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Meet the Connect Care Management Team


Annette Fryman, RN, MBA
Executive Director
 

Annette Fryman is a registered nurse with a bachelor's degree in Nursing and a Masters in Business Administration. Ms. Fryman spent the first ten years of her career as a hospital based psychiatric nurse, providing direct services to children, adolescents and adults. Since 1981, she has had a variety of management roles including Behavioral Health/Clinical Director of three hospitals; CEO of a provider owned managed behavioral health care organization and now Executive Director of Connect Care. Ms. Fryman has extensive experience in the management of care delivery systems, program development, and marketing.

She was a founding board member of the Mental Health Association of Pueblo and past chairperson of the Colorado Hospital Association Mental Health Task Force. Ms. Fryman is a strong proponent of continuous quality improvement and is certified in Statistical Process Control.

 

Michael Allen, MSW, LCSW, CAC III
Clinical Director
 

Michael Allen, Clinical Director for Connect Care, LLC has been working in the substance abuse field for over 10 years as a service provider and administrator. Michael has a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor - Level III. Prior to coming to Connect Care, Michael was the Child Welfare Services Director for a managed service organization which managed the publicly funded treatment dollars in 34 Colorado counties. Mr. Allen also worked for several years as the Assistant Director of an adolescent outpatient treatment program for the University of Colorado and supervised both day treatment and outpatient levels of care.

Mr. Allen has presented in-services, workshops and trainings on many topics including alcohol and marijuana prevention, inhalant abuse, opioid dependence, Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), methods and uses of drug testing, confidentiality, and quality management. He is certified as an expert witness in civil court in the areas of substance abuse treatment and evaluation. Mr. Allen is active on several state-wide and community boards including the Colorado Steering Committee for the National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare.

Our Values:

Operational Excellence
Strive for excellence in all we do.

Highest Quality Care and Care Integrity
Our ultimate purpose is to insure the highest quality care for our clients and families.

Exceeding Expectations, Delighting Customers
Providing the utmost in customer service to all of our customers, consumers, payers, providers and colleagues.

Connectivity - Linkages
Recognizing our true value lies in the ability to bring together diverse groups with unique missions and cultures to accomplish common goals.

Consideration and Respect
Demonstrate consideration and respect in all of our relationships.