Meet Our Team

Our Staff

Matthew Stanford, PhD Chief Executive Officer

Administration

Beth Woodman Chief Operating Officer

Rebecca Johnson Administrative Assistant

Ebony Kimble Evening Receptionist

Clinical Services

Madeline Stiers, LCSW Director of Clinical Services

Liz Hughes, LPC Intern Mental Health Coach

Adrean Pearson, LPC Intern Mental Health Coach

Hycen Howard Case Manager

La’Trevia Hawkins, CHW, MSW, LBSW Mental Health Peer Support Line Peer Support Supervisor

Vincent M. Fizer, MSW, PSS Mental Health Peer Support Line Certified Peer Support Specialist

Stasha Vaughan, PSS Mental Health Peer Support Line Certified Peer Support Specialist

Peggy Determeyer, PhD Director, Community Bioethics and Aging Center (CBAC) McGee Fellow in Bioethics and Aging

Development

Laura Wheless Development Director Institutional Giving

Erin Thannisch, MPH Development Director Events and Annual Fund

Education

Cody Weiss Program/Events and Marketing Coordinator

Research

Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S Murphy-Petersen Behavioral Health Fellow

Training

Karen Allen V.P. of Faith Community Engagement Gateway to Hope

Arue Jacobo-Kalinowski Faith Community Advisor Gateway to Hope

Our Board

Robert L. Zorich Board Chairman

William R. “Billy” Murphy, Jr. Secretary

Polly Bowden Development Chair

Paul N. Riddle Finance Chair

The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr. Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

James “Jim” Hibbert Senior Warden

The Rev. Martin J. Bastian Ex-Officio, Clergy Liaison

Summer R. Craig Ex-Officio, Junior League Outside Board Representative

Margaret Barnett

Jessica Brazelton

Julie Donaldson

Eliza Duncan

David Dunlap

Susie Green

Cynthia Guill

Trisha Hillman-Philipp

Kristi Lumpkins

Sylvia Muzquiz-Drummond, MD

Florence A. McGee

Kelly Montgomery

W. Benjamin Moreland

Paul Murphy

Richard Nelson, III

Beth Reeves

John Stanton

Matthew Stanford, PhD CEO, Hope and Healing Center & Institute

Past Chairs

Lee W. Hogan Chairman 2017–2020

Laura B. Nichol Chairman 2015–2017

William E. Penland, Jr. Chairman 2012–2014

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