Seeing someone close to her struggle to find mental health resources is among the driving forces that keeps Journey Mental Health’s new CEO determined to make sure no one else in Dane County is without care.
“I have felt the despair when someone says there’s nothing that can be done,” said Sarah Valencia, who began her leadership role at the Madison nonprofit in January.
Most recently, Valencia served as assistant deputy secretary at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Before that she held leadership positions at Access Community Health Centers and UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital…