Laurel Fitts

Laurel Fitts has extensive experience in recreational therapy and management, currently serving as IST 2 at Maxim Healthcare Services since June 2018 and as a Recreation Coordinator at Beacon of LIFE since February 2015. Laurel has been affiliated with Children's Specialized Hospital since March 1992, taking on roles such as Recreation Perdiem and Supervisor of Long Term Care Therapies, where responsibilities included managing a 12-member staff, overseeing a $310,000 budget, and ensuring patient documentation and schedules were maintained. Other notable positions include Recreation Service Supervisor at LIFE Pittsburgh and Director of Recreation Therapy at Hartwyck at Plainfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Laurel's career began with roles as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist at JFK Hartwyck at Oaktree and Recreation Therapist at Rockland Psychiatric Hospital. Laurel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy from West Virginia University, earned between 1983 and 1987.