Oregon’s Jim Russell Retiring from Mid-Valley Behavioral Health Care

Circle Connections: New Talent As reported in The Lund Report on December 5, 2012, when Jim Russell steps down as executive director of Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network early next year he can point with pride to his accomplishments since taking over the helm in 1997. "My biggest success is participating in the leadership of people who experience mental health issues and sharing that leadership with providers," he said. Currently his organization offers mental health services to more than 100,000 people in Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, and has contracts with the coordinated care organizations in those communities . . .