LEADERSHIP TEAM

CELLAND GILCHRIST (GIL)
CEO

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

Personal Contributions:

• Gil’s feature from “Experts on what Recovery Looks and Feels Like,” from Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s 2013 bestseller, “Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction” (p. 292).
  “From Gil Gilchrist, Chief Executive Officer, New Beginnings at Waverly: Recovery is a lot like enlightenment—most of the people who have excellent recovery, you wouldn’t even know until you spent time with them. They are human beings first and recovering people second. The recovery ideology does not define them, but it’s an integral part of their life. Recovery is not a feeling. It is a state of awareness and realization. You realize that you are free. No matter how good or bad things get, the fundamental realization is that you are free.”
• 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH) for contributions to the field of addiction treatment in Minnesota.
• 2007 “Vision for You” Award
• Gil’s interview from The Afflicted and Affected online video show

David Smith
Executive Director PhD, LICSW

Recent Areas of Focus in the Field:

• Smith, D. T. (February, 2014). Comparing Patient Identified Healing and Satisfaction Factors: Differences affecting treatment services. Counselor, 15(1), 64-69.
• Smith, D. T. (October, 2012). Center’s relations with insurer’s feature more data-driven work, Alcoholism and D/rug Abuse Weekly, 24 (38), 1, 5, 6
• Smith, D. T. (2012). An Outcomes Collaboration: A Minnesota treatment center and an insurer join forces to monitor post-treatment support, July/August, Addiction Professional, 10(4), 36-9
• Smith, D. T. (2010). Planning for an Electronic Record: A Minnesota facility offers an EMR checklist, November/December, Addiction Professional, 8(6), 8-11
• Smith, D. T. (2007). New Models in Minnesota: A competency based model of addiction counseling is bringing new look professionals to the birthplace of the nation’s 12 step treatment infrastructure, Addiction Professional, 5(4), 34-39.

MARLIS WARNER
DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Registered Nurse

MYRA STEERE
HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR

Licensed Practical Nurse

KELLEY REED
UTILIZATION REVIEW MANAGER ADMISSIONS

Master of Arts

CLINICAL TEAM

JESSICA MEYER
CLINICAL SITE SUPERVISOR

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

WENDY WAGENER
PROFESSIONAL TRACK COUNSELOR INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR

Bachelor of Arts
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

CHRIS WENDROTH

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

STEPHANIE KANTOLA
PRIMARY COUNSELOR

Bachelor of Psychology
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

CARLA FORSTROM
PRIMARY COUNSELOR

Bachelor of Social Work
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

KAREN TRETTIN
FAMILY COUNSELOR

Bachelor of Science
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

THOMAS FORSTROM
PRIMARY COUNSELOR

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

MATT KARAYAN
FAMILY COUNSELOR

Master of Science
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

Personal Contributions:

• Author of two books and published various articles on Chemical Dependency and Spirituality.
• Matt is the recipient of the 2009 Vision for You Award.
• Matt is a National Speaker on substance abuse and how it affects the family.

SUPPORT TEAM

GRACE NELSON
RECEPTIONIST

CYNTHIA GRITTMAN
INTAKE

LORI ROZESKE
INTAKE