About Adapt
35+ Years of Recovery-Based Care
With the mission to provide support to traditionally under-served individuals living with mental illness, founder and CEO, Bill Harris, opened the doors to Adapt’s flagship location in Missouri in 1985. Prior to becoming active in social work, Bill worked as an engineer for 11 years with companies such as General Dynamics, Texas Instruments and Westinghouse. He became involved in a group home providing parental guidance for adolescents living with mental illness. Moved by this experience, Bill identified a significant gap for client care within the mental health environment and after completing a Master’s degree in Social Work, he developed an alternative, community-driven behavioral health care model to address the unmet needs in the industry. Bill has since expanded Adapt’s services in Illinois (since 1992) and Texas (since 2006).
Our Values
Adapt’s mission is to provide the highest quality recovery-based services to persons for whom traditional methods of mental health treatment have not been sufficient.
We constantly strive to improve our quality of services to build on the strengths of each client and facilitate the process of recovery and integration into community life. Our services follow these guiding principles:
Meet Our Team
William E. Harris
Founder & CEO
Debbie Schaeffer
Vice President of Finance & Operations
Dia Morgan
General Counsel
Bill Cameron
Director of Information Technology
Alyssa Aldrich
Executive Director – Adapt Community Solutions, LLC
Lyzbeth Surber, MA
Executive Director – Adapt of Illinois, Inc.
Kate Connor, MS, LCPC
Senior Advisor – Adapt of Illinois, Inc.
Maria Kooistra, MS, LCPC
Director of Clinical Operations – Adapt of Illinois, Inc.
Erica Dieu-Smith
Director of Community Services – Adapt of Illinois, Inc.