Alicia M. Kusiak, C.R.C., L.C.P.C.

Alicia Kusiak is the director of Cook County (Illinois) operations for TASC, overseeing nearly 100 staff providing services to more than 15,000 clients in Cook County annually. Ms. Kusiak has nearly two decades’ of experience in alcohol and drug health, rehabilitation counseling, and ex-offender services. She joined TASC as a senior program administrator in 2004 and was promoted to director of Cook County operations in 2009. Her responsibilities include operational and clinical oversight of the TASC’s Cook County court services for adults and juveniles, as well as clinical and advocacy services for youth and parents involved in the foster care system. In 2009, Ms. Kusiak was appointed as the vice president of the Mental Health Court Association of Illinois, the first of association of its kind in the country. Prior to joining TASC, Ms. Kusiak provided management and clinical services for a number of organizations in New York City, including Mount Sinai Hospital, the New York Urban League, the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation, and Damon House. Ms. Kusiak received her B.A. in Psychology from the College of St. Elizabeth (Morristown, New Jersey) and her M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling from New York University. She is a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) and a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC).