Mike Ballue serves as the Chief Strategy Officer of Behavioral Health Services, Inc. Mr. Ballue has been an Executive Director of The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the South Bay (NCADD/South Bay) since May 2008. Leading up to his current role with BHS, Mr. Ballue worked as a community group facilitator, Lead Counselor, Case Manager, Intake Counselor, Community Outreach Coordinator and Program Director in a variety of settings ranging from hospital-based to residential, outpatient, and both adolescent and adult. He has worked as a consultant to middle schools and high schools in the South Bay Community, where he has provided alcohol and drug counseling services, prevention services, peer counseling training, and referral services. Along with maintaining his alcohol and drug counselor certification, Mr. Ballue obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 1999.