Meet Our Leadership Team

Brent Turner is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit BHC. Mr. Turner has more than 18 years of executive healthcare experience, including eight years as President of Acadia Healthcare, where he led the expansion of Acadia from six facilities to almost 600 facilities. He spent seven years at Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. as the Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration. During his time with Psychiatric Solutions, the company grew to 95 facilities.

Jeff Barnett is the Chief Operating Officer of Summit BHC. Mr. Barnett was formerly a Division President for Acadia Healthcare, with experience overseeing facilities in 8 states. Prior to joining Acadia, he held facility CEO positions for Universal Health Services and Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. Mr. Barnett has over 20 years in the behavioral healthcare industry, including various administrative and clinical roles in private practice, outpatient services and inpatient services.

Scott Schwieger is the General Counsel of Summit BHC. Mr. Schwieger was formerly Chief Compliance Officer of Acadia Healthcare. He has more than a decade of experience working in legal and compliance roles in behavioral healthcare, including positions in the legal departments of Acadia Healthcare, Universal Health Services, and Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

Lisa Smith is Vice President of Human Resources of Summit BHC. Ms. Smith was formerly the Corporate Director of Human Resources for Acadia Healthcare and has over 14 years of experience. Prior to joining Acadia, Ms. Smith previously held several other upper-level management positions at Universal Health Services.

Nancy Sharp is the Vice President of Quality and Compliance for Summit BHC. Ms. Sharp has more than 30 years of experience in the behavioral healthcare field. Her experience includes 20 years of multi-hospital responsibility on a corporate level with focus on the clinical product, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance. Throughout her career Ms. Sharp has held various corporate leadership positions with Ardent Health Services, Haven Behavioral Healthcare, and Acadia Healthcare.

Rob Norris was formerly Group CEO for Acadia Healthcare. Prior to Acadia, Mr. Norris held several executive positions in the recovery field, including CEO positions at Bowling Green Brandywine Treatment Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, Pocono Mountain Recovery Center, and Huntington Creek Recovery Center. Mr. Norris also served as executive director of Clearbrook Lodge, and director of utilization review at Clearbrook Treatment Centers. He is a graduate of Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University. Mr. Norris has always focused on client-centered care. Patients first!

Eric Kennedy brings more than 25 years of progressive experience to Summit BHC. He most recently serving as a Group CEO in the Boston market for UHS for the past 4 years. Prior to that he served as a Group CEO in Louisiana for Acadia. Mr. Kennedy’s intricate knowledge of operations will serve Summit well in safeguarding the processes, structure, accountability, and quality of care that we expect in all our facilities.

Trey Carter is a founder and the Executive Chairman of the Board of Summit BHC. Mr. Carter served as CEO for Summit for over five years before transitioning into his current role as Executive Chairman. Mr. Carter was formerly the CEO of Acadia Healthcare and has spent over 25 years in the behavioral healthcare industry. Prior to joining Acadia, Mr. Carter held various executive level positions with Universal Health Services, Charter Behavioral Health System and Tanner Behavioral Health.