Shelley Samuels

Shelley Samuels is the principal and owner of SRS Strategic Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that assists organizations across the country that serve persons with disabilities and complex needs to become and remain sustainable.

As an expert in nonprofit leadership with over 35 years of experience in human services and healthcare organizations, Ms. Samuels last executive position was as the Chief Program Officer of Easterseals New Jersey where she was responsible for a $60M+ budget, 900 plus employees and over 4,000 individuals served. Concurrently, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Easterseals Solutions, an EHR selection, implementation, training, and help desk service for multiple nonprofit organizations. In 2018 she completed a commitment to act as the Chief Operating Officer and Compliance Officer at the national organization Juvo Autism and Behavioral Health.

Shelley holds a BA in Psychology and an MPA in Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Finance from Rutgers University. She completed an Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a program at New York University Stern School for Executive Education in Finance and Accounting. Ms. Samuels has developed, implemented, and directed a variety of services for thousands of persons with intellectual developmental, mental health, hearing loss, visual impairments, veterans, seniors, chronic disease, and substance use related disabilities.

Ms. Samuels has held board positions for the Children’s System of Care, Citizens for Quality Education, as well as the United Way of Central Jersey. She has been an active member of the American Association of Grants Professionals, United Nations Task Force on the Year of the Disabled, and Governor’s Task Force on Substance Abuse and the Hearing Impaired. Most recently Shelley was a member of a NJAMHAA HMO Council; Visiting Nurse Association Children and Families Advisory Board; The Greater Newark Health Care Coalition (ACO) Advisory Board; the NJ CAM (Advisory Board to NJ Transit for accessible transportation); state wellness committee focused on smoking cessation for individuals with serious mental illness; and county health partnerships.