Edward C. Carlson became Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. (OHL) in January 2005, bringing over 35 years of experience in human services and addiction field. As CEO, he is building on the 50-year legacy of Odyssey House and expanding its outreach and services to the community. His responsibilities include program design and implementation, and overall management of the organization’s staff, resources and fiscal health. He has taken OHL from a small, 61-bed treatment program to a multi-program social service agency that provides services to over 2,000 people per month. Under his tenure as CEO, Odyssey House has significantly expanded its continuum of care services and has become one of the largest and most comprehensive nonprofit behavioral health care facilities in Louisiana. Due to its encompassing system of care, OHL has been recognized nationally as model treatment program. Mr. Carlson has served on multiple advisory and research panels in several states over his career, overseeing numerous reports related to policy recommendations establish responsive systems that implements best practices based on sound research, strategies to reduce the cost and suffering of drug and alcohol addiction and expand the quality and quantity of treatment, and ways to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs. Mr. Carlson has been responsible for the implementation and operations of over 46 treatment programs during his tenure in the substance use field. Mr. Carlson is a graduate of John F. Kennedy University where he received a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in clinical psychology with a concentration in substance abuse, criminal justice population and cognitive behavioral science.

Amy Bosworth is the Chief Operations Officer for Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. She is responsible for ensuring operations of programs in New Orleans, Lake Charles and Morgan City. During her time at OHL, Mrs. Bosworth oversaw general administration, staffing and reporting requirements of the Outpatient and Admissions programs, and collaborated with local medical and mental health service providers, as well as court officials and probation officers, to provide residents a continuum of care. She has worked at OHL as a Residential Outpatient Counselor, Program Manager and Program Director. Mrs. Bosworth was also instrumental in securing funding for and coordinating the start-up of OHL’s free community Medical Clinic, which opened shortly after Hurricane Katrina, and the region’s first Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment center, which opened in 2010. Mrs. Bosworth served 2 full terms on the New Orleans Regional AIDS Planning Council. While a member of the Planning Council Mrs. Bosworth served as Chair of the Service Delivery Committee and as Secretary of the Council in her final year as a member. Mrs. Bosworth has BA in Psychology and received her Master’s in Social Work in 2003. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Louisiana and has been an employee at OHL since 2005.