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Kathy Kliebert
, Secretary, DHH
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athy Kliebert currently serves as the Secretary to better serve Louisianians in need. Prior to
that appointment, Kliebert served as assis-
tant secretary for the Office for Citizens with
Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) since 2004
where she successfully led a multi-year tran-
sition to move individuals out of institutions
into community-based services, reducing the
institution population bymore than 26 percent.
Before taking her role as assistant secretary
of OCDD, Kliebert served as diversification
director of the Metropolitan/Peltier-Lawless
Development Centers in New Orleans and
Thibodaux where she led the expansion of
community-based options for people with
developmental disabilities. She has 21 years of
experience as a licensed clinical social worker
and has a master’s degree in social work.
She also serves as Secretary of the Louisiana
Educational Television Board.
Kliebert held the position of Deputy
Secretary, where she supervised a
number of offices including the
Office for Citizens with
Developmental Disabilities, Office of Behav-
ioral Health, Office of Public Health, and
Office of Aging and Adult Services. She also
served as the coordinator for DHH’s Human
Services Interagency Council (HSIC) work-
ing with the local governing entities that pro-
vide developmental disability and behavioral
health services.
Kliebert previously served asAssistant Sec-
retary of theOffice of Behavioral Healthwhere
she oversaw the transition of combining the
offices of mental health and addictive disorders
Hospitals (DHH). Prior to this appointment,
of the Louisiana Department of Health and