Cherie
Tolley, MA
Chief Executive Officer
Cherie Tolley has served as CEO for Palmetto behavioral health since August 1, 2007. She leads a three facility behavioral health care system totaling over 260 beds. Ms. Tolley joined Palmetto Behavioral Health in 2002 as the lead administrator for Palmetto Pee Dee Residential Treatment Center.
Since 1977, Tolley has held numerous positions in the mental health field, having served as a social worker in both South Carolina and California; Program Director for the Berkeley Community Mental Health Center and for the South Carolina Continuum of Care; Clinical Director for Willowglen Academy in Greeleyville, S.C.and as a private consultant.
Over the years, Tolley has presented at numerous conferences on topics such as behavior strategies and interventions for families and educators, behavior rating systems, behavior management in the classroom, treatment of the dually diagnosed adolescent and models for children’s service systems.
She has also served on several advisory councils, including the the United Way, U.S. Inspector General’s Office Task Force in San Francisco on children’s services, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Round Table in Contra Costa County in California, and a number of task forces in South Carolina related to children’s services and mental health issues.
A graduate of the University of North Alabama, she holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling and Counseling Education.
