Leadership

Dick Jacobs, M.S., C.A.P., L.M.F.T., President/Chief Executive Offficer, has been with The Center since 1977.  During his tenure with the agency, Mr. Jacobs has served as Director of Methadone Treatment, Director of Outpatient Counseling and Executive Director and since 2002 has been President/CEO. Mr. Jacobs is responsible for services development, delivery and oversight of the company.  Mr. Jacobs received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Mercer University and a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida.  He is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. A Certified Addictions Professions and was a founding member and past president of the Certifications Board of Addictions Professionals of Florida.  Mr. Jacobs currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA).  Dick is also a board member of the Keep Kids Drug Free Foundation and NCI Systems, Inc. – a consortium of the largest substance abuse providers in Central Florida.

Babette F. Hankey, M.S., Chief Operating Officer, joined The Center in January 1995 as the Government Affairs Officer.  In December 1995 she assumed the role of Senior Vice President and in 1998 became the Chief Administrative Officer. As Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Hankey is responsible for all administrative functions of the company.  Prior to joining The Center, Ms. Hankey worked in the White House Drug Policy Office for both the Bush and Clinton administrations where she was responsible for developing the President’s National Drug Control Budget, as well as writing The National Drug Control Strategy. In 1994, she was honored as the youngest woman to ever receive the Federal Women’s Achievement Award based on her innovative design and support for treatment programs for women and children. Ms. Hankey obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and her Master of Science degree from the University of Central Florida.

Eric Horst, B.A., M.B.A., C.P.A., C.M.A., Chief Financial Officer, joined The Center in October of 1998 as Chief Financial Officer.  Formerly the CFO at Florida Hospital Fish Memorial, he was responsible for the operational execution of a thirty-seven million dollar budget and oversaw Plant Operations, Environmental Services, Materials Management, Information Systems, Accounting, Patient Business Services and Nutritional Services.  Mr. Horst oversaw the construction and equipping of a forty-five million dollar replacement hospital and the construction of an eight million dollar medical office building.  In addition, he was responsible for the transition of the hospital from public to private ownership and establishment of new systems and related policies.  Most recently, Eric served as Assistant Director of Operations at Florida Hospital Health Care System in Orlando where his responsibilities included implementation and operational responsibility for risk and non risk payers.  He also had operational responsibility for services provided to other contracted integrated delivery networks.  Mr. Horst received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Florida and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Michigan State University.  He is a member of the Health Care Financial Management Association and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Stacy Seikel, M.D., Medical Director, attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma, graduating in 1985.  She completed her residency at the University of Florida in 1989, with a Board Certification in Anesthesiology.  Dr. Seikel was in private practice from 1989-2000, in Orlando, Florida, specializing in high-risk obstetrical anesthesia and pain management.  She moved into the field of Addictionology in 2000, with a specialty focus on clients who have addictive disorders and chronic pain syndromes.  Dr. Seikel has been with The Center For Drug-Free Living since January 2001, as Medical Director.  As Medical Director she oversees medical and psychiatric services for all of the Centers’ programs including detoxification, methadone clinics, residential facilities and The Department of Juvenile Justice programs.  She is on the Board of Directors at the Health Care Center for the Homeless and the Primary Care Access Network.  Currently, Dr. Seikel is chairing a steering committee to replicate The Healing Place, a residential recovery program for homeless substance abusers.  The program components include a shelter, social setting detox and a 150 bed year long recovery program.  She is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Academy of Pain Medicine.