The Lindner Center of HOPE has promoted Dr. Michael Groat as its new president and CEO of the Mason-based facility.
Lindner Center of HOPE is a comprehensive mental health center mental health services and improving the health of our community. Groat began his tenure as full-time executive lead there on Jan. 1, 2025.
“The Board and I are confident that Dr. Groat will continue to lead the Center with excellence, with a strong focus on growth and the future. We look forward to entering this exciting new chapter with Dr. Groat at the helm,” said S. Craig Lindner, board chair and founder of the organization.
In a statement, Groat shared his enthusiasm for the new role, saying the Center of HOPE is “a special place.”
“The staff bring warmth, compassion, and empathy to people facing complex mental health conditions, and blend this humanity with scientific expertise,” he added. “I am thrilled to lead the Center’s team into a new era of growth and expansion that will broaden our reach.”
Meet the new CEO
Groat joined the Center of HOPE a little more than a year ago, in the role of chief clinical officer. He served the last four months as interim CEO. In total, he has a 16-year career in leadership in hospital, residential and outpatient treatment programs.
As president and CEO of the Center, Groat assumes leadership over all strategic and operational functions. The organization noted that his blend of “leadership depth, clinical acumen, growth mindset and his talent for creative and complex problem-solving will engage staff, improve patient experience and drive organizational excellence.” The Center also stressed his record of successful partnerships with referrers, families, academics and behavioral healthcare organizations in its hiring announcement.
Before joining, the Center of HOPE, Groat served as CEO of CooperRiis, a 95-bed residential program in Asheville, North Carolina, and was chief clinical officer of Silver Hill Hospital, a 129-bed hospital with seven residential programs, three inpatient units and an outpatient clinic. He also previously served as the director of adult services at the Menninger Clinic, overseeing its professionals and executives’ program, subacute program and outpatient clinic.
Groat completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship in the treatment of treatment-refractory personality disorders and other mental disorders at the Austen Riggs Center. He is associate clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He was previously the CCO and director of psychology and assessment at the Silver Hill Hospital, where he was also associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.
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