Vicky Gatell

Vicky Gatell has been a leader in the behavioral health industry in New York State for over 40 years. She joined Acacia Network as a Controller in 2013, was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 2018, and subsequently to Senior Vice President of Finance in 2020. As of September 1st, 2021, she serves as Acacia Network’s Chief Financial Officer.

During her tenure as Senior Vice President of Finance, Vicky was responsible for overseeing and directing all financial activities for a total portfolio of over $500MM funded by Federal, State and City grants and third-party revenue, including a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC), multiple behavioral health and substance use disorder clinics and residential programs, primary care clinics and FQHCs, daycare programs, supportive housing, homeless shelters, among other programs. She was also responsible for overseeing the operations of the Payroll Department, Accounts Payable, Third-Party Revenue and Managed Care teams.

Among her notable achievements at Acacia, Vicky has actively participated in the committee to review the network procurement process. She has successfully collected on long-term accounts receivable and has negotiated settlements of long-standing accounts payable for various affiliates. Further, she was instrumental in obtaining the CCBHC grant. Along with her Assistant Vice President of Finance and a team of five Controllers, Vicky has reviewed and implemented a new budget process including the input from the Operations team and has implemented new standardized financials format for her portfolio. Finally, Vicky is leading Acacia Network’s Value Based Payment initiatives.

Vicky has garnered many significant accomplishments throughout her professional career. She negotiated the first ever nonprofit capital loan project with Chemical/JPMorgan Chase Bank in 1986. At her previous assignment, as COO/CFO, she initiated the implementation of an evidence-based treatment modality “COPE” for the children population achieving the 2008 APA Bronze Award sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association. In addition, Vicky has made several conference panel presentations on strategic business planning and funding mechanisms impacting NYS behavioral health industry, sponsored by the NYS Rehabilitation Research and Training Institute, Cornell University and U.S. Department of Labor and Somos Uno Conference. Vicky has served in various behavioral health associations, and was the President of Bronx Behavioral Network Inc. from 2011-2013.

Presently, she is the Treasurer of the Board of Directors of AsOne IPA, Inc and a member of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Community Health Care Association of NYS (CHCANYS). Vicky was the recipient of the Behavioral Health Industry Service Award sponsored by Entre Nosotras Inc, awarded during the 2019 Somos Conference of the NYS Assembly-Senate Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force held in Albany, NY. She also received the Leadership Award presented by the Acacia Network Board of Directors at the Board Retreat held in September 2019 in Westchester, NY.