Devon Forrest, MA
Director, Support Services
Devon Forrest currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of The Guidance Center, a partner organization of The NARBHA Institute. She has been a contributing member of the behavioral health and human services community in northern Arizona for more than a decade. In the role of Arizona Licensed Fiduciary, she served as appointed legal guardian and conservator to ensure the safety and security of adults and children who were deemed by the court to be living with reduced mental capacity. Her professional experience includes various positions with behavioral health authority organizations in northern Arizona where she was responsible for management and quality of production data systems, member enrollment and benefit eligibility, and behavioral health provider contracts. She has also served as the AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) liaison for benefit eligibility and enrollment for Medicaid and other state programs. Memberships include the Arizona Rural Health Association, where her former board member contributions included the development of rural health provider initiatives and outreach programs.