Executive Principal Consultant
A nationally recognized behavioral health leader focused on building sustainable, community-specific systems of care.
Paul Galdys, MBA, is a nationally recognized leader in behavioral health system design and crisis care innovation, with senior leadership experience across managed care, public systems, and Arizona Medicaid. As the lead writer of the 2020 SAMHSA National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care, he has shaped national standards while helping communities design crisis systems that are financially sustainable, operationally effective, and clinically sound. His work spans the full continuum of care, with a focus on building systems that expand access and reduce reliance on unstable funding sources.
Paul created the Level of Care Guide (LCG)—a system design tool grounded in regression analysis of dozens of key behavioral health variables—to inform service capacity planning and funding allocation for individuals with serious mental illness in Maricopa County as well as primary architect of the Crisis Resource Need Calculator, now used nationwide, to guide crisis system design and funding decisions.
Under the leadership of SAMHSA, Paul partnered with NASMHPD, NRI, and other national stakeholders to lead the development of the 2020 SAMHSA National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care and continues to collaborate with SAMHSA as a subject matter expert in system design and sustainability, contributing to multi‑state policy academies and subsequent publications.
A Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) instructor for more than 21 years and a current member of the CIT International Board of Directors, Paul has worked extensively to advance alternatives to incarceration with access to timely behavioral health services, system accountability, and parity as essential elements of sustainable behavioral health systems.
Executive Principal Consultant
MBA, CPRP
Data-Driven Crisis System Design
Paul works with behavioral health leaders to strengthen sustainability, identify funding opportunities, and build data-driven solutions that last.
