Dr. Tara Chalakani – CEO, Preferred Behavioral Health Group

In this episode of The Voice of Hope, Dr. Ken Huey sits down with Dr. Tara Chalakani, CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health Group and a nationally recognized healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience in behavioral health leadership.Dr. Tara shares her deeply personal “why,” the winding path that led her into healthcare leadership, and how trauma-informed care became the cornerstone of her work. From ACEs and wounded healers to servant leadership, burnout prevention, and building culture at scale, this conversation is both practical and profoundly human.Together, Ken and Tara explore what it means to lead with vulnerability, advocate for mental health in complex systems, and hold onto hope in a world that desperately needs it.This episode is a powerful reminder that healing is possible — and that leadership, at its best, creates space for people to thrive.