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Simplifyance™ came into existence as a result of Parker's passion for helping others. Although his career began as a counselor, Parker was quickly drawn towards operations and quality improvement in the mental health and substance abuse treatment field. After a number of years serving as the Director of Operations for NorthStar Transitions in Boulder, Colorado, Parker started Simplifyance™ in 2017 with the mission driven intent to raise the standard of safety and quality in behavioral healthcare. Parker is a Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS) in the State of Colorado and lives full time in Phoenix, Arizona. He is committed to living a life in service of others and creating solutions to the complex behavioral health challenges our communities face. Parker's purpose is to foster the growth of servant leaders seeking to make a positive impact in their communities. He is an avid yogi and loves to play golf.

Gina is the daughter of a Cuban political refugee, who taught her that perseverance and a strong work ethic yields value driven results. Gina adopted a Servant Leader approach to working with others, and over her 30-year career has focused her efforts on mentoring individuals, empowering them to first recognize and then reach their full potential. Her leadership, marketing and operations experience is diverse, with contributions in both private and public sector organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher learning in Florida, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Colorado.

Gina is CEO for Gina Thorne Consulting, a solution-focused practice created to assist individuals and organizations in identifying the barriers that prevent them from reaching their personal or professional goals. A full-time travel adventurer, Gina lives to inspire others to pursue their “some-day” aspirations now.

Gina joins the advisory board contributing her expertise in leadership development and coaching, digital marketing, business development, branding, design and execution of organizational strategic planning to the mission of transforming Simplifyance into the provider of choice for compliance and training.

“I am excited to join Simplifyance and to be a part of its vision of supporting and empowering individuals and organizations to be successful and self-sustaining.”

Steve Millette has 30+ years experience in the behavioral health and addiction recovery field serving in clinical, administrative, academic and executive roles. His passion is to bring systemic change required to solve addiction and behavioral health problems in our society. His competencies include clinical service model development, service and system innovation, and organizational leadership. In his current role at Gloo, where he serves as the Executive Director of the behavioral health service line, he is particularly interested in developing and applying data and platform technologies to innovate and speed the advancement of needed solutions for the addiction problems in our society. He previously served as the Executive Director at The Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) and Behavioral Health at the University of Colorado Hospital and at Pavillon International in North Carolina. Additionally, Steve has held leadership and clinical positions at prominent treatment facilities including the Hazelden-Betty Ford Foundation. He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Assumption College and his master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Nova University.

Martin LaRoche is the CEO and Founder of the nation’s leading healthcare consulting firm- MVP Consulting Group. Martin's background includes over 15 years of multi-system hospital administration, regulatory compliance, fiscal management, risk management, staff capacity building, and client experience optimization to various healthcare facilities including: behavioral health/substance abuse facilities, hospitals and ambulatory clinics. Martin currently possesses a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling and is currently wrapping up a PhD in Business Psychology. Martin's dissertation is focused on the disparities in behavioral health and substance abuse treatment throughout the United States.

Jim is a native of Buffalo, NY who has served the recovery community in a professional capacity for almost 20 years. Throughout his career, Jim has sought to remove the stigma of recovery and open the path to treatment for families and individuals. His experience in addiction treatment has touched all phases of the continuum of care, from establishing the first LGBT recovery residence in Minneapolis to leading families through the process of intervention as Chief Operating Officer of Addiction Intervention Resources, to multiple leadership roles at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, before finding his home at the Harmony Foundation in 2015.

As Chief Executive Officer at the Harmony Foundation, Colorado’s oldest residential treatment program, Jim has focused on increasing Harmony’s capacity to meet the unique needs of people who struggle with substance use disorder. Jim is proud of the work done by the Harmony team to modernize and expand services, including a robust Alumni Recovery Support Network and a thriving Intensive Outpatient Program. Jim has guided improvements to the Harmony campus, updating client housing and public spaces, adding a mindfully constructed 12 Step trail, a disc golf course, and a labyrinth.

Jim’s passion for community engagement led him to a position on the Estes Park Restorative Justice board, supporting alternate opportunities for people to make amends to their community. Most recently Jim was honored to be invited to join the national board for Treatment Professionals in Alumni Services (TPAS), a nonprofit group setting the bar for alumni services. The Harmony Foundation was a founding member of TPAS and as Director of Alumni services while at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Jim supported the mission of TPAS.

Work at Harmony brought Jim and his family to Colorado, where they have set down roots in Allenspark. Jim and his husband Peter are pleased to be a part of the Estes Valley community and excited to be Coloradans.

Dr. Charles Shuman, M.D. is a psychiatrist specializing in addiction and complex mental illness, and is board certified in general psychiatry and addiction. Dr. Shuman has worked as a medical director for multiple recovery treatment programs and as a faculty member of the University of Colorado and Eastern Carolina University.

Dr. Shuman has published, instructed, and presented in areas of addiction psychiatry and general psychiatry. His philosophy is to treat clients with compassion, from a holistic perspective, to determine the best and most effective means of treating mental health and substance abuse concerns. The goal of is to return clients to a life of health, productivity, and personal enrichment. Additionally, Dr. Shuman is the Past President of the Colorado Society for Addiction Medicine and a fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Annie Peters, PhD, LP, is Director of Research and Education at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) and Executive Director of the NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science and Education (FoRSE), leading the national effort to further understand substance use disorders through collaborative quality improvement and treatment outcomes research. Dr. Peters is a clinical psychologist who completed her doctorate at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been working in the addiction treatment field since 2006, with experience in assessment, psychotherapy, process improvement, compliance, counselor education, and clinical leadership.