Employees

Meet Our Staff

Marcia L. Brands, MA, LCADC
Executive Director

Marcia was appointed Executive Director of New Views in July 2008 and began her tenure just two days before the agency moved into its new quarters at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.

An alumni of Montclair State University with a graduate degree in administration and training, and a New Jersey Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Marcia has a private clinical practice in Denville and is a principal in a management consulting company in Cedar Knolls. She has more than twenty years of clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient addiction settings with a specialization in co-occurring disorders. For the past fifteen years, she has provided technical assistance in
program operations, quality improvement systems and customized trainings to
various behavioral health agencies throughout the state.

Marcia has volunteered in several community agencies and been a member and
officer of various local, county, and statewide boards. She is past Chair of the
Morris County Mental Health/Substance Abuse Advisory Board and has dedicated
her career to counseling, education, advocacy and support of recovery from
addiction.

Lucy Ortiz
Accountant

   Peggy Renkel
   Training Academy Coordinator

   After supporting the education and training department at New Views from 1997-2001, Peggy returned in July 2008 as the Training Academy Coordinator to manage and provide clinical education coursework for New Views. Her business experience began in 1980, and continued for fourteen years at Bell Laboratories and Bell Communications Research, where she worked in various
positions including the role of associate manager maintaining current and future
year budgets within a technical research and development area. She also brings
experience as a research assistant from CPC Behavioral Healthcare-High Point
Schools, a private non-profit special education school for children experiencing
emotional or behavioral disorders. For the past sixteen years, Peggy has been
extremely active in volunteering her time to many organizations within her local
community, and most recently, completing the Monmouth County Citizens Police
Academy.