Jean Michel Giraud joined CCHFP in April 2006 and has been working in human services since 1982, when he started in a pre-community placement unit in Massachusetts, working with self-injurious and aggressive young adults with developmental disabilities. He has worked in a variety of community-based settings including outreach, residential, social recreation, psychiatric rehabilitation, co-occurring disorders and crisis stabilization services. He has extensive experience in non-profit management. In his last position, he directed psychiatric rehabilitation programs for adults in three jurisdictions within the State of Maryland.

Jean-Michel holds a Master’s Degree in American Studies from Montpellier University in France and undergraduate degrees from La Sorbonne Nouvelle and Paris X University. He is a certified psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner and a member of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. He has served in two CARF-accredited organizations and on the Board of the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland.