Bruce Drazen

Bruce Drazen is a co-owner and Managing Director of PPC. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over three decades of experience, which includes management consultation and direct service to diverse populations and industries.

Bruce is a retired Orlando (FL) Police Officer. While serving in this capacity, he earned his Masters Degree and developed/implemented the School Resource Officers Program. He also became a skilled Forensic Hypnotist and used this technique to help witnesses and victims of crimes recall more details of those events. He was a court certified expert and assisted in the prosecution of many cases, the most notable of, which was the Kimberly Leech case in which Ted Bundy was found guilty of her murder.

After retiring from the Orlando Police Department, Bruce went into practice in the public sector, where he was the Clinical Director of a community mental health center. He then transitioned into the private sector with The Allen Group EAP, where he worked as a counselor/therapist for nearly ten years prior to the sale of the company in 2007. After his first year at The Allen Group he was promoted to the position of Vice President of Clinical Services.

After completing his state licensure track he began his tenure with The Allen Group, a national EAP. He was named as Vice-President of Services and helped with the growth of the company. Upon the sale of The Allen Group in 2007, he immediately joined with Bruce Drazen in taking PPC from concept to reality.

Lee has a lengthy list of skill and accomplishments gained over his 20+ years of EAP work. He has authored and assisted in policy and program development for major US corporations. He has designed corporate training programs and he been requested to present these programs across the country. Locally, he is a frequent trainer and speaker, often serving as keynoter at governmental and private meetings. He also continues to provide direct services along with management consultation and mediation for sensitive workplace issues. Workplace Disaster Response (CISM) at the organizational policy and implementation level as well as the individual service level remains his favorite EAP task.

 Sal Curto
 
Sal Curto has nearly 40 years of management experience in private and public sector organizations. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Allen Group, an EAP that served clients throughout the United States, its Trust Territories as well as portions of Canada and Mexico. He has a Masters in Psychology and was certified as an Employee Assistance Professional. He is now serving as the Chief Operating Officer for PPC.

Prior to coming to Florida, Sal worked for the federal government for many years. It was then that he first became involved with EAPs, a time when they were not widely understood or popular among employers. Some of his early involvements include contracting with a major university to develop and provide EAP services to civil service employees located in the Northeast corner of the US, establishing relationships with leading national organizations to train servicemen as drug and alcohol counselors and as a research manager during the early 1970’s. He also helped to profile servicemen returning from Southeast Asia with drug-related problems.