Former CEO - Michael Worley - Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The John C. Stockburger Lifetime Achievement Award is given
in recognition of an individual’s significant career-long contributions to
community mental health services within the State of Arkansas. It is an honor that is not celebrated
annually; rather it is presented only on occasions when the Mental Health
Council of Arkansas deems that such life achievement be recognized. This is one of those special occasions.
Michael Worley was born in Bald Knob, AR and attended public
schools there. He attended Arkansas
State University where he majored in Political Science and received a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in 1972. He received a
Master of Public Administration from the University of Tennessee in 1973. Mike received a Certification by the Southern
Regional Training Program in Public Administration awarded by the Universities
of Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky in 1973.
While in college, Mike was President of the Student Government
Association and received the Wilson Award as the Outstanding Male
Graduate. He was a Fellow in the
Southern Regional Training Program in Public Administration and a Certified
Mental Health Administrator by the Association of Mental Health
Administrators. Mike served in many
positions of the Mental Health Council of Arkansas; he was Secretary in
1981-82, President-Elect in 1982-1983 and President in 1983-1984 and 2005-2006.
Mike began his career in Lexington, Kentucky as the Business
Manager in June 1973. He came to
Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center (SWACMHC) in July of
1977 as its Director of Administrative Services. In 1980, he became the Executive
Director. In 2009, Mike joined Community
Services, Inc. in Morrilton as its Executive Director where he served for over
four years before rejoining SWACMHC in January 2014. Mike retired from Southwest Arkansas
Counseling & Mental Health Center, for the second time, in March of this
year.
Mike is married to Glenda Worley. Their daughter is Dr. Kara Worley-Jones who
is a physician. Kara and her husband
Mike, have a year old son, Nate. Mike and Glenda’s other grandson is five-year
old Keller who is the child of their late son, Jordan.
The Mental Health Council and Southwest Arkansas Counseling
& Mental Health Center are honored to recognize Mike Worley as the recipient
of the prestigious John C. Stockburger Lifetime Achievement Award and believe
that Mike’s legacy in the mental health field will be the countless lives that
have been enriched by his vision, dedication and leadership.
Congratulations Mike, well done!!
