For Immediate Release Contact: Heather W. Steel, PR Manager 908-281-1513 hsteel@carrierclinic.com www.carrierclinic.org CARRIER CLINIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECT ANN DAMSGAARD AS CHAIRWOMAN OF STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE (Belle Mead, NJ) - The Carrier Clinic Board of Trustees recently elected Ann Damsgaard as Chairwoman of the Strategic Planning Committee. Ms Damsgaard, who has been a Board Member since 2009 has over 35 years experience in management consulting and corporate strategic planning. Ms. Damsgaard previously worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb, most recently as the Director of Clinical Research, Global Clinical Research for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute. Prior to her position in Clinical Research, she served as the Director of Strategic Planning at the Institute. Ms. Damsgaard was instrumental in helping launch the strategic planning function consequently used by all divisions throughout Squibb. Ms. Damsgaard received her MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, an MA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, and a BA in Political Science from Wellesley College. ### Carrier Clinic, a private, not-for-profit behavioral healthcare system, specializes in psychiatric and addiction treatment. Carrier’s system includes a 281 licensed bed inpatient psychiatric hospital, 32 bed detoxification and rehabilitation center, a 78 bed adolescent residential facility, and a fully accredited middle and high school for students classified emotionally disturbed. For information on Ann Damsgaard or the Carrier Clinic and any of its services, please contact the Community Relations Department at (908) 281-1513.