ROBERT Q. KREIDER
On July 1, 2004, Robert Q. Kreider became the President and CEO of The Devereux Foundation, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of behavioral healthcare services to children and adults challenged by emotional, behavioral, educational, and developmental disabilities. Over ninety years old, Devereux has locations in 11 states and close to 6,000 staff members who provide professional care to more than 15,000 individuals each year.
Mr. Kreider joined Devereux in December 1994 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1996, Mr. Kreider and Devereux were recognized by the National Association of Corporate Treasurers and Treasury and Risk Management Magazine with the Alexander Hamilton Award for excellence in corporate finance. Mr. Kreider was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and President in 2004. He has been a member of the Devereux National Board of Trustees since 2003 and is also Chairman of the Board of Heartland for Children, a Florida affiliate providing management of privatized child welfare programs.
Prior to joining Devereux, Mr. Kreider served as Managing Director and co-Chief Executive Officer of Fairmount Capital Advisors, a financial advisory firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During his two and a half-year association with Fairmount, Mr. Kreider’s practice focused on advising health care providers in the Middle Atlantic states on major financings, investment strategies and merger and acquisition activities.
As Vice President of Public Finance for Kidder, Peabody & Company from 1987 through 1992, he structured financings for clients nationwide, primarily in healthcare and higher education. From 1980 to 1986 he was an attorney in the public finance department of Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul, a Philadelphia law firm, where he acted as hospital counsel, bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for a wide range of tax exempt issues.
Mr. Kreider holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Management Science from Case Western Reserve University. He has lectured on health care finance topics for the National Health Lawyers Association, the Leonard Davis Institute of the University of Pennsylvania the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Delaware Valley Healthcare Education and Research Foundation.
A member of the Moorestown Friends Meeting, Mr. Kreider is also Chairman of the Board of Cadbury Senior Services and Cadbury Continuing Care at Home, both Quaker nonprofit organizations. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, a trade association of leading providers of behavioral healthcare services. He resides in Moorestown, New Jersey with his wife Barbara, head of the Science Department at Moorestown Friends School, and their three children.
September 19, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Congratulations on all the good work that you do!
September 30, 2006 at 8:16 pm
As a resident in the Victoria Texas Program, I am honored to have a person dedicated to my care and wellbeing. I may have not met Mr. Kreider in person, I feel it appropriate to mention his presence. I knew Mr. Ron Burd the former President & CEO of Devereux’s Network and I even sung for him on numerous occassions. Mr. Burd has always been someone in spirit and mind. Thanks Mr. Kreider for you efforts on maintaining a life for all those in need of Devereux’s special services, as it has helped me to develop a sense of hope.
-Romaine
Devereux Texas Treatment Network
Client.
November 30, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Dear Mr. Kreider: Can you report to us on what is the status of the programs in California. Thank you.
December 8, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Dear Ms. Gorbaty:
Thanks you for your question and interest in Devereux’s programs.
We are currently operating adult programs both on the campus and in the community in Santa Barbara. If you would like further information about the programs, please call Janis Johnson at the Santa Barbara Center (805-968-2525, Extension 202).
Sincerely,
Robert Kreider
July 18, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Bob, Belated congratualtions on your success with Devereux! Best wishes to you and your family from Terry and Lea Ann (now residing in Florida!
September 20, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Dear Bob,
I am a 1970 alumnus of Devereux Manor in town this weekend for our 37th high school reunion. Had a few moments to thoroughly peruse your site in an effort to catch up on the foundation. Needless to say, much has changed.
I wanted to say how much your predecessor, Mr. Leonard Green, will be missed. Lenny passed away two weeks ago but was totally prepared to join us as our honored guest during the reunion. All of us are sorry we’re not going to be able to show him how much he influenced our lives while we were students in ways we could never have imagined at the time.
The Manor has changed its scope of operations since that time. I know a few of my fellow classmates won’t be attending because that period of their lives was very hard on them and they refuse to relive those memories which are too painful. Those who are attending, like me, remember Devereux to be some of the happiest times of our lives. No cares, no responsibilities, no worries (except, of course, trying to figure out how to cut Wes Moore’s geography class). In all, my memories of those years are of a positive, worthwhile period of growth that couldn’t be replaced for anything. Naturally, I’d never have admitted to that at the time, but with the advent of the internet, I’ve been able to reestablish acquaintances with my peers who I never thought I’d see again.
All of us are eagerly looking forward to this weekend and the memories that will be shared. I only pray the foundation, as it is today, is able to help its current clientele half as much as it helped me almost four decades ago.
With my deepest gratitude, I send hearty congratulations to those who, like me, have led successful lives, thanks to the caring of those like you who helped to make us who we are today.
Sincerely,
Karen (Tex Gilbert) Spence
9/20/07