Joel D. Corcoran
Joel Corcoran, M. Ed., the Executive Director of the International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) is responsible for all operations, programs, finances and communications of ICCD . Joel has worked in the field of community mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation since 1981. Before accepting his position at the ICCD in 1995 his career included working at a large state psychiatric hospital, as a case manager, a residential director, a Clubhouse director and as an administrator in a multi state mental health agency. He has been involved as an advocate in state and national mental health services reform and promoting opportunities for people living with mental illness to have a role in the design and evaluation of those services.
He has also traveled extensively throughout the world working to support the development and quality improvement of Clubhouse programs to be strong and enduring resource centers for people living with mental illness. He has been an active advocate for quality services, dignified opportunities and full citizenship for people living with mental illness. He has worked with local, state, national and international governments, public and private health agencies, advocacy groups and educational institutions. In his role as the Executive Director of the ICCD he has provided a system of training, accreditation, technical assistance and consultation on local, state and national levels to government, family member, provider and consumer organizations interested in Clubhouse development.
