Kansas City, MO – July 22, 2025 – Beacon Mental Health today announced that Tom Petrizzo, Chief Executive Officer, will be retiring, effective August 22, 2025, and Kristin Feeback, Ph.D. will succeed him as CEO. Tom Petrizzo "Tom has been an exceptional leader for Beacon Mental Health for over eleven years," said Troy [...]
About a month ago, I announced to the Beacon Board of Directors that I will be retiring later in 2025. I reached one of those significant milestone ages that start with a 6 and my wife is already retired, so it is time to make this next life transition and spend more time with family [...]
About a year ago, Beacon was notified that one of the tenants in the building would be leaving. This opened an opportunity for Beacon to expand and create a new all-inclusive therapy space for our clients. About 4 months ago, construction began on suite 2100, and last week, the beautiful new space opened to staff [...]
Beacon is unique in that we have a web of providers that assist us in reaching as many clients as possible. Help us celebrate our outstanding “Contractors of the Year”. Karen Steele and Larry Lauvetz work tirelessly to help Beacon be successful in our goal to help our clients and community. The nomination for Larry [...]
On August 20, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced its largest fentanyl bust in department history. KCTV5 spoke with our Chief Clinical Officer, Talina Nelson, about the dangers of this pervasive drug and its impact in our community. Beyond sharing how fatal fentanyl can be, Talina explained how Beacon assists the sheriff's office with substance [...]
Join us next month for the annual Northland Prevention Conference, held on March 7 at Platte Woods United Methodist Church. Our Prevention team is doing incredible things in our community every day, and this conference is just one of them! Breakfast and registration will be from 8:00am-9:00am. The day will officially kick off at 9:00am [...]
Consumers, visitors and people who work in the Beacon Mental Health building have long waited for the day when they could get a tasty breakfast or lunch right here in our building. Now that Beacon owns the building, the time was right to open a consumer-managed café in the back lobby, to serve wholesome, locally [...]
Michele Plumb has served on the Beacon Mental Health governing board since 2021, and she has been a hard worker and consistent advocate for the agency throughout her service. She says, “I’m always up for a challenge, especially when it helps more people get the services they need.” Michele grew up in St. Louis and [...]
Get to know Autumn Ray, our Integrated Treatment Therapist! How long have you worked at Beacon Mental Health? I started as a Contractor at Skylander in October 2018, and at Beacon Mental Health in February 2022. What do you like to do in your free time? I spend most of my free time with my [...]
Here at Beacon Mental Health, we see and hear some memorable and often heartbreaking stories. Our Crisis Team often meets with someone in their worst hour and helps them develop hope to hang on and works with them to start treatment. Our School Services Team helps young people and families overcome all kinds of challenges, [...]
