Background
Garner, Randi Ellen Pickens was born on January 28, 1954 in Tallahassee.
Garner, Randi Ellen Pickens was born on January 28, 1954 in Tallahassee.
Bachelor of Science, Florida State University, 1976. Master of Social Work, Ohio State University, 1979.
Clinical counselor I, partial hospitalization unit Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center, South Carolina, 1976—1977. Assistant health service officer, medical social worker National Health Service Corps, United States Public Health Service, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1979—1980. Senior assistant health services officer United States Public Health Service, 1980—1981.
Casework consultant 1st Tennessee Regional Public Health Office, Johnson City, 1981—1982. Mental health counselor Santee-Wateree Mental Health Center, Camden, South Carolina, 1982—1983, clinical social worker Columbia, 1983—1989, 1989—1991. Senior social worker forensic service William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, 1989—1995, director social work I, forensic service, 1995—1999.
Accredited coordinator behavioral disorders treatment program South Carolina Department Mental Health, 1999—2001. Coordinator human service Behavioral Disorders Treatment Program South Carolina Department of Mental Health, 2000—2003. Coordinator human service, evaluation service Forensic Center Columbia Behavioral Health Systems, since 2003.
Professional advisor Self Help Group of Mental Health Association, 1986-1987, Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders Group, 1984-1985. Prison representative Palmetto Health Richland Institutional Review Board, 2002-2003.
Secretary Kershaw County Interagy. Council, 1983; board directors Museum Partners, Columbia Art Museum, 1985-1989. Board directors Helpline, 1988-1991.
Member National Association of Social Workers, American Psychiatric Patient Education Association, South Carolina Association Social Workers, Columbia Art Museum, Columbia Ski Club.
Daughter of Andrew Lee and Anita Lee (Stone) Pickens. M. F. Michael Garner.