President, Ohio Market, Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions
Tia Marcel Moretti serves as the President of Ohio Market at Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions. In this role, Tia acts as the top executive responsible for business strategic planning and company vision. Providing leadership to the organization, she holds all business operations accountable to the stakeholders and the company policies. Tia is a licensed social worker and Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant, who has worked in the community-based mental health and addiction space for 22 years.
Prior to Lighthouse, Tia served as the Associate Vice President of Behavioral Health Integration for Caresource. She worked as Deputy Director, RecoveryOhio, for the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, coordinating the $20 million investment in K-12 prevention education, managing mental health grants in all state departments, and tracking more than $200 million allocated for mental health and addiction services. She also worked as Director of Substance Use and Social Services Policy for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, where she worked with organizations to identify solutions around the opioid crisis, co-authored the Drug Use Prevention Resource Guide, and implemented the first police-led youth drop-in center. She was the recipient of the Columbus Public Health Spirit of Public Health Award, where she developed a highly credentialed alcohol and drug prevention team in Ohio and managed the Columbus Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program. She was named CEO of Kids CareAlliance in the CareSource bid for a specialty Medicaid Plan to serve multi-system youth.
She is working on her MBA with a focus in Healthcare Administration from Ohio University and her BSSW from The Ohio State University.
Tia currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Health Policy Institute of Ohio and was appointed Commissioner by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Ohio Minority Health Commission. Tia is the mother of four children and as a survivor of multi-system involvement and homelessness, she is incredibly passionate about systems coordination and resiliency.