Westside Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Mary Ann Jones, Ph.D
Dr. Jones brings to the CEO position over twenty years of knowledge and experience as a clinician and administrator in senior management positions. She has provided leadership in multiple service areas in behavioral health, including mental health care, substance abuse treatment, residential treatment services, and HIV-AIDS.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Jones has worked in community mental health and began her professional career in the San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office. She has continued to work as an advocate, clinician and administrator for community based organizations throughout the United States and abroad in Africa, India, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Dr. Jones dedication to women’s issues such as sexual and domestic violence earned her special recognition, and provided her with an avenue to shape public policy, as she was appointed by then Governor, Jeb Bush, and served as his Vice-Chair on the Governor's Task Force of Domestic Violence. She also served on the Florida Leadership Team of the Family Violence Prevention Fund; Board President of the New Sudan Generation; and as an advisor to the Ministry of Social Development, Community & Gender Affairs in St. Kitts, Nevis and Antigua. Dr. Jones is also part of a collaborative currently working on grass roots program development in Sudan and Nigeria.
Dr. Jones’ professional background includes private practice, teaching and community mental health. She has formerly worked at Westside in the capacity of Clinical Director; and also as Director of Prevention and Education at Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches; and as a consultant to substance abuse and mental health programs in Africa, India, Pakistan, Brazil and the eastern Caribbean.
Chief Financial Officer
J. Mark Jenkins
J. Mark has over twenty years of experience providing accounting and strategic planning services to charitable organizations. Prior to joining Westside, J. Mark was the VP of Finance for Envision Schools, a high-growth nonprofit charter school management organization, where he built the organization’s first in-house finance and accounting structures. Before that he was the Director of Finance for the San Francisco Ballet Association, and the Chief Financial Officer for the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation.
J. Mark served over 150 charitable organizations as an Audit Senior Manager for Deloitte & Touche, and today continues to facilitate nonprofit educational programs for the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA.) He is also the President of the Board of Directors of LEVYDance, a San Francisco dance company. J. Mark graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida, and is a member of both the California Society of CPA’s and the AICPA.
Chief Program Officer
David Powell, MS, MBA
David has worked in Community Mental Health for over 16 years in a variety of roles, and first joined Westside in 2000 as a Social Work Case Manager for the agency’s AIDS Case Management and Home Care Program. He has also served as Westside’s Quality Assurance Manager, Accreditation Compliance Officer, HIPAA Privacy Officer, and Site Supervisor.
Prior to coming to Westside, David worked for Osceola Mental Health Inc. in Kissimmee, FL for seven years, serving in a variety of positions, including: Residential Coordinator, where he managed and supervised a 34-bed residential treatment facility; Chairperson of the Quality Assurance Committee, where he monitored all quality improvement measurements; Primary Therapist for the Partial Hospitalization Program; Residential Advisor; Case Manager; and Group Therapist. He also served as an intern and volunteer counselor for persons infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS at Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources (CENTAUR).
David earned a BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, an MS in Mental Health Counseling from NOVA Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and his MBA from Kaplan University.
