Senior Staff
Deana Goldstein
Chief Executive Officer
Deana Goldstein received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She completed a post graduate program in Family Therapy at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, CA and also completed a two year post graduate program in Bowen’s Family Systems Therapy at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Deana joined NDA in April of 2009. Prior to becoming the CEO at NDA, Deana served as the CEO of Liberty Point Residential Treatment Center in Staunton, VA. Before her work at Liberty Point, she served as the Divisional Vice President for Clinical Operations for Psychiatric Solutions in Nashville, TN.
Deana offers knowledge and background in several areas to her position as CEO. In her career she has served as the Assistant Vice President for Keystone Education and Youth Services Children’s and Comprehensive Services, Inc., Vice President for National Medical Enterprises, Inc., and Interim CEO of Meadow Pines Hospital, an acute care and residential facility in Longview, TX. Her previous experiences and responsibilities include Clinical Services, Litigation, Quality Management, Crisis Intervention, and Nursing. Deana is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing, and has been published in journals including; Nursing Clinics of America, and North Carolina Journal of Mental Health.
Maxine Minto, M.D.
Medical Director
Dr. Maxine Minto received her medical degree from the University of Miami in 1992. She completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has served in the role of Medical Director at NDA since 2007. She first came to NDA as an attending Psychiatrist in 2003.
Dr. Minto brings a wealth of experience to NDA as Medical Director of: Acute Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization, and an expansive community mental health center. She also provided child and adolescent psychiatric services for a federally funded outreach program. She has functioned as the primary investigator for an assortment of child and adolescent research studies pertaining to the use of psychotropics. Her article appeared in the American Medical Association Journal 2003.
Cathy Nadeau, RN
Director of Nursing
Cathy Nadeau graduated from Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. with a degree in nursing. She has been a psychiatric nurse since 1979 and has been employed in all aspects of behavioral health care including acute care, long-term residential care, community mental health, and outpatient case management.
As the director of nursing, Cathy plans and monitors the delivery of quality patient care by the RNs, LPNs, milieu coordinator and the mental health technicians. As supervisor of these staff members, she supervises the administration of the work schedule and assigns workload to the staff, maximizing the strengths and abilities of the staff. Cathy also serves on various organizational teams and/or committees and as a consultant to other departments. In addition, she monitors and assures the hospital's compliance with applicable standards, regulations and laws.
Cathy is a native of Rome, N.Y., which is the home of a New York state school for the deaf. She graduated from Albany Medical Center with a degree in nursing.
Matthew Dray, B.A.
Director of Mental Health Technicians
Matt graduated from Gallaudet University in 1996 with a B.A. in history. Matt has worked in various mental health programs with Deaf individuals since his graduation from Gallaudet.
Matt joined NDA before it opened and is part of the original group of NDA employees. During his tenure at National Deaf Academy, Matt has served as a mental health technician, program coordinator, and supervisor. Matt brings great understanding, leadership and humor with him to NDA!