Jason Melegari, BSN, MHA, RN, CHAO

Director of Clinical Services, Sheppard Pratt Solutions

Jason Melegari’s career includes leadership positions in mental health, substance abuse disorder, children and youth services, social services, and crisis services across numerous states. His skills include regulatory/accreditation awareness/readiness education, team building, and creating quality initiatives and performance improvement utilizing LEAN strategies. Melegari holds certification as a Certified Joint Commission Professional and has assisted many organizations with accreditation surveys and reviews by state regulatory boards. He has served in nursing leadership roles for child and adolescent, general adult, geropsychiatric, substance use disorder, and interventional psychiatry programs and facilities. Melegari also served as director of clinical services at Diamond Healthcare. In that role, he performed operational assessments and served as an interim director of nursing for numerous facilities. He holds a Master of Science in Health Administration from Grand Canyon University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Pittsburgh.