Richmond Behavioral Health Authority Announces New Chief Executive Officer

The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority will see a change in leadership. Jack Lanier is retiring and John P. Lindstrom — a 17-year employee of the agency and its current director of administration as well as access, emergency and medical services — will become the new CEO. The authority, which operates independently of the city government, oversees publicly funded services to low-income city residents with substance abuse and mental health issues and with intellectual disabilities.

Of the 40 community services agencies in the state, the RBHA is one of the largest, with an annual operating budget of about $38 million for . . .