Mr. Rick Crozier

Rick Crozier, MA, GMHS, is Program Manager, Community Services for Older Adults, Good Samaritan Behavioral Healthcare in Puyallup, WA. He is also a Geriatric Mental Health Specialist who has spent the past 18 years working with older adults and their mental health issues.

He is the Vice Chair of the Washington State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Committee and the Chair of the Older Adult Services Treatment Sub Committee. He has been a consultant with the Washington State Mental Health Division in their effort to improve case-finding of at-risk older adults in need of services and was an advisory committee member to the Joint Legislative and Executive Task Force on Long Term Care, Safety, Quality and Oversight.

He is also a member of the Washington State Mental Health Transformation Grant Work Group whose goal is to improve the delivery of mental health services throughout Washington. He has been a member of the Aging In Place Committee almost from its inception (when it was the AdvantAge Initiative).

Rick received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Sciences from Rollins College in 1983, his Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Community Psychology from Chapman University in 1990, and completed the Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Certificate Program at the University of Washington in 1992.

He is currently teaching one of the five geriatric mental health classes for the University of Washington’s Geriatric Certificate Program and is widely known for both his advocacy efforts and for his informative and entertaining presentations on mental health and aging.