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Mr. de Miranda's distinguished career in the human services field dates from the late 1970's after earning a Master's degree in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University. His early experience was as founder of Victory Programs, Inc. in Boston, one of the largest and most successful recovery agencies in New England.
Mr. de Miranda moved to Northern California in 1981 where he served as a Program Consultant to the San Mateo County Department of Health Services and President of Peninsula Health Concepts, a national consulting group specializing in healthcare, non-profit organizations and strategic planning. In addition, Mr. de Miranda served as the Western Region Coordinator of Join Together, a program of Boston University's School of Public Health. Join Together provides a wide variety of technical assistance and training to national and local non-profit organizations and comunity anti-drug coalitions.
Mr. de Miranda has also held executive leadership positions at Youth Power, the American Red Cross and the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center. He is a member of the Board of Directors, representing California and Arizona, of Faces and Voices in Recovery, a national organization working to change public attitudes about addiction and recovery.
Mr. de Miranda is an instructor at the University of San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley and California State University, East Bay.
After a nearly year-long search, Stepping Stone is pleased to welcome John de Miranda to lead the agency to a new level of professionalism and excellence in providing drug and alcohol recovery services to primarily the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender communities of San Diego.
For more information contact Bill Hargreaves, (619) 238-5501 or by email: bill@htfamlaw.com
San Diego based Stepping Stone, a leading organization in the field of substance use disorder treatment and addiction recovery, is pleased to announce the selection of John de Miranda, Ed.M., as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. de Miranda's duties began May 15, 2008.
