Chief Executive Officer

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides visionary, compassionate, and strategic leadership to advance CARC’s mission of empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live with dignity, purpose, and belonging. Accountable to the Board of Directors, the CEO stewards CARC’s values, culture, and long-term direction to ensure that residential supports, day habilitation, vocational programs, clinical services, and community partnerships operate at the highest standards of care, compliance, and client experience.

This leader is responsible for organizational and financial sustainability through strong fiscal management, regulatory excellence, and thoughtful oversight of CARC’s Medicaid-based funding model, including rebasing cycles, licensing requirements, and internal controls.

As CARC enters its next chapter, the CEO will guide the development of core infrastructure, strengthen communication systems, and cultivate a culture of trust, accountability, and collaboration across a 24/7 operation. In partnership with the Board of Directors and its committees, the CEO will implement policies, support sound governance, deepen community and state-level relationships, and diversify revenue streams to position CARC for long-term resilience.

This includes growing program funding, overseeing public relations efforts, and proactively addressing potential legal, regulatory, or compliance challenges.

With humility, clarity, and a people-centered approach, the CEO will learn CARC’s programs, workforce dynamics, and highly structured ICF/IID regulatory environment while leveraging strong leadership and interpersonal skills to unify the organization and strengthen staff engagement. The CEO also serves as CARC’s chief ambassador, building meaningful connections with families, employees, donors, volunteers, partners, and the broader Carlsbad community. In doing so, this next leader will honor CARC’s legacy while advancing a future in which individuals with disabilities experience opportunity, respect, and joy, and CARC continues to thrive as a trusted and essential resource for generations to come.

CARC Inc. is partnering with Korn-Ferry Associates to assist with the search for this important position, we encourage candidates to review the full employment profile and apply here: