Leadership

Sara A. Case, President/Chief Executive Officer

As President/Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Case is responsible for the overall operations of all Progressive Healthcare Providers’ programs and facilities. Working with the Board of Directors, she sets strategic goals for the organization and works systematically to meet them.

Ms. Case has been working in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) since 1983. After receiving her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University, she worked in Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) supporting individuals living with IDD in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In the late 1990s, Ms. Case continued her clinical career in community-based IDD Programs, including owning/managing her own case management company and serving as the State of Georgia’s Assistant Director in the Division of Developmental Disabilities.

Ms. Case works closely with IDD-affiliated organizations including SPADD (Service Provider Association for Developmental Disabilities), where she is the Secretary of the Executive Board and CARF International (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) where she is a surveyor. As a CARF surveyor, Ms. Case uses her 40 plus years of experience in the field of IDD to conduct peer reviews of IDD organizations in North America. In her capacity, she learns and promotes best and promising practices in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Dan Langford/Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Langford is a financial professional, holding an active CPA license, who has served full-time as primary finance officer in the not-for-profit arena for nearly two decades. Recently sworn in for his fourth term as mayor of Brooks, Georgia, he also has extensive civic experience, having served as a town council member from 1998 until becoming mayor in 2010. Additionally, Mr. Langford serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Cooperative, is a board member of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Fayette. Mr. Langford also manages the timber interests, including a trust, on his family’s farm.

Mr. Langford earned his BBA (1985) and MAcc (1986) from the University of Georgia.

Mr. Langford has served on the Progressive Healthcare Providers’ Board of Directors since 2010 and as the board’s Treasurer since 2011.

In 2025, Mr. Langford accepted the position as Progressive Healthcare Providers’ Chief Financial Officer.