Clive, Iowa – December 1, 2025 – Clive Behavioral Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Holly Doherty, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer of Clive Behavioral Health. As CEO, Ms. Doherty oversees all Clive Behavioral Health clinical and operational duties, as well as administrative responsibilities. Prior to arriving at Clive Behavioral Health, Ms. Doherty served as CEO at Mayhill Hospital in Denton, TX, for the past 4 years. Ms. Doherty brings over 30 years of behavioral health CEO, risk management/quality assurance, case management and social work experience to Clive Behavioral Health. Her professional career started in her native state of Ohio as a social worker, with the majority of her career spent in administrative positions in behavioral health hospitals in Texas and with the state of Texas’ Health and Human Services Department, with a brief role as risk management director in Utah before returning to Texas.

“I’m proud of my over 30 years working in the mental health field,” said Ms. Doherty. “I’m really excited to be in Iowa and immerse myself in learning about this community and helping people with mental health challenges.”

Ms. Doherty has a Bachelor of Social Work from Capital University in Columbus, OH and earned her Master of Business Administration from Franklin University in Columbus, OH. 

About Clive Behavioral Health
Clive Behavioral Health is a 100-bed acute inpatient behavioral health hospital, which is part of a Universal Health Services (UHS) and MercyOne partnership. Clive Behavioral Health offers level of care assessments and is open 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Clive Behavioral Health provides inpatient acute care to patients ages 5 and up, as well as partial hospitalization outpatient day treatment for adults and adolescents (age 12-17), as well as offering evening adult intensive outpatient programing and evening or afternoon substance use disorder intensive outpatient programming for adults suffering from substance use addiction.

Anyone interested in these programs or suffering from a mental health crisis may call 515-553-6200 or 844-680-0504, days, nights and weekends, or walk-ins are welcome.