, bringing 19 years of experience in substance use and mental health treatment.

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    • Portrait of Dawn Knill

      Dawn Knill

      Director of Development & Public Affairs

      Certified fundraising executive with over 30 years in the nonprofit sector, leading development, events, volunteers, and public relations.

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    • Portrait of Nitin Shah

      Nitin Shah

      Director of Finance

      Chartered Accountant and Enrolled Agent who has helped strengthen Turning Point’s financial operations since joining the finance team in 2016.

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    • Portrait of David Thomas

      David Thomas

      Director of Residential Operations

      CADC

      Certified drug and alcohol counselor with more than 20 years across outpatient, partial care, and residential levels of care.

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    • Interim Medical Director Dr. Todd Wilding

      Todd M. Wilding

      Interim Medical Director

      M.D., ABAM

      Board-certified addiction medicine specialist with more than 20 years of experience providing detoxification and withdrawal care in New Jersey.

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    Clinical team

    Credentialed care, every day.

    Many of our team members are Masters-level licensed and credentialed counselors, nurses, and clinicians. Several began as interns and built their careers here, a sign of the supportive, growth-focused culture our clients feel every day.

    Care from people who've done this for decades.

    Careers at Turning Point

    Build a career that matters.

    Our success, and our clients', comes from the caliber of our people.