Senior Staff

Andy Gross, MSS, LCSW, is Managing Director of Mental Health Services for Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) where he oversees a full range of behavioral health programs and subsidiary organizations, including Family Based Mental Health Services, Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviors, IBHS-Regional, IBHS-ABA, WestHaven LTSR, and PHMC subsidiaries, the Center for Autism and the Joseph J. Peters Institute. With more than 28 years of experience, Andy has served in a variety of clinical, supervisory and senior leadership roles prior to joining PHMC. His experiences span a range of sectors, including family therapy, child welfare, juvenile justice, domestic violence and chronic mental health. Throughout his career, Andy has been a champion of evidence-based practices, and actively pursues the implementation of evidence-based interventions and programs at each level of care. Andy holds a bachelor’s degree from West Chester University and a Master of Social Service degree from Bryn Mawr College.

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Donna E.M. Bailey is Chief Integrated Health Services Officer and leads PHMC’s physical, behavioral, mental health and community engagement portfolios. In this role, she oversees PHMC’s health services, including primary health care, family planning, disease management, homeless and social services; behavioral health services, including inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment programs for individuals with substance use and co-occurring disorders; community engagement services, including programming designed as an alternative to incarceration and services for homeless and special populations; and community mental health services, including a continuum of school and community-based trauma-informed behavioral health services for children, youth and families.

Included in this portfolio are a number of PHMC programs, PHMC’s Health Network of federally qualified health centers and PHMC subsidiary organizations including The Joseph J. Peters Institute, The Center for Autism, and Interim House, Inc.

Donna previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and held other leadership roles at Community Behavioral Health (CBH). CBH is a nonprofit 501c (3) corporation contracted by the City of Philadelphia to manage the delivery of behavioral health services for more than 700,000 eligible Medicaid recipients of Philadelphia County.

Donna has anchored her career in human services as an advocate for equity and social justice for more than 20 years. Prior to her time at CBH, Donna was the Assistant Managing Director for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity and worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Housing Director for the Department of Human Services. She also served as the Assistant Managing Director in the Office of Supportive Housing for Philadelphia County. During her tenure with the City, she facilitated major housing initiatives yielding 2,500 new housing options for low-income and disabled Philadelphians and created the City of Philadelphia’s Housing Clearinghouse unit providing housing resources and service linkages to more than 1,200 individuals exiting the City’s homeless and behavioral health systems.

Donna is a proud Philadelphia native. She earned a master’s degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University, and bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College.

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Christina Hayden is Chief Growth Officer and provides strategic direction for all PHMC’s new business development initiatives and works to expand PHMC’s reach to maximize service impact for clients across Philadelphia. Prior to this role, Christina served as Chief of Staff and provided executive support to the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Leadership Team and Senior Management Team. Christina provides a wide range of leadership and support to PHMC’s strategic vision, growth and partnership endeavors. She is responsible for centralizing and managing the Board of Directors of PHMC and its subsidiaries, driving organizational improvements, integration and corporate wide initiatives. In addition, Christina is the Chief Operating Officer of the Public Health Fund, a PHMC subsidiary foundation whose mission is to improve the health and lives of children, adults, and families in the Greater Philadelphia community served by PHMC and its partners through public health initiatives.

Prior to joining PHMC, Christina was the Outreach Coordinator and Development Associate at Home of the Sparrow in Exton, PA., a nonprofit organization providing housing, education, and social services for homeless and low-income women and children.

Christina earned her bachelor’s degree in History from Boston College with a Faith, Peace, and Justice Minor, and a Pre-Med Concentration. She earned a Certificate in Medical Science Preparatory Program from Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed the American Fundraising Professional Principles of Fundraising Course and earned a Master’s in Public Administration and Certificate of Nonprofit Management from Villanova University. Christina is a member of the Penn Medicine – University of Pennsylvania Health System Board of Women Visitors and a member of both the American Public Health Association and the Pennsylvania Public Health Association.

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Bob Block, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer and brings more than 35 years of experience in finance, accounting and operations. In this position, Bob assumes officer control for all PHMC enterprise financial and related operations, and PHMC’s business model and entrepreneurial approach for service expansion and growth. Through this work, he leads PHMC’s fiscal team in committing resources to support integration of operations, strong internal controls, and staff development.

Prior to joining PHMC, Bob served as CFO of Community Health Center Inc. (CT), Vice President of Finance at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Chief Financial Officer of the Jewish Home for the Aged, Chief Administrative Officer at the APT Foundation, Director of Finance at American Medical Response, Manager of Budget and Finance at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and CEO of The AuctionBlocks (a company he founded and ran for ten years).

Bob obtained his bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his master’s degree in Public Policy from the Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bob was Controller of a behavioral health research group (Center for the Study of Adult Development, later Integra Inc.) during his final four years at Penn. He subsequently earned his CPA license at Arthur Young and Company in Philadelphia (currently Ernst & Young).

Dr. Robert Heinginer is Medical Director of PHMC Health Services. In this role, Dr. Heininger is an integral senior team leader providing high quality direction and clinical supervision to advance our nurse-led primary health care integrated services. Dr. Heininger joined PHMC following dedicated service in the U.S. Army, where he held a number of key leadership positions, including service as the U.S. Army’s Population Health Physician for the entire Middle East area of operations. Dr. Heininger’s other experience includes serving as the Medical Director at Winn Army Hospital in Fort Stewart, Georgia, and the Director of Training and Education at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Heininger earned his Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University in 2012. He also attained his Master’s of Business Administration from Baylor University in 2018 and his Master’s in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in 2015. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2002 with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts. Dr. Heininger is also board certified in Preventive Medicine and General Public Health.