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Dr. Ernest Dale Cantley, DPA
President
Ernest Dale Cantley was born in Beckley, West Virginia, on February
3, 1944. Currently, he is a member of Central Baptist Church in
Daytona Beach, Florida. His academic achievements include: an Associates
Degree in Arts from Beckley College, Beckley, West Virginia in May,
1968, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Morris Harvey
College, Charleston, West Virginia in August, 1970, a Masters in
Social Work from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia,
1975, and a Doctorate of Public Administration from Nova University,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June, 1986. In addition, he obtained special
training in management from the American Management Association,
and special training in addictions from Rutgers University (1973)
and Addiction Research Institute, University of Toronto (1973).
In his professional
career he has served as an X-Ray and Cardio-Pulmonary Technician
for the U. S. Department of Public Health and Appalachian Regional
Hospital from 1963 to 1970. In January 1970, Dr. Cantley entered
the addictions field at Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley,
West Virginia, and ended an eight year tenure in the Position of
Director of Phycho-Social Services (Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Psychiatry,
Social Work and Vocational Rehabilitation) for this 220-bed general
hospital. In 1978, he relocated to Daytona Beach, Florida, where
he served as Associate Director for the Mental Health Board of HRS
District IV for two and one half years.
Currently, he
is President of the Leon F. Stewart-Hal S. Marchman Center, Incorporated,
with a staff of 350 and a budget of thirteen million dollars.
In addition
to his responsibilities to Stewart-Marchman Center, Dr. Cantley
has been instrumental in various legislative reforms and rule development
projects for the addictions system in the State of Florida during
the last twenty-five years.
Dr. Cantley
was elected to the position of President of the Florida Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Association in 1986, and President of the Florida
Juvenile Justice Association in 1997-1998 - each considered one
of the highest honors to be bestowed upon an addiction professional
within the State of Florida. Presently, Dr. Cantley serves as Chair
of the Department of Juvenile Justice Quality Assurance Task Force,
Alcohol and Other Drug Committee of the Child Welfare League of
America, President New Century Institute, President Halifax-Fish
Associates, on the board of Keep Kids Drug Free Foundation, First
Coast Management Services, Inc., Daytona International Speedway
Checkered Flag Committee, Rotary, Greater Daytona Beach Area Civic
League, and a Bethune-Cookman College Trustee.
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