Millennium Magazine_8th Ed

217 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Premier Care LLC Greenwich, CT ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST Parkdale Center for Professionals Valparaiso, IN TAMARA Z. MOSIDZE T amara Z. Mosidze was inspired to become an entrepreneur from a young age. Hailing from the country of Georgia during its Soviet occupancy, she immigrated to the U.S. from the post-Soviet nation during civil conflicts. Bolstering degrees from Georgian State Agrarian University, she relocated to New York, where she utilized her degrees in medical sciences in private practice from 1998 to 2003. After a brief stint in real estate, Ms. Mosidze moved to Connecticut, where she was in private practice from 2007 to 2014. After gaining much experience in home health care, she spearheaded Premier Care LLC in 2015, specializing in home health care and eldercare. Servicing the Connecticut and New York areas, she has plans to open more locations outside of Greenwich, Connecticut, and expand her business statewide. To attest to her success, Ms. Mosidze was named Corp Today Magazine’s 2020 Best Home Care Service Provider, AI Magazine’s Connecticut’s 2019 Most Trusted for Non-Medical Home Care and GHP Magazine’s 2017 New England and Home Care Services Provider of the Year in Connecticut. Additionally, she earned Smart Health’s 2018 Top 10 Smart Health Care Companies Award, among other accolades. A licensed mental health counselor, national certified counselor and licensed clinical addiction counselor, Alice J. Olson has been serving as an addiction and mental health counselor for Parkdale Center for Professionals in Chesterton, Indiana, since 2016. Prior, she was a counselor at the Regional Mental Health Center from 2006 to 2015, a group facilitator for the St. Jude House from 2000 to 2011, and an addiction and behavioral medicine specialist at Methodist Hospital from 1986 to 2006. Likewise, she was a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the deaf from 1975 to 1986. Supported by a BS in education from Indiana University, an MS in special education from Ball State University and an MA in counseling and guidance from Governors State University, Ms. Olson currently works with individuals struggling with addiction and their families in a four-week group program. A member of CASA, she was president of the Indiana chapter of the Indiana Association for the Deaf from 1984 to 1986. As a testament to her success, Ms. Olson received a Letter of Commendation from Indiana Governors Robert Orr and Otis Bowen, as well as from former President Ronald Reagan in 1986. ALICE J. OLSON, LMHC, LCAC, NCAC II