As national president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Dr. Michele Nealon-Woods leads one of the most prominent non-profit professional graduate schools in the country, directing campuses in Chicago, Los Angeles/Irvine/Westwood and Washington D.C. that educate more than 4,000 students and provide more than 800,000 hours of hands-on service in communities, locally and internationally, each year. Since taking office in July 2010, Dr. Nealon-Woods has led the development of new and innovative programs, shaped a forward-thinking strategic plan that positions the school as a national institution with global reach, and presided over the opening of a highly successful new campus in Washington, D.C..

Prior to assuming the institution's top leadership position, Dr. Nealon-Woods served—and continues to serve—as the first president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology's Los Angeles campus, overseeing its growth from inception as well as the addition of campuses in Westwood and Irvine. An alumna of the school’s doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, she was a faculty member and chair of the program at the Chicago campus before moving to California. Dr. Nealon-Woods received the school's 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award in the area of public service teaching and is an accomplished writer and speaker on a wide range of psychology-related topics.

Dr. Nealon-Woods distinguished career reflects her dedication to ensuring that under-served populations receive the mental health care they need and deserve. She began her career in clinical psychology in Dublin, Ireland and moved to the United States in 1994, where she worked with adolescents in group homes and foster care for over six years. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings with diverse groups of people including inpatient, outpatient, community mental health, forensic, and academic settings. As a licensed clinical psychologist, she specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and their families.

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