Kimberly Cogan, C.O.O.
Kimberly Cogan has a passion for helping others find a life of recovery and happiness. This passion stems from her personal beliefs in the power of addiction treatment and the 12-step model. Kimberly serves as both the Chief Operating Officer and a Woman's Counselor. Kimberly studied at Penn State University and following much personal success was driven to help individuals and families find freedom from alcoholism and drug addiction. Kimberly's vision is to empower Ocean Breeze Recovery clients using diverse methods such as relationship building, addiction counseling and anger management.
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Linda Irvin, C.F.O.
Linda joins Ocean Breeze Recovery as the Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity she oversees all of the organization's budgeting, planning and financial issues. Her extensive career started in public tax accounting. In the private sector Linda was the Internal Auditing Supervisor and National Accounts Corporate Billing Liason for the nation's largest direct mail advertiser, ADVO System. Most recently, she spent 12 years with one of South Florida's largest General Contractors working primarily with national accounts. Linda graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BS in Accounting.
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Dale Thomas, CAC
Provider Liaison
Dale serves as the Provider Liaison at Ocean Breeze Recovery. In this capacity he manages the intake and utilization review process. In addition, he acts as liaison between insurance companies, clients and the addiction treatment clinical team with the goal of ensuring a smooth continuum of care for all clients. Prior to joining our team, Dale was on staff at Dunklin Memorial Church where he was a teacher, counselor and work-site supervisor for five years. He is an active Certified Addictions Counselor through the Florida Certification Board, and is currently continuing his education at Phoenix University where he is studying Psychology.
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