Leadership Team

Meet WellPower's Executive and Senior Leadership Teams

Our team of leaders bring WellPower's mission, vision and guiding principles to life to provide our Denver community with exceptional behavioral health care.

Executive Leadership Team

James Greer, MBA, MHRM
President & CEO
As president & CEO, James Greer brings transformative leadership and strategic vision to WellPower, steering the organization through an unprecedented era of change in behavioral health. With a track record of driving operational excellence and fostering organizational growth, James is adept at translating long-term strategies into measurable outcomes that benefit individuals and families served by WellPower.

He is deeply committed to ensuring the organization's services meet the evolving needs of the Denver community and beyond.

Before joining WellPower, James held senior executive roles overseeing multi-state operations, including as senior vice president of operations at Vivent Health and leadership positions at Bridges US and Bethesda Lutheran Communities, organizations serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Alongside his executive role, James chairs the board of the Children's Museum Denver at Marsico Campus and previously served as a board director for The Academy of Urban Learning. He holds an MBA and a master’s in public health and is dedicated to advancing WellPower’s mission to empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

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Samuel R. Mitchell, Jr., MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Samuel R. Mitchell, Jr. serves as WellPower’s vice president and COO, bringing more than 20 years of experience in healthcare administration, operational leadership and organizational transformation from nationally recognized organizations. At WellPower, he oversees daily operations, drives strategic initiatives and leads efforts to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for the communities we serve.

Committed to fostering innovation, collaboration and trauma-informed care, Samuel’s leadership is marked by operational excellence and a strong focus on employee engagement. His expertise in managing multi-million-dollar budgets, leading large teams and implementing best practices in healthcare continues to strengthen WellPower’s mission and support the evolving needs of our community.

Top 5 Strengths: Competition, Command, Strategic, Arranger, Responsibility

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Angela Oakley, CPA
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Angela Oakley is the chief financial officer at WellPower, overseeing the organization’s accounting, finance, contracting/payer strategies, consulting services and accounts receivable functions.

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Senior Leadership Team

Jody Ryan, MD, FRCPSC, ASAM-Certified
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
As vice president & chief medical officer, Dr. Jody Ryan oversees medical providers, including nursing and pharmacy and continues to have clinical time, seeing patients, as well as serving on the organization’s executive management team.

Dr. Ryan has extensive experience working as a psychiatrist in community mental health care, and is skilled in general psychiatry, HIV psychiatry, DBT, addiction medicine with complicated co-morbidities, healthcare management and general medicine, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Dr. Ryan is board certified in Psychiatry (FRCPSC) and Addiction Medicine, as well as ABAM-certified in Addiction Medicine from the American Board of Addiction Medicine.

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Dawn Davenport, PhD
Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer
Dr. Dawn Davenport is the Chief Clinical Officer at WellPower, bringing deep expertise in behavioral health, clinical supervision, strategic planning, systems evaluation and culturally responsive care. Over her 23‑year tenure, she has served as psychologist, program manager, clinical director and Vice President of Child and Family Services.

She has served as a Board member for several organizations and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Health Foundation. She has also contributed state-level behavioral health taskforces.

A Colorado native, Dr. Davenport earned her BA from the University of Colorado Boulder and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Alabama. She is family-oriented and enjoys spending her free time with her husband and children.

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Wes Williams, PhD
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Dr. Wes Williams is vice president and chief information officer at WellPower, Denver’s community mental health center. As WellPower’s CIO, Wes oversees IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, business intelligence, and evaluation and research for the organization.

Wes has been repeatedly recognized for excellence in technology leadership: a 2020 Denver Business Journal C-Suite Award, the 2020 Colorado CIO of the Year Corporate ORBIE, and finalist for the Colorado Technology Association’s 2023 APEX Award for CIO of the Year.

Wes has been a licensed psychologist in Colorado since 2005. As a young clinician learning to practice therapy, Wes struggled to keep up with clinical documentation requirements. These early career struggles inspired Wes to shift from clinical practice to health IT, building systems to better support clinicians in the behavioral health system. Wes graduated with a bachelor’s degree and honors in psychology from Stanford University. He earned his master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Outside of WellPower, Wes serves on the board of directors for Prime Health, a non-profit organization that fosters innovation to improve the health of underserved communities. Wes previously served six years (2018-2024) on Colorado’s eHealth Commission, advising the governor’s office on its health IT infrastructure investments and representing behavioral health interests. To support his own well-being, he enjoys mountain biking, gravel biking, snowboarding and ultimate Frisbee.

Top 5 Strengths: Ideation, Strategic, Learner, Maximizer, Futuristic

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Lakeysha Molock
Vice President, Impact & Engagement
With over 15 years’ experience in nonprofit leadership focused on impact and engagement, Lakeysha has worked with organizations to drive sustainable change for progress and innovation. As vice president of Impact & Engagement at WellPower, Lakeysha manages a robust team that empowers staff through employee engagement, language services, community work, public policy, training and staff development.

Lakeysha is a bold and passionate advocate for WellPower’s mission to empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support. Her work has led WellPower through new training initiatives that brought staff together, facilitated crucial discussions and organizational policy change and addressed a wide range of access needs for our communities.

A lifelong Colorado resident, Lakeysha earned her BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder and has always been a strong supporter of local nonprofits who work to eliminate barriers and enhance our communities. She has also won several awards and recognitions for her leadership, including the Center for Care Innovation Catalyst: Human-Centered Design & Innovation for the Safety net in 2022 and the McKinsey’s Black Executive Leadership Program through McKinsey & Company in 2023.

Top 5 Strengths: Positivity, Woo, Communication, Input, Achiever

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Savannah Curtin, MBA, SHRM-SCP
Vice President, People Operations
Savannah leads people leadership strategies and talent development initiatives to foster high-performing, adaptable and collaborative organizational cultures.

With over 20 years of experience spanning talent development, organizational performance, and leadership coaching, she has partnered with companies like UnitedHealth Group, Twilio, and Carbon Health to shape innovative and empathetic leadership practices.

Savannah’s global expertise and certifications in Co-Active Coaching and Intercultural Development inform her unique approach to driving transformational growth.

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Heidi Eastman, DSW, LCSW, CPRP
Vice President, Housing & Resources
Heidi Eastman is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience in mental health and recovery services. She is the vice president of Housing & Resources at WellPower, overseeing programs such as NextChapter and the Resource Center.

Heidi and her spouse moved to Denver in early 2017. Heidi knew she wanted to work at WellPower due to the excellent reputation it has in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation field. She earned a position as an employment specialist at NextChapter in March 2017, with the hopes that it would be the start of a long career at WellPower.

She became a project coordinator in November 2017 for the Denver’s Road to Work Program, while also earning certification as a Mental Health First Aid instructor. In January 2019 she became the director of rehabilitation services.

“I am extremely grateful for all of the support that I have received over the past year to help me transition into the vice president role," she said. "I have learned so much from the rehabilitation management team, rehabilitation staff members, other program directors/managers, executive management and from the people we serve. I look forward to continuing to help people reach their full potential and to providing people with extraordinary experiences.”

Top 5 Strengths: Adaptability, Connectedness, Ideation, Positivity, Arranger

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Sharon Andrew
Vice President, Financial Operations
With more than 25 years of healthcare finance experience, including accounting management; mergers and acquisitions; and private equity, Sharon uses a mission-driven approach to ensure that WellPower’s complex financial systems are working as effectively and efficiently as possible. As vice president of financial operations, she currently oversees revenue-cycle management, representative payeeship, payroll and accounting.

Kate Osmundson, MNM
Vice President, Communications
Kate leads comprehensive communications, branding and marketing strategy to advance WellPower’s positioning, mission and impact. She brings 20 years of experience designing strategic communications initiatives for health and human services organizations across metro Denver.

In 2022, she led the historic rebrand from Mental Health Center of Denver to WellPower on a limited budget. Kate is passionate about the power of impact storytelling to engage audiences across digital, print and in-person platforms and is known for the ability to lead projects, people and teams through complexity while balancing big-picture strategy and detail management. She holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University and is a Leadership Denver class of 2023 graduate.

Top 5 Strengths: Strategic, Discipline, Individualization, Relator, Empathy

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