Matthew Madaus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience in the behavioral health field. He is currently the Executive Director of the Behavioral Health Collaborative of Alameda County, an association of non-profit behavioral health providers. The Collaborative's member agencies provide mental health services, substance use treatment, foster care, education, and housing to over 175,000 children, youth, and adults each year. Matthew provides leadership and consulting to the member agency executives and senior staff on the standard of care in their respective service areas.
Mr. Madaus was previously the CEO of Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco, overseeing all residential treatment and community-based programs. He was the Clinical Director of The Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, where he provided leadership to numerous residential and community-based programs. He has held positions as Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer, Residential Treatment Director, Director of Community Mental Health, Program Director, and other manager and clinical roles. He has experience designing, launching, running, and accrediting residential treatment centers, group homes, special education schools, day treatment programs, crisis stabilization units, inpatient psychiatric programs, emergency shelters, foster care programs, and a wide range of community-based programs in both California and Massachusetts.
Mr. Madaus co-founded Give Me Five, a clinical software firm established to disseminate a mental health screening tool. It has been implemented by schools, treatment centers, and indigenous tribes in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India. He began as the CEO and continues to act as a clinical advisor and co-owner.
Mr. Madaus has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, served on many regional, state, national, and international committees and boards, and presented at numerous conferences. As the CEO of Madaus Consulting LLC, he has provided training and consultation on behavioral health standards of care, clinical practice, and program design throughout the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Madaus has provided expert witness consultation and testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants and testified numerous times.
Mr. Madaus authored No Crash Landings: Upholding the Standard of Care in Behavioral Health Services from Childhood through Young Adulthood. The book provides case studies and leadership strategies for current and emerging executives to meet or exceed to the standard of care. The book will be published by Oxford University Press, with a release date of the September 2025 (pre-order available here).
Mr. Madaus was previously the CEO of Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco, overseeing all residential treatment and community-based programs. He was the Clinical Director of The Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, where he provided leadership to numerous residential and community-based programs. He has held positions as Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer, Residential Treatment Director, Director of Community Mental Health, Program Director, and other manager and clinical roles. He has experience designing, launching, running, and accrediting residential treatment centers, group homes, special education schools, day treatment programs, crisis stabilization units, inpatient psychiatric programs, emergency shelters, foster care programs, and a wide range of community-based programs in both California and Massachusetts.
Mr. Madaus co-founded Give Me Five, a clinical software firm established to disseminate a mental health screening tool. It has been implemented by schools, treatment centers, and indigenous tribes in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India. He began as the CEO and continues to act as a clinical advisor and co-owner.
Mr. Madaus has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, served on many regional, state, national, and international committees and boards, and presented at numerous conferences. As the CEO of Madaus Consulting LLC, he has provided training and consultation on behavioral health standards of care, clinical practice, and program design throughout the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Madaus has provided expert witness consultation and testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants and testified numerous times.
Mr. Madaus authored No Crash Landings: Upholding the Standard of Care in Behavioral Health Services from Childhood through Young Adulthood. The book provides case studies and leadership strategies for current and emerging executives to meet or exceed to the standard of care. The book will be published by Oxford University Press, with a release date of the September 2025 (pre-order available here).