Downers Grove

Dave Woods brings over 30 years of behavioral Health and substance use experience prior to joining Gateway Foundation in August 2020. After receiving his BS in psychology from Loyola University of Chicago, he began his career as an inpatient counselor for nine years before moving into business development then operations and administration. This experience brings a unique insight and perspective for the provision of programs and services to those in need.

Dave has held progressively responsible roles as Director of Business Development, Director of Intake, Program Director, Senior Director, Associate CEO and Vice President of Operations with other healthcare companies encompassing both single and multiple location oversight.

Dave obtained his MBA in 2005 and holds Silver certification in LEAN for Team Leadership of Mission Control, Value Stream Scoping and Analysis, Pull Systems, Standard Work, 6S, Visual Management and establishing a Model Flow Cell, as well as certification in FEMA Incident Command System.

Dave believes that everyone should have the same access to high quality care and services, and is honored every day to work alongside such a caring and highly dedicated group of people here at Gateway Foundation.

Tim discovered his passion for working with families and individuals who have been affected by mental health illness through various volunteer endeavors. In 2013, he made the decision to pursue a counseling career; so, he enrolled in National Louis Universities Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Since then, he has focused his efforts on working with non-profit organizations.

Tim joined Gateway Foundation in 2016 as a counselor working with patients on one of Gateway’s residential treatment units in Aurora, IL. In 2018, he transitioned to our Outpatient location in Joliet, IL. He currently holds the role of Program Director of Outpatient services at our Downers Grove, Gurnee, Joliet and Skokie treatment locations. Tim’s approach is patient focused. He is passionate about educating and providing individuals and families affected by Substance Use and Mental Health illnesses insight into the science of the disease process of these very treatable disorders.

Over the past year, Danielle has developed and implemented the Low Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS) program in Downers Grove through a DuPage County grant. Through her leadership LENS has thrived. Additionally, Danielle has served Gateway patients in Skokie, Gurnee, Aurora and Joliet and she continues to help to oversee the expansion of the LENS program across other sites.

Danielle received her Master’s degree in Counseling with a specialty in Art Therapy from Adler School of Professional Psychology. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and an Art Therapist (ATR). She has a focus in trauma and attachment-based therapies but also utilizes therapies such as ACT, CBT and DBT. She currently provides clinical supervision, education and consultation to staff across a number of Gateway sites.

Danielle brings over 10 years of experience in the mental health field to her role here at Gateway.
In addition to direct service work, Danielle has utilized her years of experience with non-profit organizations to educate and spread awareness of the new LENS program to community providers and partners. Some of these partners include Good Samaritan hospital, Southwest Coalition, Grundy County Behavioral Alliance and a local member of Congress.

Danielle seeks to continually improve patient services through use of proven clinical measures and data to affirm the good work being done across all Gateway Programs.

In her free time, Danielle can be found enjoying the outdoors, traveling, reading, making art and spending time with loved ones.