Management Team

Kim Scott
President & CEO

Kim Scott is responsible for providing executive leadership for all Trillium program operations. He provides direct supervision to the Medical Director, the Director of Clinical Quality, the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Executive Director of Human Resources.

Mr. Scott provides leadership in the development of organizational policy and procedure, compliance with national accrediting bodies, and program and business development activities.

Mr. Scott also provides statewide leadership in the development of intensive treatment services that are family focused and integrated with local communities and planning structures. He serves on the Advisory Board of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, on the Strategic Planning Committee of the National Alliance of Children and Families, and has been invited to participate in the Building Bridges Summit sponsored by SAMHSA.  He is actively involved with the Oregon Alliance of Children’s Programs.

Prior to joining Trillium Family Services, Mr. Scott served as Associate Director of the Children's Farm Home in Corvallis, Oregon. In this role, he was responsible for directing all the residential care and treatment services operations and supervised coordinators responsible for managing residential, community-based and clinical services program operations.

Mr. Scott started his career as a childcare worker at Waverly Children's Home in 1978 and he became the Residential Services Coordinator in 1983. In 1985, he moved to Alaska, where he served as Detention Unit Leader for the Department of Health and Social Services in Juneau and as youth counselor at Johnson Youth Center, also in Juneau, Alaska.

Mr. Scott has presented at conferences for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Oregon's Children & Adolescent Residential Psychiatric Programs (CHARPP), the Council on Accreditation (COA), and the University of Southern Florida's Research & Best Practice conference and has provided quality assurance, accreditation and electronic record consultation for mental health agencies in Oregon and Alaska.

Mr. Scott received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Counseling Education from Columbia Christian College in 1980. He received a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Alaska Southeast in August 1995.

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Rich Blum
Chief Administrative Officer
Rich Blum is responsible for managing the infrastructure of the organization including Information Management, Facilities, Programs, and Operations. He directly oversees the Regional Directors for the Portland Metro, Mid-Willamette Valley and Central Oregon regions.  

He is responsible for the operating budget for all four campuses as well as program development, supervision and training of clinical staff, and strategic positioning for the organization.

Mr. Blum has presented at Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Children & Adolescent Residential Psychiatric Programs (CHARPP), Council on Accreditation (COA), and American Association of Children's Residential Centers (AACRC) conferences and has provided quality assurance, accreditation, and electronic record consultation for mental health agencies in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and California.

Prior to joining Trillium Family Services in 1998, Mr. Blum served in the capacities of Chief Information Officer (1998—2006), Chief Quality Officer (1993-1998), Residential Services Coordinator (1992), Program Manager (1979-1992), and Residential Treatment Specialist (1976-1979) for the Children's Farm Home in Corvallis, Oregon.

Mr. Blum received his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1973 and his Masters in Business Administration from the Atkinson School of Management at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon in 1987.

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Dr. Keith Cheng
Medical Director

Dr. Cheng joined Trillium Family Services in 2001. His duties as Medical Director for Trillium Family Services extend to all three campuses: Children's Farm Home, Parry Center for Children, and Waverly Children's Home. Dr. Cheng provides medical leadership and oversight for all clinical programs. He is also involved in research, marketing, and program development activities.

Dr. Cheng is well known as a senior child psychiatrist in Oregon. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Sciences University and teaches and supervises trainees in the Division of Child Psychiatry. In addition to his duties at Trillium Family Services, Dr. Cheng serves as a consulting child psychiatrist to the Intercultural Psychiatric Program at OHSU.

Dr. Cheng has held several clinical leadership positions in Oregon. From 1990 to 1992, he served as the Medical Director for the Adolescent Inpatient Program at Portland Adventist Medical Center. From 1992-1994, he was the Clinical Director for the Child Psychiatric Program at Holladay Park Medical Center. From 1995-1997, Dr. Cheng was Medical Director of the ADHD Clinic at OHSU. From 1994-2000, he served as the Medical Director of Child Psychiatric Services at Emanuel Hospital. He also worked as a staff psychiatrist at Clackamas County Mental Health from 2000-2001.

Dr. Cheng has been involved in many state and community mental health projects. He served on Governor Kitzhaber's Task Force on Youth Suicide Prevention. He served as a teacher for the Portland Police Bureau's Crisis Intervention Training Program. He was also on the committee that helped develop the child psychiatric portion of the Oregon Health Plan.

Dr. Cheng has published in peer-reviewed journals and has made numerous presentations at national and international psychiatric meetings. He has a special interest in the effects of electronic entertainment media on children's behavior and youth suicide. He is currently co-editing a textbook of child psychiatry that is due to be published at the end of 2004.

In 1982, Dr. Cheng received his M.D. degree at Loma Linda University where he also completed his general psychiatry residency training. He subsequently trained at the Yale Child Study Center where he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in child psychiatry in 1990. Dr. Cheng is Board Certified in both General and Child Psychiatry.

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Norm Reed, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Quality

In his position as Director of Clinical Quality, Dr. Reed is responsible for monitoring, measuring and evaluating the treatment activities of all Trillium Family Services clinical programs and providing clinical consultation to managers/supervisor and therapists employed by Trillium Family Services, Inc.  He provides psychological assessment services to clients and provides oversight to Psychology Interns/Residents in conducting psychological assessments. Dr. Reed also provides expert advice, direction and consultation regarding admission, treatment and discharge decisions, mental health crisis situations and organizational clinical risk management processes.

Dr. Reed’s direct clinical work experience includes working as a psychologist with children, adolescents and families at Oregon State Hospital, Hillcrest Youth Correction Facility, private practice in Salem, Children’s Farm Home, Parry Center for Children and Waverly Children’s Home.  His management experience includes working as the Director of the Community Outreach Program at Oregon State Hospital; the Chief Psychologist for the Oregon State Hospital; the Chief of Clinical Services for Children’s Farm Home; Psychology Consultant for Pacific Northwest Children’s Services; and Director of Clinical Quality for Trillium Family Services.

Dr. Reed has conducted specialized training in Risk Assessment, Child/Adolescent Therapy, Rorschach Assessment, JCAHO Accreditation, Residential Treatment, Clinical Supervision, Cognitive Behavioral Treatments, and Seclusion & Restraint Reduction.  His research interests include psychological assessment, bipolar disorder assessment, program evaluation, ADHD treatment/assessment, and systems of treatment.  Dr. Reed’s professional memberships include membership in the American Psychological Association since 1978 and membership with the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Dr. Reed received in doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Loyola University of Chicago, specializing in clinical child psychology.  He has been a licensed psychologist in the State of Oregon since 1982.

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Lisa Kane
Vice President of Human Resources

Lisa Kane is responsible for managing and coordinating all human resource functions for Trillium Family Services, including staff recruitment and selection, performance evaluation, staff classification and compensation, and employee benefits.  Ms. Kane manages the human resource staff at all three Trillium campuses.

In her role, Ms. Kane provides leadership in the development of personnel policies and procedures.  Along with the on site HR Directors, she oversees new hire orientation and the ongoing training and development of all employees.  Ms. Kane works closely with the management team to resolve labor relations issues and concerns.

Prior to joining Trillium Family Services in 2001, Ms. Kane worked for several Portland area companies, including a bakery and a pharmaceutical company.
Ms. Kane received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon and her Master’s degree from Lewis and Clark College.  She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

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