Suzanne Tucker
Founder, CEO
Suzanne is a mom of 4 who has been a physical therapist and parent educator for over 27 years. While teaching positive discipline classes, Suzanne saw a need for tangible, evidence-based tools and toys to help parents and educators apply the science of positive discipline into their everyday lives, particularly when they were feeling stressed or their children were acting out.
Mary Houlihan
Chief Operating Officer
Mary supports strategic planning, finance, operations, inventory management, HR and special projects for Generation Mindful.
Prior to her work with GENM, Mary served as the Chief Operating Officer for St. Louis Public Schools, leading Operations and Finance for over 70 schools and 25,000 students. Earlier in her career, she held various leadership roles at Anheuser-Busch, where she oversaw the world-famous Clydesdale Operations, Hospitality Centers, Promotional Products, and Training and Development.
In addition to her role as COO of GENM, Mary serves as an Executive Career Coach for the Executive MBA program at Washington University and a facilitator and board member for Executive Connections, a local membership organization that supports executives in transition.
She has a B.S. in Systems Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Courtney Tharpe
Chief Creative Officer
Courtney is our resident “design wizard” and oversees all branding, web design, product development, and marketing collateral. She has over 10 years of experience in graphics and communication design and has been working with Suzanne from day one when she created the GENM logo. Courtney holds a BFA in fashion design from Parsons School of Design and spends her free time creating art or fashion, gardening or snuggling with her dog, Edgar, and husband, Zach.
Ashley Patek
Chief Storyteller & Parenting Coach
Ashley is a mama to three children; two boys and a daughter born to Heaven. She is an occupational therapist, parent educator, certified holistic lifestyle coach, and chief storyteller with Generation Mindful. She is called to nature, moves with her heart, enjoys connecting with others, writing, and all things family. Just an education seekin', acai-bowl lovin', Sunday brunch-havin', free-spirited mama with a mission to help others feel seen, heard, and valued so that they can honor the light within them, and carry that love into their home and community.
Selina Armstrong
Chief Program Development Specialist
Selina is a trauma informed practitioner that has over 20 years experience working with children and families in the areas of education, international development and advocacy. Her most recent work focused on developing programs to increase protective factors that promote resilience in children affected by domestic violence. Selina, a recent transplant to the St. Louis area from Atlanta, is a mom of a 5 yr old daughter, a bonus mom to a 14 year old son and the spouse of a law enforcement officer.
She will be working with GENM to bring you a new weekly segment, "That Friday Feeling: Parenting Pep Talks" which can be accessed via facebook live every Friday at 10:30am CST. Additionally, Selina will be providing written content for GENM as she continues to explore and process the intersectionality of being a Black woman in America and a Police Chief's wife, during a time when tensions between police and citizens have led to ongoing civil unrest throughout the country.
Traci Esposito
Head of Curriculum Integration & Outreach
Traci has a masters in education and spent a decade teaching the littles of other families while waiting patiently for her rainbow baby. In 2013, she started a side hustle doing editing and academic consulting before starting a position in 2014 with oversight over charter school accountability. Once her rainbow girl arrived, Traci left the office in 2017 and never looked back. She knows the value of GENM tools because she used them as a parent before joining the GENM team. She feels blessed to join a powerhouse team of inspirational colleagues and work on editing content, and managing outreach and curriculum integration. Traci is a birth mom to a sweet and smart young man, momma to a precious and precocious little girl, proud dog mom, and wife to her best friend from high school. Outside of family time, her passions are all things related to music, art, nature, travel, gluten free food, and crafting.
Dr. Byron M. McClure, D.Ed.
Inclusion & Cultural Competency Advisor
Dr. Byron McClure is a National Certified School Psychologist currently redesigning a high school in Southeast, D.C. His work centers around influencing systemic change and ensuring students from high-poverty communities has access to a quality education. Dr. McClure has extensive knowledge and expertise in mental health, social emotional learning, and behavior.
Byron has done considerable work advocating for fair and equitable discipline practices for all students, particularly, for African-American boys. He has designed and implemented school-wide initiatives such as SEL, restorative practices, RTI, and trauma responsive practices. As a result of this work, led by Dr. McClure, his school recently won the 2019-2020 Whole Child Award.
Byron has presented across the country as a panelist, featured, and keynote speaker. He believes in the power of dreaming big to make dreams come true!
Dr. Jodi Heaps-Woodruff
SEL Integration Expert
Jodi is a research neuropsychologist, with specific expertise in NeuroAIDS and structural imaging of the brain, at MIMH. Her work consists of local and international studies of NeuroAIDS in both pediatric and adult populations.
Dr. Heaps-Woodruff collaborates with researchers at Washington University school of medicine on cognition and brain imaging in inflammatory and genetic disorders. She has developed research protocols and statistical analysis plans, designed neuropsychological batteries, and created databases for integration of clinical, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological data.
Since joining the MIMH, Dr. Heaps-Woodruff has expanded her work to evaluate the Healthcare Home Initiative of MOHealthNet. This initiative is designed to enhance and integrate health care among individuals with mental health concerns and chronic disease, or multiple chronic illnesses. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses, she describes changes in the system of care as well as indicators of improved disease management.
Ximena Florez
Positive Parenting Coach (Spanish Speaking)
Kati Knaup
SEL & Curriculum Writer
Kati is a Professional School Counselor with over 10 years of experience in the classroom. She holds a MS.Ed in school counseling and an Ed.S in education and school counseling. Kati is also trained in trauma informed practices and play therapy.
Kati is responsible for curriculum development and many social emotional learning writing projects for GEN:M. Her passion involves teaching social emotional skills in the classroom and home to help positively connect children to themselves, others, and their communities.
Kati is a mom of three. She enjoys adventure and exploring new places. She loves being outside with her husband and children.
Dusha Cecil
Positive Parenting Coach
Dusha is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over 10 years experience. In addition to working as a high school social worker, Dusha provides mental health services to older adults and adolescents in a hospital setting, and private practice. Dusha specializes in working with people with trauma, working towards play therapy certification, anxiety, depression, and crisis intervention. Dusha received her Bachelor's Degree Social worker and Master’s Degree with a mental health concentration from Saint Louis University. When not working with students or clients, Dusha enjoys time with her friends and being a dog mom to Charlie.
Julie Johnson
Inclusion Specialist, Writer & Advisor
Julie is a Social Emotional Inclusion Specialist, Special Educator and Yoga Meditation Teacher in St. Louis, MO. She coordinates the Social Emotional Inclusion Program in the North St. Louis County School System and has been teaching special education in the homes and local school districts in that region for over ten years.
Julie has completed continuing education on teaching trauma-informed yoga to youth through Street Yoga and Yoga Ed and Trauma Sensitive Yoga for sexual assault survivors. She is passionate about embedding trauma-informed yoga practices into her daily professional practice as a special education teacher and as a yoga teacher.
Gina Rocchio-Gymer
MSW, LCSW, Positive Parenting Coach
Gina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience. Gina specializes in working with women struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma. Gina has a passion for helping women during pregnancy, the postpartum period . Gina particularly enjoys working with families around challenges with parenting . Gina received a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In addition to her private practice, Gina has provided mental health services to youth and adults in hospital, school, residential treatment centers, and public health settings.
Julie Hohe
Customer Support
Julie has a degree in Business Administration and over 25 years of experience in the administrative field. She lives, breathes and loves getting and keeping things organized. She feels the better she does her job, the easier it is for the team she is helping to deliver to their full potential. She has a passion for helping others, supports several not-for-profit organizations and is actively involved in her church community. One of her favorite joys in life is being a mom. She homeschooled both of her boys through high school. She stays involved in their lives and is very proud of them. She enjoys camping with her husband and boys, and chilling on the couch with her lab, Leia. Fun fact: Julie was in a Polish dancing group from the age of 7 to age 22 and performed in Poland at the age of 17.
Kobe Campbell
SEL & Curriculum Writer
Kobe Campbell is a Ghanaian-American wife, mother of two, and licensed trauma therapist based in Charlotte, NC. She’s the founder of her private practice The Healing Circle and hosts The Healing Circle Podcast with her husband Kyle. Kobe loves to sing, dance, write, and hear her son say his morning affirmation “I am kind, I am smart, I am loved.”
Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley
Ph.D, PHR
An outspoken advocate for equity, trauma-informed practices and student voice in education, Dr. Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley has served as superintendent of The School District of University City since July 2016. She was previously the assistant superintendent for human resources and leadership development for the Ritenour School District.
Dr. Robyn Ortiz, MD
Pediatric Resident at John Hopkins
Robin trained in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Urban Health Primary Care Med-Peds Residency Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She earned her B.S. in behavioral neuroscience at Northeastern University and graduated from Loyola University Chicago with her M.D., completing both programs with honors. During training she completed the Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health. Through her research she aims to understand the biopsychosocial and epigenetic underpinnings between adversity and chronic disease, prevent and reverse the negative sequelae of adversity throughout the lifespan, and implement interventions that foster healthy early life family environments and skills that build resilience.
Robbyn Peters Bennett, LPC, CMHS
Licensed Supervisor, Child Mental Health Specialist
Robbyn is a psychotherapist, educator, and child rights activist. She specializes in the study of trauma and clinical applications aimed to address the long term negative effects of early childhood maltreatment, using the lens of interpersonal neurobiology. Robbyn has studied in-depth the relationship between harsh discipline, child development and long-term health. She is a leader in the growing movement to end the sanctioned hitting of children (corporal punishment) in the US.
Lori Wymore-Kirkland
Training Chair for the Supervised Visitation Network
Lori has more than 30 years of experience working with families and children. She has witnessed first-hand the importance of supporting healthy parent-child relationships through adopting a trauma-informed approach to human services. Lori has worked with children as a mental health specialist, as a social worker in Texas and New Mexico, and in early education running childcare programs in Maryland and Virginia.
Since 2007, Lori has been the program developer and manager of the Stronger Together Supervised Visitation and Exchange Center for the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Over the years Lori has taught parent education classes, worked with domestic violence programs, program development, grant funding, and court-wide family engagement initiatives.
On a national level, Lori serves on the Supervised Visitation Network as a board member. Locally, she is an active member of the Fairfax County Domestic Violence Network and collaborates on multiple Fairfax County teams. Lori is strongly supported through the local Fairfax interagency and community Advisory Board developed to support responsive community services for supervised visitation.
Suzanne Tucker
Founder, CEO
Suzanne is a mom of 4 who has been a physical therapist and parent educator for over 27 years. While teaching positive discipline classes, Suzanne saw a need for tangible, evidence-based tools and toys to help parents and educators apply the science of positive discipline into their everyday lives, particularly when they were feeling stressed or their children were acting out.
Mary Houlihan
Chief Operating Officer
Mary supports strategic planning, finance, operations, inventory management, HR and special projects for Generation Mindful.
Prior to her work with GENM, Mary served as the Chief Operating Officer for St. Louis Public Schools, leading Operations and Finance for over 70 schools and 25,000 students. Earlier in her career, she held various leadership roles at Anheuser-Busch, where she oversaw the world-famous Clydesdale Operations, Hospitality Centers, Promotional Products, and Training and Development.
In addition to her role as COO of GENM, Mary serves as an Executive Career Coach for the Executive MBA program at Washington University and a facilitator and board member for Executive Connections, a local membership organization that supports executives in transition.
She has a B.S. in Systems Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Courtney Tharpe
Creative Director
Courtney is our resident “design wizard” and oversees all branding, web design, product development, and marketing collateral. She has over 10 years of experience in graphics and communication design and has been working with Suzanne from day one when she created the GENM logo. Courtney holds a BFA in fashion design from Parsons School of Design and spends her free time creating one-off pieces for her women’s clothing line or snuggling with her husband and dog, Edgar.
Ashley Patek
Chief Storyteller & Parenting Coach
Ashley is a mama to three children; two boys and a daughter born to Heaven. She is an occupational therapist, parent educator, certified holistic lifestyle coach, and chief storyteller with Generation Mindful.
Ashley moves with her heart, enjoys connecting with others, writing, and all things family. Just an education seekin', acai-bowl lovin', free-spirited mama with a mission to help others feel seen, heard, and valued so that they can honor the light within them, and carry that love into their home and community.
Selina Armstrong
Programming Specialist
Selina is a trauma informed practitioner that has over 20 years experience working with children and families in the areas of education, international development and advocacy. Her most recent work focused on developing programs to increase protective factors that promote resilience in children affected by domestic violence.
Selina, a recent transplant to the St. Louis area from Atlanta, is a mom of a 5 yr old daughter, a bonus mom to a 14 year old son and the spouse of a law enforcement officer. She will be working with GENM to bring you a new weekly segment, "That Friday Feeling: Parenting Pep Talks" which can be accessed via facebook live every Friday at 10:30am CST.
Additionally, Selina ia a contributing writer for GENM as she continues to explore and process the intersectionality of being a Black woman in America and a Police Chief's wife, during a time when tensions between police and citizens have led to ongoing civil unrest throughout the country.
Traci Esposito
Curriculum Integration & Outreach
Traci has a masters in education and spent a decade teaching the littles of other families while waiting patiently for her rainbow baby. In 2013, she started a side hustle doing editing and academic consulting before starting a position in 2014 with oversight over charter school accountability. Once her rainbow girl arrived, Traci left the office in 2017 and never looked back. She knows the value of GENM tools because she used them as a parent before joining the GENM team. She feels blessed to join a powerhouse team of inspirational colleagues and work on editing content, and managing outreach and curriculum integration. Traci is a birth mom to a sweet and smart young man, momma to a precious and precocious little girl, proud dog mom, and wife to her best friend from high school. Outside of family time, her passions are all things related to music, art, nature, travel, gluten free food, and crafting.
Dr. Byron M. McClure, D.Ed.
Inclusion & Cultural Competency Advisor
Dr. Byron McClure is a National Certified School Psychologist currently redesigning a high school in Southeast, D.C. His work centers around influencing systemic change and ensuring students from high-poverty communities has access to a quality education. Dr. McClure has extensive knowledge and expertise in mental health, social emotional learning, and behavior.
Byron has done considerable work advocating for fair and equitable discipline practices for all students, particularly, for African-American boys. He has designed and implemented school-wide initiatives such as SEL, restorative practices, RTI, and trauma responsive practices. As a result of this work, led by Dr. McClure, his school recently won the 2019-2020 Whole Child Award.
Byron has presented across the country as a panelist, featured, and keynote speaker. He believes in the power of dreaming big to make dreams come true!
Dr. Jodi Heaps-Woodruff
SEL Integration Expert
Jodi is a research neuropsychologist at MIMH, with specific expertise in NeuroAIDS and structural imaging of the brain. Her work consists of local and international studies of NeuroAIDS in both pediatric and adult populations. Dr. Heaps-Woodruff collaborates with researchers at Washington University school of medicine on cognition and brain imaging in inflammatory and genetic disorders. She has developed research protocols and statistical analysis plans, designed neuropsychological batteries, and created databases for integration of clinical, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological data. Since joining the MIMH, Dr. Heaps-Woodruff has expanded her work to evaluate the Healthcare Home Initiative of MOHealthNet. This initiative is designed to enhance and integrate health care among individuals with mental health concerns and chronic disease, or multiple chronic illnesses. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses, she describes changes in the system of care as well as indicators of improved disease management.
Ximena Florez
Positive Parenting Coach
Kati Knaup
SEL Writer & Curriculum Lead
Kati is a Professional School Counselor with over 10 years of experience in the classroom. She holds a MS.Ed in school counseling and an Ed.S in education and school counseling. Kati is also trained in trauma informed practices and play therapy.
Kati is responsible for curriculum development and many social emotional learning writing projects for GEN:M. Her passion involves teaching social emotional skills in the classroom and home to help positively connect children to themselves, others, and their communities.
Kati is a mom of three. She enjoys adventure and exploring new places. She loves being outside with her husband and children.
Dusha Cecil
SEL & Cirriculum Writer
Dusha is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over 10 years experience. In addition to working as a high school social worker, Dusha provides mental health services to older adults and adolescents in a hospital setting, and private practice. She specializes in working with people with trauma, anxiety, depression, and crisis intervention.
Dusha received her Bachelor's Degree Social worker and Master’s Degree with a mental health concentration from Saint Louis University and is working towards her Play Therapy Certification. When not working with students or clients, Dusha enjoys time with her friends and being a dog mom to Charlie.
Julie Johnson
Social Emotional Inclusion Specialist
Julie is a Social Emotional Inclusion Specialist, Special Educator and Yoga Meditation Teacher in St. Louis, MO. She coordinates the Social Emotional Inclusion Program in the North St. Louis County School System and has been teaching special education in the homes and local school districts in that region for over ten years.
Julie has completed continuing education on teaching trauma-informed yoga to youth through Street Yoga and Yoga Ed and Trauma Sensitive Yoga for sexual assault survivors. She is passionate about embedding trauma-informed yoga practices into her daily professional practice as a special education teacher and as a yoga teacher.
Kobe Campbell
SEL & Curriculum Writer
Kobe is a Ghanaian-American wife, mother of two, and licensed trauma therapist based in Charlotte, NC. She’s the founder of her private practice The Healing Circle and hosts The Healing Circle Podcast with her husband Kyle.
Kobe loves to sing, dance, write, and hear her son say his morning affirmation “I am kind, I am smart, I am loved.”
Julie Hohe
Customer Service
Julie has a degree in Business Administration and over 25 years of experience in the administrative field. She lives, breathes and loves getting and keeping things organized. She feels the better she does her job, the easier it is for the team she is helping to deliver to their full potential. She has a passion for helping others, supports several not-for-profit organizations and is actively involved in her church community.
One of Julie's favorite joys in life is being a mom. She homeschooled both of her boys through high school. She stays involved in their lives and is very proud of them. She enjoys camping with her husband and boys, and chilling on the couch with her lab, Leia.
Fun fact: Julie was in a Polish dancing group from the age of 7 to age 22 and performed in Poland at the age of 17.
Suzanne Tucker
Founder, CEO
Suzanne is a mom of 4 who has been a physical therapist and parent educator for over 27 years. While teaching positive discipline classes, Suzanne saw a need for tangible, evidence-based tools and toys to help parents and educators apply the science of positive discipline into their everyday lives, particularly when they were feeling stressed or their children were acting out.
Mary Houlihan
Chief Operating Officer
Mary supports strategic planning, finance, operations, inventory management, HR and special projects for Generation Mindful.
Prior to her work with GENM, Mary served as the Chief Operating Officer for St. Louis Public Schools, leading Operations and Finance for over 70 schools and 25,000 students. Earlier in her career, she held various leadership roles at Anheuser-Busch, where she oversaw the world-famous Clydesdale Operations, Hospitality Centers, Promotional Products, and Training and Development.
In addition to her role as COO of GENM, Mary serves as an Executive Career Coach for the Executive MBA program at Washington University and a facilitator and board member for Executive Connections, a local membership organization that supports executives in transition.
She has a B.S. in Systems Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Courtney Tharpe
Creative Director
Courtney is our resident “design wizard” and oversees all branding, web design, product development, and marketing collateral. She has over 10 years of experience in graphics and communication design and has been working with Suzanne from day one when she created the GENM logo. Courtney holds a BFA in fashion design from Parsons School of Design and spends her free time creating one-off pieces for her women’s clothing line or snuggling with her husband and dog, Edgar.
Ashley Patek
Chief Storyteller & Parenting Coach
Ashley is a mama to three children; two boys and a daughter born to Heaven. She is an occupational therapist, parent educator, certified holistic lifestyle coach, and chief storyteller with Generation Mindful.
Ashley moves with her heart, enjoys connecting with others, writing, and all things family. Just an education seekin', acai-bowl lovin', free-spirited mama with a mission to help others feel seen, heard, and valued so that they can honor the light within them, and carry that love into their home and community.
Selina Armstrong
Programming Specialist
Selina is a trauma informed practitioner that has over 20 years experience working with children and families in the areas of education, international development and advocacy. Her most recent work focused on developing programs to increase protective factors that promote resilience in children affected by domestic violence.
Selina, a recent transplant to the St. Louis area from Atlanta, is a mom of a 5 yr old daughter, a bonus mom to a 14 year old son and the spouse of a law enforcement officer. She will be working with GENM to bring you a new weekly segment, "That Friday Feeling: Parenting Pep Talks" which can be accessed via facebook live every Friday at 10:30am CST.
Additionally, Selina ia a contributing writer for GENM as she continues to explore and process the intersectionality of being a Black woman in America and a Police Chief's wife, during a time when tensions between police and citizens have led to ongoing civil unrest throughout the country.
Traci Esposito
Content Editor & Proofreader
Traci has a masters in education and spent a decade teaching the littles of other families while waiting patiently for her rainbow baby. In 2013, she started a side hustle doing editing and academic consulting before starting a position in 2014 with oversight over charter school accountability. Once her rainbow girl arrived, Traci left the office in 2017 and never looked back. She knows the value of GENM tools because she used them as a parent before joining the GENM team. She feels blessed to join a powerhouse team of inspirational colleagues and work on editing content, and managing outreach and curriculum integration. Traci is a birth mom to a sweet and smart young man, momma to a precious and precocious little girl, proud dog mom, and wife to her best friend from high school. Outside of family time, her passions are all things related to music, art, nature, travel, gluten free food, and crafting.
Dr. Byron M. McClure, D.Ed.
Inclusion & Cultural Competency Advisor
Dr. Byron McClure is a National Certified School Psychologist currently redesigning a high school in Southeast, D.C. His work centers around influencing systemic change and ensuring students from high-poverty communities has access to a quality education. Dr. McClure has extensive knowledge and expertise in mental health, social emotional learning, and behavior.
Byron has done considerable work advocating for fair and equitable discipline practices for all students, particularly, for African-American boys. He has designed and implemented school-wide initiatives such as SEL, restorative practices, RTI, and trauma responsive practices. As a result of this work, led by Dr. McClure, his school recently won the 2019-2020 Whole Child Award.
Byron has presented across the country as a panelist, featured, and keynote speaker. He believes in the power of dreaming big to make dreams come true!
Dr. Jodi Heaps-Woodruff
SEL Integration Expert
Jodi is a research neuropsychologist, with specific expertise in NeuroAIDS and structural imaging of the brain, at MIMH. Her work consists of local and international studies of NeuroAIDS in both pediatric and adult populations. Dr. Heaps-Woodruff collaborates with researchers at Washington University school of medicine on cognition and brain imaging in inflammatory and genetic disorders. She has developed research protocols and statistical analysis plans, designed neuropsychological batteries, and created databases for integration of clinical, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological data. Since joining the MIMH, Dr. Heaps-Woodruff has expanded her work to evaluate the Healthcare Home Initiative of MOHealthNet. This initiative is designed to enhance and integrate health care among individuals with mental health concerns and chronic disease, or multiple chronic illnesses. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses, she describes changes in the system of care as well as indicators of improved disease management.
One of Julie's favorite joys in life is being a mom. She homeschooled both of her boys through high school. She stays involved in their lives and is very proud of them. She enjoys camping with her husband and boys, and chilling on the couch with her lab, Leia.
Fun fact: Julie was in a Polish dancing group from the age of 7 to age 22 and performed in Poland at the age of 17.
Ximena Florez
Positive Parenting Coach
Julie Johnson
Social Emotional Inclusion Specialist
Julie is a Social Emotional Inclusion Specialist, Special Educator and Yoga Meditation Teacher in St. Louis, MO. She coordinates the Social Emotional Inclusion Program in the North St. Louis County School System and has been teaching special education in the homes and local school districts in that region for over ten years.
Julie has completed continuing education on teaching trauma-informed yoga to youth through Street Yoga and Yoga Ed and Trauma Sensitive Yoga for sexual assault survivors. She is passionate about embedding trauma-informed yoga practices into her daily professional practice as a special education teacher and as a yoga teacher.
Kati Knaup
SEL Writer & Curriculum Lead
Kati is a Professional School Counselor with over 10 years of experience in the classroom. She holds a MS.Ed in school counseling and an Ed.S in education and school counseling. Kati is also trained in trauma informed practices and play therapy.
Kati is responsible for curriculum development and many social emotional learning writing projects for GEN:M. Her passion involves teaching social emotional skills in the classroom and home to help positively connect children to themselves, others, and their communities.
Kati is a mom of three. She enjoys adventure and exploring new places. She loves being outside with her husband and children.
Dusha Cecil
Positive Parenting Coach
Dusha is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over 10 years experience. In addition to working as a high school social worker, Dusha provides mental health services to older adults and adolescents in a hospital setting, and private practice. She specializes in working with people with trauma, anxiety, depression, and crisis intervention.
Dusha received her Bachelor's Degree Social worker and Master’s Degree with a mental health concentration from Saint Louis University and is working towards her Play Therapy Certification. When not working with students or clients, Dusha enjoys time with her friends and being a dog mom to Charlie.
Gina Rocchio-Gymer
MSW, LCSW, Positive Parenting Coach
Gina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience. Gina specializes in working with women struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma. Gina has a passion for helping women during pregnancy, the postpartum period . Gina particularly enjoys working with families around challenges with parenting . Gina received a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In addition to her private practice, Gina has provided mental health services to youth and adults in hospital, school, residential treatment centers, and public health settings.
Kobe Campbell
SEL & Curriculum Writer
Kobe is a Ghanaian-American wife, mother of two, and licensed trauma therapist based in Charlotte, NC. She’s the founder of her private practice The Healing Circle and hosts The Healing Circle Podcast with her husband Kyle.
Kobe loves to sing, dance, write, and hear her son say his morning affirmation “I am kind, I am smart, I am loved.”
Julie Hohe
Customer Service
Julie has a degree in Business Administration and over 25 years of experience in the administrative field. She lives, breathes and loves getting and keeping things organized. She feels the better she does her job, the easier it is for the team she is helping to deliver to their full potential. She has a passion for helping others, supports several not-for-profit organizations and is actively involved in her church community.
One of Julie's favorite joys in life is being a mom. She homeschooled both of her boys through high school. She stays involved in their lives and is very proud of them. She enjoys camping with her husband and boys, and chilling on the couch with her lab, Leia.
Fun fact: Julie was in a Polish dancing group from the age of 7 to age 22 and performed in Poland at the age of 17.
Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley
Ph.D, PHR
An outspoken advocate for equity, trauma-informed practices and student voice in education, Dr. Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley has served as superintendent of The School District of University City since July 2016. She was previously the assistant superintendent for human resources and leadership development for the Ritenour School District.
Dr. Robyn Ortiz, MD
Pediatric Resident at John Hopkins
Robin trained in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Urban Health Primary Care Med-Peds Residency Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She earned her B.S. in behavioral neuroscience at Northeastern University and graduated from Loyola University Chicago with her M.D., completing both programs with honors. During training she completed the Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health.
Through her research, Dr Ortiz aims to understand the biopsychosocial and epigenetic underpinnings between adversity and chronic disease, prevent and reverse the negative sequelae of adversity throughout the lifespan, and implement interventions that foster healthy early life family environments and skills that build resilience.
Robbyn Peters Bennett, LPC, CMHS
Child Mental Health Specialist
Robbyn is a psychotherapist, educator, and child rights activist. She specializes in the study of trauma and clinical applications aimed to address the long term negative effects of early childhood maltreatment, using the lens of interpersonal neurobiology. Robbyn has studied in-depth the relationship between harsh discipline, child development and long-term health. She is a leader in the growing movement to end the sanctioned hitting of children (corporal punishment) in the US.
Lori Wymore-Kirkland
Training Chair for the Supervised Visitation Network
Lori has more than 30 years of experience working with families and children. She has witnessed first-hand the importance of supporting healthy parent-child relationships through adopting a trauma-informed approach to human services. Lori has worked with children as a mental health specialist, as a social worker in Texas and New Mexico, and in early education running childcare programs in Maryland and Virginia.
Since 2007, Lori has been the program developer and manager of the Stronger Together Supervised Visitation and Exchange Center for the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Over the years Lori has taught parent education classes, worked with domestic violence programs, program development, grant funding, and court-wide family engagement initiatives.
On a national level, Lori serves on the Supervised Visitation Network as a board member. Locally, she is an active member of the Fairfax County Domestic Violence Network and collaborates on multiple Fairfax County teams. Lori is strongly supported through the local Fairfax interagency and community Advisory Board developed to support responsive community services for supervised visitation.
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