Mary Thornton is a business operations specialist with 20 years experience as a senior manager in for profit and non-profit organizations. She combines a Bachelor's in Nursing with an MBA to assist clients in designing efficient, high quality services and programs. Ms. Thornton is focused in depth as a trainer in marketing, budgeting, strategic planning, and program development. She is also the highly acclaimed author of Ahead of the Game: Compliance Strategies for the Behavioral Health Care Industry.

Areas of Expertise: Operational efficiency and effectiveness; corporate compliance; program development; marketing; strategic planning; quality improvement