Koleen R. Slusher LCSW, serves as the facility director at Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC), which operates under the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (BHDID) as Kentucky’s sole forensic psychiatric hospital. Koleen previously served as the division director of behavioral health at BHDID where she was the co-principal investigator for statewide grants and oversaw the funding and programming aspects of behavioral health services. Koleen worked at Central State Hospital as the director of social work, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, and Seven Counties Services as a clinical supervisor, clinician, and medical necessity trainer. She currently serves as an academic peer reviewer for the Journal of Forensic Social Work. Koleen received an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky, a graduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is a current doctoral student at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work.
