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Gail Lapidus
CEO
Family & Children's Services
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gail Lapidus is the chief executive officer of Family & Children’s Services (F&CS), a premiere behavioral health care leader in the Tulsa metro area. F&CS, founded nearly 100 years ago, provides a broad array of specialized mental health, addiction and family services for under resourced adults and children. F&CS provides recovery treatment services for those battling mental illness and addiction, strengthens individuals and families in crisis, heals children who have been abused or traumatized and provides professional internships for graduate students. Lapidus has held her CEO position since 1986. Since that time, the agency has grown significantly and operates over 60 programs with a budget of over $55 million and over 600 employees. F&CS is the largest outpatient community mental health center in the state of Oklahoma and serves more than 100,000 Tulsans each year. Lapidus is a licensed clinical social worker who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (1973) and a Master’s Degree in Social Work (1979) from the University of Oklahoma. She has been honored by the School of Social Work for exceptional contributions to her field. In 2017, Lapidus was honored as top 100 social workers. In 2015 she received a Distinguished Alumnae Award from the University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences. In 1997, Lapidus was awarded the inaugural inductee into the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work Hall of Fame for outstanding leadership in professional practice. Lapidus has received numerous other honors and awards. In 2016 she was awarded the League of Women Voters, Madam President Award. The previous year she was honored with an outstanding women’s leadership award from Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, a historically black international sorority and The Woman of Moxie Award by the YWCA. Earlier honors and awards include: Woman of Distinction by the Tulsa Business Journal, a One Award from the Oklahoma Center for Non Profits, the Pinnacle Award from The Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women and the Tulsa Women’s Foundation, the Newsmaker Award from the Association for Women in Communications, and the Non-Profit Management Excellence Award from The Support Center of Oklahoma. She also received honors from the Schusterman Family Foundation, Zarrow Families and the Mental Health Association in Tulsa for longtime commitment and innumerable contributions to mental health in our community.
Presentation(s):
MLunch5 - Alternative Payment Models: Pay For Success and Social Impact Bonds
Monday, April 23
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
C4 - Whose Fault is it Anyway? Why Are We Still Talking About Adherence?
Tuesday, April 24
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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