Meet Patrice Alexander

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer
Credentials: LPC, MAC, CPCS
Education Background: Patrice graduated from Morris Brown College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1994. She earned her Master of Science in Community Counseling from Georgia State University in 1998.
Work History: Early in her career, Patrice worked for a behavioral health call center, as a public health research associate at Emory, and as a program coordinator for Partnership Against Domestic Violence. Patrice accepted her first position at MARR in 2002, as a Call Response Team Member – a role that was created when MARR implemented having a centralized telephone number for assessments and admissions. She left that role for a position as an adolescent therapist at a local Community Service Board, and also began working in private practice. Patrice returned to MARR in 2006 as an Assessment Counselor. In 2008 she transitioned to a Family Counselor role at MRC, and in 2013 she was promoted to Clinical Coordinator for MARR’s Family Program. In 2016 Patrice accepted the position of Clinical Director, and in 2019 she became MARR’s Chief Clinical Officer. In early 2020, Patrice left MARR for a Clinical Director position with Pyramid Family Behavioral Healthcare. She returned to MARR as Chief Executive Officer in May 2022.

“What I love most about MARR is our commitment to client care. I get to be a part of an organization with employees who are very passionate about the work that they do. This is true across all of our programs and every department at MARR. Many treatment centers are focused primarily on numbers and while important – those numbers are people. At MARR, the people come first.”