Dr. Franczak brings over 35 years of industry experience to the OPEN MINDS team. His experience includes clinical, operational, and leadership roles in population health, health-related social needs, risk assessments, value-based care, supported housing, and services for consumers with developmental disabilities.

Prior to joining OPEN MINDS, Dr. Franczak served as the Director Of Population Health at Copa Health. He was responsible for the organization, development, and direction of population health services for individuals who receive behavioral health services. To do this, the organization provides integrated physical and mental health clinics, supported housing, residential, group homes, community day programs, vocational services throughout Maricopa County.

Dr. Franczak was also responsible for developing, overseeing, and managing data analytics and alignment of services to address the needs of service participants, with a focus on management of individuals with high cost/high needs, complex conditions, preventive care needs, and those who are not progressing as expected. He also led the development of data strategies and reporting metrics and serves in a consultative role to care coordination staff and initiatives within the clinical care team, including identification and assignment of participants to enhanced monitoring panels and consultation on evidence-based strategies for clinical, medical, and social intervention.

Dr. Franczak also served as the Chief Operations Officer of Marc Community Resources, Inc. Here, he was responsible for the organization, development, and direction of services that include residential, supported housing, independent living, outpatient services, vocational services, in-home and recovery supports. In addition, they operated a Transitional Assistance Team that provides hospital transition services and another team that assists homeless individuals with mental illness and/or substance abuse in obtaining and retaining housing.

Before his work at Marc Community Resources, Dr. Franczak served in various roles for the Arizona Department Of Health Services, Division Of Behavioral Health Services. First, as the Chief, Bureau For Persons With Serious Mental Illness, Dr. Franczak was responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of a community system of care that included the transition and discharge process from state, local psychiatric, jail, and correctional facilities to the community behavioral health system, including admissions and readmissions.

Dr. Franczak then served as Arizona’s Chief Of Clinical Services. In this role, he was responsible for the organization, development, and direction of the statewide clinical infrastructure and operations for the Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health Services, which operated in a managed care environment for adults and children served in both Medicaid and non-Medicaid programs.

Dr. Franczak earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from LaSalle University. He earned his Master of Arts in Psychology from Montclair University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Saint Louis University.