Greg M. Toutant
Trustee
Greg Toutant has worked at Great Lakes Recovery Centers (GLRC) for the past 24 years. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held for the last 16 years. Toutant has nearly 30 years’ experience working in the field of addiction and behavioral health treatment services, holding roles in clinical leadership, mental health provision, and certifications as an advanced addiction counselor and certified clinical supervisor. Under his leadership, GLRC has expanded its scope beyond its longtime role of addressing substance abuse to providing a wide range of behavioral health treatment and prevention services throughout the Upper Peninsula. He has also been an active member of the Provider Alliance (Community Mental Health Board Association of Michigan) and in the creation of Recovery Centers of Michigan, LLC. He has actively served on several boards including the Marquette County Community Corrections Board, Negaunee Public Schools, Negaunee Area Community Fund, Mitchell United Methodist Church, Upper Peninsula Mental Health Advisory Committee, the Upper Peninsula Steering Team for the Michigan Department of Corrections Offender Success Program, and an appointment by Governor Whitmer to the State of Michigan's Opioid Task Force representing the Upper Peninsula, fall of 2023.
An NMU alum, Toutant earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1994. He also has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and completed a health policy fellowship at the University of Michigan. In addition to his work at GLRC, Toutant has served as a behavioral health surveyor for the international accreditation body, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Toutant received NMU’s Alumni Service Award in 2020.
Toutant lives in Negaunee with his wife, Heather. He was appointed to the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on February 2, 2023, for a term beginning February 3, 2023 and continuing until December 31, 2030. He succeeds Robert E. Mahaney whose term ended December 31, 2022.
