Joe Pyle, MA

Joseph Pyle, MA, has more than 25 years experience in behavioral health, serving ten years as a CEO at various institutions including MeadowWood Behavioral Health System, Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry, Malvern Institute, Friends Hospital, and presently serving as President of the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation.

Prior to his administrative positions, Pyle held various clinical positions including Clinical Director of Adolescent Services at MeadowWood Hospital and psycho-educational specialist at Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He held special education teaching positions in the Pennsauken, New Jersey and Montgomery County Intermediate Unit school systems.

Pyle sits on several nonprofit Boards; the Board of the Family Planning Council where he has served as  board President. He is also a member of the board of the Bartram Gardens. He serves on several advisory boards including WHYY’s Health and Science Advisory Board and the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel School Public Health. He has most recently been appointed to serve on the Board of Friends Behavioral Health System and serves on the recently formed Philadelphia Mayor’s Office Food Access Collaborative. He has been appointed to the Holy Redeemer Advisory Board on Intellectual Disability Services.

He has previously served on the Boards of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, the Delaware Valley Health Care Council, served as co-chair of the Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaboration and as a Council Member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

A graduate of LaSalle University, Pyle holds a Master’s Degree from Glassboro State College in School Psychology. Mr. Pyle lives in Chester County with his wife and has two grown sons.