Bestself Behavioral Health Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$83m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$85.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$110.3m
$103m liabilities
Net assets
$7.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
7.3 years on average
Staff
1,422
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
2
20% of the board
Officers and senior staff
34
named in Part VII
Bestself Behavioral Health Inc's network
10 peoplei10 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Unger | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Adam Koehn | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Anetta Hendershot | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Christine Ellington-Rowe | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Emry Moore | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Matthew Whitehead | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Patricia Carrington ESQ | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Richard Bisesi | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robin Wolfgang | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Thomas Heim ESQ (also filed as Thomas Heim) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
34 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Mnuskin | Physician | 2023 |
| Angela Benzel CPA | Treasurer | 2018 |
| Annmarie Kenny | Psychiatrist/Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| Carolyn M Young | Medical Director | since 2018 |
| David Mann | Vice Chair | since 2022 |
| Dr Howard K Hitzel | President & CEO | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Woike-Ganga | President/CEO - Current | since 2018 |
| Ellen Bieler | Chair | since 2018 |
| Erika Malinowski | Psychiatrist/Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| Faye Taber | Nurse Practioner | since 2018 |
| Gursharon Nijjar | Physician | since 2022 |
| Howard K Hitzel | President/CEO - Former | since 2019 |
| James Cardone | Executive Vice President | 2018 |
| Jenine Paner-Bansi | Physician | since 2018 |
| Joseph C Distasio | Chief Financial Officer | since 2018 |
| Kimberly Faulhaber | Chief Compliance Officer | since 2018 |
| Laurence Plumb | Physician | 2020 |
| Leisa Mills | Psychiatrist/Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| LIM Shen | Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| Marilyn Wilson | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Michael A De Freitas ESQ | Vice Chair | since 2022 |
| Michael Godzala | Psychiatrist | since 2018 |
| Nilam Sridhar | Psychiatrist | 2018 |
| Nora Benavides | Physician | since 2018 |
| Rachel Burns | Psychiatrist/Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| Rebecca Brown-Young | Nurse Practioner | 2019 |
| Robin Laroque | Psychiatrist | 2018 |
| Sergio Hernandez | Physician | 2023 |
| Shiela Korman | Senior VP of Health Home Services | 2018 |
| Sridhar Nilam | Psychiatrist | since 2019 |
| Suzanne Miller | Psychiatrist/Nurse Practitioner | 2018 |
| Teresa Ainsworth | Physician | 2023 |
| Thomas Schwartz | Treasurer | since 2022 |
| Timothy Balkaran | Physician | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Woike | President/CEO | 35 | $447k | $29k | |
| Jenine Paner-Bansi | Director of Addiction Medicine | 35 | $321k | $10k | |
| Joseph C Distasio | Chief Financial Officer | 35 | $314k | $25k | |
| Alexandra Mnuskin | Physician | 35 | $277k | $14k | |
| Gursharon Nijjar | Medical Director | 40 | $259k | $24k | |
| Julia Ringel | Psychiatrist | 35 | $248k | $410 | |
| Sridhar Nilam | Psychiatrist | 30 | $217k | $21k | |
| Abigail Unger | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Adam Koehn | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anetta Hendershot | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christine Ellington-Rowe | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Emry Moore | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Whitehead | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patricia Carrington Esq | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Richard Bisesi | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert L Robinson II | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robin Wolfgang | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Mann | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ellen Bieler | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marilyn Wilson | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael A de Freitas Esq | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Schwartz | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Bestself Behavioral Health Inc
- EIN
- 161004090
- Address
- 899 Main St, Buffalo, NY, 14203-1109
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Bestself behavioral health provides innovative, evidence-based, accessible, and family focused behavioral health services to promote health, hope, recovery, and an enhanced quality of life. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1971
- Principal officer
- Susan Mancuso (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1973
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
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Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAnetta Hendershot
≥8years on the filingsChristine Ellington-Rowe
≥8years on the filingsPatricia Carrington ESQ
≥8years on the filingsRichard Bisesi
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $110.3m
- Total liabilities
- $103m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $7.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $28.8m
- Program service revenue
- $54.1m
- Employees
- 1,422
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Bestself Behavioral Health, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 27 December 1972
- Registered agent
- Mental Health Services-Erie County Lake Shore Corporation Vi (city and state not held)