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Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Leadership Empowering Teens & Guiding Transformation

Michelle Gross, LMFT

Chief Executive Officer

Eddy Lai

Chief Financial Officer

Alyson Orcena, LMFT

Chief Clinical Officer

Bradley Peterson, MD

President, Evolve Psychiatry PC

Shikha Verma, MD

Medical Director, Northern CA and VP of Medical Training and Development

Melissa Vallas, MD

Medical Director, Southern CA and VP of Medical Operations and Quality

Michael Anderson

Vice President of People and Culture

Lisa Faguet, LCSW

Vice President of Operations

Megan Johnston, LMFT

Director of Admissions

Ellen Bloch, LCSW

Director of Outpatient Programs

Lianne Tendler, LMFT

Regional Clinical Director

Lauren McChesney, LMFT

Regional Clinical Director

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