Our Team & Leadership

Staff

Jennifer Caraballo

STAFF

School Outreach Coordinator

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Brandon Combs

MNA

STAFF

Executive Director

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Katie Conklin

LPC, M.Ed.

STAFF

Vice President of Programs

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Derick Elkin

STAFF

Empowerment Club Coordinator

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Blair Findlay

MiM

STAFF

Community Fundraising Manager

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Kayla Finn

STAFF

School Support Coordinator

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Laura Geiger

STAFF

Donor Engagement Manager

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Gina Guinta

MSW

STAFF

Director of Development

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Kristina Kins

MSW

STAFF

Director of Program Operations

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Pamela Kurucz

STAFF

Grant Writer

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Meade Means

MLIS

STAFF

Vice President of Operations

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Maggie O’Brien

STAFF

Marketing Manager

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Liz Rojas

STAFF

Logistics & Administrative Assistant

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Shantal Saldaña

STAFF

Manager of School Outreach

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Emily Seto

STAFF

Finance Manager

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Ilana Sherman

MPH

STAFF

Director of Education

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Cheryl Sundheim

STAFF

Annual Fund Director

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Britnee Weatherspoon

Ed.D.

STAFF

Curriculum Director

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Virginia

Kristin Zabikow

STAFF

Operations & Volunteer Engagement Assistant

Erika's Lighthouse

📍 Illinois

Board Of Directors

Lori Bucholz

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Nebraska

Nate Buelt

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Treasurer

📍 Illinois

Eric Dahl

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Secretary

📍 Illinois

Lane Goggin

MBA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Barry Greenhouse

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Kevin Leicht

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Michelle Mirzoian

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Michigan

Linda Monico

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Desirée Moore

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Virginia Neuckranz

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President, Co-founder

📍 Illinois

Tom Neuckranz

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Co-founder

📍 Illinois

Eileen Sheehan Hovey

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Joshua Taustein

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

📍 Illinois

Elaine Tinberg

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Co-vice Chair

📍 Illinois

Barbara Williams

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Co-vice Chair

📍 Illinois

Lighthouse Council

Carol Barlage

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Ohio

Sarah Conrad

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Michigan

Tom Cutler

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Dianna Devine

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Utah

Johnny Figel

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Alexandra Greenberg

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Megan Hart

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Lukas Kubon

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Lauren Laughlin

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Fleury Linn

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Sally Lou Loveman

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Pennsylvania

Nell Osborne

LCPC

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Tom Ouimette

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Jeni Spinney

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Florida

Sharon Weingarten

MSW, LSW, ASCW

LIGHTHOUSE COUNCIL

📍 Illinois

Professional Advisory Board

Holly Alperin

EdM, MCHES

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire; Lighthouse Wellness & Health Education Consulting

📍 New Hampshire

Jeanie Alter

PhD, MCHES, FASHA

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Executive Director, American School Health Association

📍 Indiana

Dana Anderson

DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Assistant Professor, Rush University College of Nursing; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Trilogy

📍 Illinois

Jeff Bartlett

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Health Education Teacher, Danvers Public Schools

📍 Massachusetts

Sarah Benes

EdD, CHES

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Associate Clinical Professor, School of Health Sciences, Merrimack College; Lighthouse Wellness & Health Education Consulting

📍 Massachusetts

Aaron Fischer

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Utah

📍 Utah

Carter Funkhouser

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University

📍 New York

Emily Graybill

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Associate Professor of School Psychology, Rutgers University

📍 New Jersey

Pia Houseal

DSW, LCSW

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Program Administrator, Project AWARE Montgomery County Intermediate Unit

📍 Pennsylvania

Dareen Khatib

MPH, MCHES, RDN

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Senior Administrator, Orange County Department of Education

📍 California

Meg Kincaid

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Psychologist, Director of Student Services, Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart

📍 Illinois

Amy Lauren Smith

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Schoolwide Health Coordinator, Hong Kong International School

📍 Hong Kong

Kevin Lorson

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Associate Professor, Physical Education & Coaching, Mississippi State University

📍 Mississippi

Kurt Michael

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Senior Clinical Director, The Jed Foundation

📍 Utah

Stephanie Morris

MBA

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)

📍 Virginia

Maria Ramirez

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

District Wellness Specialist, Mesa Public Schools

📍 Arizona

Tali Raviv

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Private Practitioner; Clinical Psychologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Associate Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

📍 Illinois

Mark Reinecke

PhD

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Psychology); Board certified in clinical psychology (ABPP), clinical child and adolescent psychology (ABPP), and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (ACT)

📍 Illinois

Michelle Sircy

Ed.D

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Program Coordinator for Comprehensive School Counseling in the Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education

📍 Kentucky

Sally Stevens

LCSW, PPSC, MEd

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Mental Health Administrator; School Social Worker; Author

📍 California

Karen VanAusdal

MEd, MSc Policy

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Senior Program Officer for Education, Polk Bros. Foundation

📍 Illinois

Patty Voloschin-Weiner

MA, Clinical Psychology; MPH, LSW, LCSW

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Psychotherapist, Interaction Dynamics

📍 Illinois

Nancy Watson

LCSW, CADC

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Psychotherapist

📍 Illinois

Owen Wolkowitz

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco Weill Institute for Neuroscience; Co-Director, UCSF Depression Center

📍 California