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Our Team

Meet the people who walk beside children and families at the Tree House.

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Meet our team and partners

The Tree House works because so many people choose to show up for children, day after day.


Our staff bring expertise in medicine, social work, therapy, and advocacy, and many of them serve our community in both English and Spanish. Our board of directors guides our mission. And our partners in law enforcement, child welfare, medicine, and the legal system make the coordinated, under-one-roof model possible.

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Meet our team and partners

Staff

Our staff bring together medicine, social work, therapy, forensic interviewing, and family advocacy, all under one roof. Below are the people who care for children and families at the Tree House every day.

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Charles Regan

Executive Director
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Evelyn Shukat, MD

Medical Director
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Yosselyn Rodriguez

Director of Operations
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Molly Cupid, LCSW-C

Mental Health Director
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Estefany Rivera Vasquez

Client Coordinator
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Adriana Jimenez

Forensic Interviewer
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Karen Campion

Child Trauma Therapist, Bilingual

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Elizabeth Quirch

Child Trauma Therapist, Bilingual
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Ashley Vergara

Child Trauma Therapist, Bilingual
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Buzdygon, VL

T3 Therapist

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Melanie Rodriguez

Family Advocate
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Sharon Camacho

Family Advocate
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Caroline Aguilar, LMSW

Child Trauma Therapist, Bilingual
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Dara Kruman, LCSW-C

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Gabriela Lira Alvarez

H.O.P.E. Program Coordinator, Child Trauma Therapist, Bilingual
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Andrea Coleman, BSN, RN

Nurse
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Emily Lipsitz-Wardrick

Child Trauma Therapist
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Ana Reyes

Child & Family Advocate
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Michelle Rivera Vasquez

Client Coordinator
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Samina Khawaja

Mental Health Director

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Board of Directors

Our board of directors brings together community leaders dedicated to preventing child abuse and helping the Tree House fulfill its mission.

Chief Insight Officer at Spring Insight, providing websites and marketing for organizations, and committed to the Tree House mission.

Erika Dickstein
President
Mortgage professional and co-founder of The Clapper Team, active in community outreach promoting financial literacy and homeownership.
Chuck Clapper
Vice President

Owner of Market Street Studio, a photography studio, with experience developing campaigns for women's issues and underserved youth.

Julie Lieblich
Secretary

Owner of Hale Accounting Services, providing tax services in the county for thirty years, and an active Kiwanis Club leader.

Arlene Hale
Treasurer

Project Manager at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and a dedicated supporter of vulnerable children in Montgomery County.

Earlene Wood Reynolds
Member

Psychologist in private practice in Bethesda with extensive child abuse and neglect experience.

Samantha Bender, PhD
Member

Clinical social worker and board-approved clinical supervisor, formerly director of an in-home therapy program for families.

Andrea Rifkind
Member

Communications Specialist for the Montgomery County Fraternal Order of Police and a volunteer advisor for a Police Explorer post.

Lauren Washington
Member

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The work at the Tree House is challenging, and it changes lives. If you want to help children heal, we would love to meet you.

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You do not have to face this alone

When your family is ready for ongoing support, the Tree House is here, free of charge. If you think a child needs help, we are here. Families and community partners can start a referral, and our team will guide you through what comes next.