Janus, which provides substance-abuse treatment to residents of Santa Cruz County, has named Rod Libbey as its new executive director. Libbey, a resident of Walnut Creek, has spent the past four years as CEO of San Francisco’s Walden House and worked in human resources for Bank of America and Charles Schwab. He will assume his position on Sept. 1 and plans on relocating to Santa Cruz.
Janus, which provides substance-abuse treatment to residents of Santa Cruz County, has named Rod Libbey as its new executive director. Libbey, a resident of Walnut Creek, has spent the past four years as CEO of San Francisco’s Walden House and worked in human resources for Bank of America and Charles Schwab. He will assume his position on Sept. 1 and plans on relocating to Santa Cruz.
Janus has operated in Santa Cruz County for three decades, offering a wide range of alcohol and drug rehab options, ranging from outpatient services to residential treatments. Founded by Dr. Robert G. O’Brient in 1976 as a modest treatment center for people suffering from alcoholism, it now services over 2,500 people annually. In 2008, it occupied new facilities for its perinatal day treatment center and its residential program. Read more at the Mercury News.
