Erin McClelland

Erin McClelland has over 17 years of experience in the behavioral health field and has worked as a counselor, program director, researcher, process improvement specialist, policy representative and entrepreneur. She started her career researching alcohol and smoking addiction at the University of Pittsburgh and substance abuse wrap around services at St. Francis Medical Center.

Her clinical career began counseling patients in methadone maintenance programs and then working in outpatient drug-free programs and specialized services such asrnwomen, family and prevention program development. In 2002, Mrs. McClelland began a private practice in which she developed arncommunity based prevention program designed to reach parents and educators through school and community seminars and home sessions. She also began developing a more holistic treatment approach that included diet and exercise evaluation.

In 2003, she was hired as the Practice Improvement Collaborative Manager at ther Institute of Research Education and Training in Addiction (IRETA). In her time at IRETA, she was trained by the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiativern(PRHI) under the direction of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill tornimplement the Toyota Production System in healthcare settings in order to reduce waste and errors, improve performance and outcomes and decrease costs. This training consisted of the case method training approach of Harvard Business School (HBS) and TPS case studies created by HBS professor Steven Spear, who interpreted TPS for implementation in the US. She also served as a prevention and opiate addiction expert on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's 25 Cities Initiative which worked tornaddress cities demonstrating the 25 worst heroin problems in the country.

In 2006, she conceived and developed Arche Wellness, the first Department ofr Health licensed orthomolecular addiction treatment program in Pennsylvania. Arche Wellness offers an intense biochemical recovery approach. The Arche Wellness model is now one of the most advanced and intensive addiction treatment processes in the world. Her experience and unique education in process improvement strategies have helped to make Arche Wellness a state-of-the art learning organization dedicated tornachieving perfect patient care.

Erin has a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Pittsburgh and a Master ofr Science degree from Chatham University. Her program has been featured twice inr Industrial Engineer Magazine and recognized for its extraordinary approach which uses engineering based problem solving to address highly challenging issues such as addiction treatment, mental health treatment and morbid obesity. She has served as the health writer for multiple Pittsburgh based magazines and has been featured as a healthcare expert on numerous news and radio broadcasts.