About Dave

School and Work
I graduated from Hamilton College with a major in Comparative Religion in 1990. I then worked in human services for 5 years doing direct care work with mentally ill and developmentally disabled adults before going back to school to get my MBA from Syracuse University. I then worked in upper management for small and medium sized companies, most recently as the CEO of Webucator, a national training company headquartered in Upstate NY, where I worked from 2009 to 2022. Throughout my adult life I have remained interested in mental health and over the last few years it became increasingly clear to me that I wanted to get back into the mental health field. In July of 2024 I graduated from Le Moyne College with my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

I currently work primarily for Mind Trove, LLC at their new office in Syracuse, NY. I also do some work for Breathing Space Psychotherapy at their office in Erieville, NY.
 
Volunteer
I have been Chairman of the Board of the Montessori School of Syracuse since 2001. I joined the board of FEAST (Families Empowered And Supporting Treatment for Eating Disorders) in 2021 and serve as the Chair of the Finance Committee.

Other
My oldest daughter (now 22) developed anorexia at the age of 10. Since then eating disorders have been a big part of my life in many ways. In addition to the obvious personal ways, I speak regularly to other parents who are going through what we went through at home, I joined the board of FEAST (Families Empowered And Supporting Treatment for Eating Disorders) and I wrote and published a book titled Love, Crowd Out, Forgive, Accept: A Guide to Supporting a Loved One with Anorexia.