Liz Vasti, M.A., CPT, Vice President and Director of Continuing Education, Netsmart University

Liz Vasti is vice president of Netsmart University (Continued Learning), at Netsmart Technologies. She received her master's degree in Education from the University of South Florida and is a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT).

Ms. Vasti has more than 25 years experience as a senior manager of training and development organizations. Before joining Netsmart, she spent 15 years in Silicon Valley, where she was responsible for online training and curriculum for over 43,000 global employees. Liz managed teams that developed more than 3,200 online courses and over 300 instructor-led customer classroom courses. She spent many years teaching, designing instructional processes, courses, learning systems, and prior to joining Netsmart, administered the learning management system for a high tech philanthropic organization for 3,000 teachers around the world.

Ms. Vasti manages Netsmart's e-Learning Division, including operations, being involved with sales, research and development, course development, partnerships, and managing all aspects of implementation and support for Netsmart University customers. Ms. Vasti also manages the internal Netsmart Corporate University and presents at conferences and gatherings.

Areas of Expertise

• Curriculum Development

• Curriculum Management

• Learning Management Systems (LMS)

• Instructional Systems Design (ISD)

• Learning & Development

• Management Consulting

• Organizational Development

• Performance Support

• Employee Development

Barbara S. Alexander, Social Work Consultant and Clinical Advisory Board for Netsmart University

Barbara Alexander is the Founder and Program Director of ON GOOD AUTHORITY, Inc. Her duties there include development, management, production, promotion, and administration of training programs for use in the continuing education of mental health professionals nationally.

She has also maintained her own private practice since 1973. Her practice consists of evaluation and psychotherapy of children and adults, including individual and marital therapy. She is a consultant to private child welfare agencies, performs tutoring programs, and is involved in the State of Illinois Status Offenders Project. In addition, she performs custody evaluations, vocational assessments for Federal Disability Determination and forensic psychosocial evaluations and research.

Licenses and Certifications

State of Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#149-000439).

American Board of Examiners: Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (#000177).

National Association of Social Workers, Academy of Certified Social Workers.

Genie Skypek, Ph.D.

Dr. Skypek is a licensed clinical psychologist in Tampa, Florida. She received her Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.

Dr. Skypek established and directed several outpatient chemical dependency treatment programs, including methadone maintenance programs, early in her professional career. In the Tampa Bay area, she continued to work in chemical dependency, establishing and/or directing chemical dependency treatment programs for women. From there, she moved into a health psychology specialty in a private behavioral medicine/pain management practice. She has taught widely, both as an adjunct faculty for the Women's Studies department at the University of South Florida and as a training consultant to various federal, state and local agencies - specializing in women's programming, communication skills and conflict negotiation, and accreditation preparation. Other areas of work have included outcome evaluation for juvenile justice programs, software development for the behavioral health field and consultation with organizations preparing for accreditation. She is currently developing e-learning content for Netsmart University.

For the past 32 years, Dr. Skypek has been a Joint Commission surveyor, specializing in Behavioral Health Care Accreditation

Areas of Expertise

• Performance/quality improvement in mental health

• Outcome evaluation, “real-time”

• Health and Human Services automated clinical records, both paper and automated

• Assessment and treatment planning

• Communication skills, problem-solving

• Health psychology

Charles Klein ,Ph.D., Director of Clinical Services and InfoScriber Operations, Netsmart Technologies

Dr. Klein holds a master's degree in counseling psychology from the University of Kansas and a masters and doctorate degree in industrial/organizational psychology from USIU in San Diego. He also holds a certificate in organizational development. Dr. Klein currently works as the Director of Clinical Services and InfoScriber Operations for Netsmart Technologies, Inc. He has over 18 years experience in the behavioral health field directing inpatient and outpatient child, adolescent and adult programs, as well as consulting in areas such as clinical documentation, performance improvement, and organizational development. In addition, he has developed and implemented clinical outcomes measurement systems and has directed the start-up of many behavioral health day treatment programs for persons with serious and persistent mental illnesses.

Dr. Klein also teaches as an adjunct professor at Alliant International University, teaching courses in the College of Organizational Studies, including Human Resource Management, Performance Appraisal, Work Motivation and Productivity, Negotiation and Bargaining, Professional Development, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Klein works in the area of clinical services at Netsmart, participating in customer workflow issues, clinical gap analyses, and prescribing and medication management processes. Dr. Klein has also written courses for Netsmart University's catalogue. In addition, Dr. Klein presents at conferences and gatherings.

Dr. Klein manages Netsmart's e-prescribing operations, including being involved with sales, and research and development and managing all aspects of implementation, operations, and support for all e-prescribing customers.

Areas of Expertise

• Industries: Psychiatric Hospitals, Community Mental Health Centers, Substance Abuse Centers, and MRDD facilities.

• CProducts: Avatar's Clinician's Workstation, Avatar Order Entry, Avatar e-Prescribing, InfoScriber, and Netsmart University.

J. Scott Nelson ,MA NCC LCPC CRADC

J. Scott Nelson is the Staff Education Coordinator for Rosecrance Health Network. He develops and facilitates initiatives related to program development, career development, performance improvement, and continuing education for Rosecrance. Scott presents training workshops on a variety of addictions topics both on site and in the community. He also has a private counseling practice through Aspen Counseling and Consulting LLC in Rockford, IL.

Mr. Nelson earned a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University and is currently a doctoral student at Northern Illinois University. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a Teaching Associate of Medicine at the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine in Rockford. Mr. Nelson was a primary addictions counselor prior to accepting his current position. Scott is also an ordained minister, served as a police chaplain for five years, and a pastoral counselor specializing in sexual abuse for eight years in Indiana prior to moving to Rockford in 2005.