Leon Hoover, MSW, MMgmt

Mr. Hoover provides the lead executive leadership to Kings View, overseeing all aspects of the organization’s six service lines in the 29 California counties in which Kings View operates.  In addition to a portfolio of Community-Based, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability services, Kings Views also provides EHR implementation, hosting and support, Health Information Analytics, Telepsychiatry and Financial services to Counties and providers.  Before working at Kings View, Leon served for eight years as the Vice-President of Everence, a financial services firm, leading the U.S. Eastern Region team to annual sales in excess $100,000,000. Leon has over 30 years of experience in behavioral health.  He started as a clinician providing mental health and substance abuse services and moved on to senior administrative work for Philhaven, a large behavioral health provider in south-central Pennsylvania.  From 1996-2000, Leon served as the Executive Director for Advantage Behavioral Health.  In collaboration with the Philhaven CEO, Leon developed and executed the business plan for this successful investor-owned, (six hospitals, including Philhaven) risk assuming, behavioral health network for health plan members in Eastern Pennsylvania.  Leon and his wife Carolyn, have three children.  Bradley Jon is the CEO of Grammarly in San Francisco, CA, daughter Valerie Joy, married to Nathan is a psychologist at Stanford in the women’s health service and son Nathan Kyle, married to Jenna, is a CPA with the Walz Group in Lititz, PA. Leon serves on the national Boards of Directors for MHS Alliance and MHS Consulting Group.  He also serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Board of the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies, and Chairs the Associations Policy Committee.   Leon earned his Masters in Management in Business Administration from Penn State University and a Masters in Social Work from Marywood University.