Meet Our Team

YFS Clinical Programs Manager

BA in Psychology from Occidental College and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University, Seattle. He has spent over 30 years in the community-based mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and has a passion for promoting community health.

Coalition Coordinator

Michelle is an active member of the Mercer Island community and has been involved in a variety of initiatives and programs that support the youth on MI. With a background in higher education administration and event planning, Michelle is energized by connecting people and ideas in an effort to help and support youth and members of our community.

Substance Abuse Specialist

Chris has been employed as a counselor since 1989 and has worked with youth in a variety of settings including both inpatient and outpatient treatment as well as providing school based education, assessment, intervention, referral and support services.  He has extensive experience and training in providing individual, group and family counseling aimed at supporting efforts of young people to become or remain drug free.

In addition Chris leads prevention programming at Mercer Island High School and advises the Minds Matter and S.A.F.E. clubs which promote healthy lifestyle choices by youth. Connect >

Islander Middle School MIYFS Counselor

Over 26 years of experience working with individual, family, group counseling, classroom presentations and group activities to deal with personal difficulties with the goal being to promote healthy emotional and interpersonal development. Harry is also a consultant and trainer for the UW Forefront in Schools program.

With the Healthy Youth Initiative, Harry supports Islander Middle School’s Social Emotional Learning programing through classroom presentations, the WEB program and our Sources of Strength Program as a school wide mental health prevention program.