Leadership Team

Craig joined Mainstay as Chief Program Officer (CPO) in 2021. In his role, Craig provides strategic leadership for all Mainstay programs – ensuring efficiency, quality, stewardship, and an exceptional experience of care so Mainstay can carry out its mission. Additionally, he is responsible for compliance, program development, and building operating capacity for sustainability and growth.

Craig has over 20 years of progressive leadership and consulting experience in community-based healthcare and he has extensive experience in the field of intellectual and developmental disability and autism services. Prior to joining Mainstay, Craig served as Chief Operations Officer for Pittsburgh Mercy, a subsidiary of Trinity Health, where he had responsibility for ensuring the strategic alignment of clinical and administrative operations, designing and implementing population-based behavioral healthcare, driving profitable revenue growth, exercising programmatic vision to increase market share, and fostering collaboration for $110M multi-campus corporation serving 33,000 people annually. Craig is also the principal of CDG Consulting, a firm that specializes in helping organizations navigate the complex world of healthcare compliance, risk management, and service design.

In addition to his professional achievements, Craig volunteers for several community-based organizations including Footbridge for Families, a start-up organization that focuses on emergency financial relief for families facing economic instability.

Craig earned a master’s degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh. When he’s not on the job, Craig is an avid reader, writer and runner.