Robert N. Davison, MA, LPC, is the chief executive officer of the North Jersey-based Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, Inc, an MHA affiliate. Davison manages the overall operations of a comprehensive community mental health facility that serves the needs of more than 1,800 individuals each day.
In addition to his professional service, he maintains his interest in community issues in a variety of other ways. He was a founding board member of the Newark-based Partnership for Children of Essex County Inc., a child-welfare agency and was a founding member and past president of Advance Housing Inc., a community-based organization whose mission is to provide independent, normalized living arrangements for individuals with mental illnesses. A former three-term councilman in Caldwell, he also served as a legislative aide to Assemblyman John F. McKeon. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of The Bridge, Inc., a non-profit family service agency based in West Caldwell. A 1984 graduate of Seton Hall University, he received his master’s degree in counseling from Montclair State University in 1990.