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We are a team of seasoned experts with a deep understanding of the intricacies of high-performance business dynamics, mergers and acquisitions, and leadership development. Our experience spans across industries, and we are dedicated to helping organizations thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape.
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Joseph M. Costa
Partner For Impact
Joseph M. Costa, MSW is the former CEO of Hillsides http://www.hillsides.org, a child and family serving organization based in Los Angeles providing an array of residential and community based behavioral health services with an operating budget of $50 million. During an 11-year tenure, Hillsides significantly expanded its services and successfully navigated the ever-evolving environment of child welfare and behavioral health. During this period Hillsides merged with another child serving organization, Bienvenidos; completed a $18 million dollar capital improvement project, converted its residential services to a short-term therapeutic residential program, significantly expanded its mental health services and youth development programs and diversified its funding sources to include commercial insurance reimbursement.
Before coming to Hillsides, he served as the CEO of Sunny Hills Services (now known as Side by Side) based in San Anselmo, California for eight years. During that time, he completed the strategic integration of Sunny Hills with a peer child and family serving organization in Marin, led the agency through a major reorganization, merged with a youth development services provider in Oakland and inaugurated a satellite of the agency in Sonoma County.
Since completing his tenure at Hillsides, Joe has developed a practice as an independent consultant that includes serving as a senior adviser, developer of strategic plans, group facilitator, fundraising counsel, public speaker and conducting executive searches. Most recently he has partnered with two other colleagues Susie Huhn and Miki Jordan to launch Partners for Impact.
Acknowledged as a leader in the child welfare field, Joe served as Chair of the Child Welfare League of America from 2014 – 2017. He served on the Board of Directors of the Child Welfare League of America until 2021 and on the governing bodies of both the California Alliance for Child and Family Services and the Los Angeles based Association of Community Human Service Agencies
He holds a master's degree in divinity from St. John's Seminary, School of Theology, Boston, Massachusetts, a master's degree in social work from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and is a Certified Interim Executive Director.