Our Staff
Executive Leadership
Lisa Heaton
Executive Director
A graduate of Southern Utah University and the University of Utah, Lisa is a licensed therapist with 20 years of experience at House of Hope. Previously she worked in children’s mental health for ten years and specialized in working with children and families, especially in reunification, before becoming the Executive Director of House of Hope. “I believe in being strengths-based treatment and giving people chances.”
Favorite vacation spot: Oregon coast. Favorite Hobby: Reading. Strength: Determination. Weakness I’m Working On: Mt. Dew addiction.
Lori Weaver
Director of Operations
A graduate of University of Phoenix in Criminal Justice, Lori is a licensed advanced substance use disorder counselor with over 15 years of experience at House of Hope. Lori also has over 25 years of experience working in the social work and criminal justice field and has specialized worked with women in several treatment centers as a case manager, treatment coordinator, and director before becoming Director of Operations at House of Hope. “I truly believe that change is possible and have had the privilege to see it happen daily. House of Hope is a tough program but we believe in compassion, accountability, and empowering our women to see their true potential as productive citizens in our communities. I also believe that myself and our employees should be part of a team that is accountable, strength-based, solution-focused and open to feedback. Change is possible and we must represent what a healthy human can look like as we support our families through challenging times. Recovery is possible for the entire family.”
About Lori: Love the ocean so any vacation by water is plus for me. I love to spend time with my family and friends and especially my amazing daughter, and of course, my super cute little dogs DJ and Maggie. I am a strong, assertive woman who also needs to continually work on being healthy on the inside and out.
Admissions
Julie Jackman
Admissions Director
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Cami Sandall
Admissions/Eligibility Specialist
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Children's Services
Hello, my name is Gerri Ewing, I am excited to work with House of Hope’s women and children. I have worked as a behavioral health aid in an elementary school for several years and I’m currently study Marriage and Family Studies at BYU-Idaho. I have three kids ages 32, 30, and 13, and a sweet-yet-feisty 7-year-old granddaughter; I currently live with my 13-year-old and my 89-year-old mother. I love to travel, especially if it’s a good road trip, and I have been to all 50 states (and most of our national parks). My bucket list is always changing because I am always checking things off, but it currently heavily involves making sure my mom gets to cross things off her bucket list. I love to see new things, try new foods, and explore things. I am very excited to be part of the House of Hope team because I love working with people, especially those fighting (sometimes) unseen battles. I like working in supportive environments and in places where I feel I can help make a difference. In closing, here is a quote that really means a lot to me by an unknown author, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
Hello! My name is Halley Gordon. I recently graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in criminology. In the past couple of years, I have worked both with children and teenagers at daycare and residential facilities. I am so excited to be working with House of Hope as I am passionate about children as well as recovery. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, walking, and playing with my cat. I am thrilled for this new adventure and hope to meet you all soon!
Hi Y’all! My name is Lakyn Smith and I am one of the Family Case Mangers at House of Hope. I am currently in graduate school working towards a Masters in Social Work so I can be a therapist. I am very outdoorsy and athletic, I love to hike, do triathlons, paddle board, camp, play sports and more. I am not a winter person though, love the snow don’t like the cold. For this reason in the winter I tend to read, do puzzles and watch all the movies I didn’t when it was warm outside. Here are a few quirky facts about me: (1) on my bucket list: “Run around Greece singing ABBA.” (2) My superpower: “Flight! Plane tickets are the most expensive part of vacation, so then I could save money by flying there myself.” (3) My most useless talent: “The ability to sleep anywhere.” (4) Favorite quote: “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. —Martin Luther.” I interned at Tranquility House as a Case Manager working with women who were in recovery, and I am very excited to get a chance to work with women and their families here. I love recovery and seeing the growth that each client experiences, I love seeing families reunited and helping them learn how to live together. I am very excited to be a part of House of Hope!
Client Services
Hello all! My name is Marah Powers. I am originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and I moved here to Salt Lake City at the beginning of October. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from College of Coastal Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences. My main areas of concentration are Neuropsychology (brain and behavior) and Women’s Studies. I have always wanted to work for a non-profit that empowers women, so learning about this opportunity here at House of Hope was a dream come true! In my spare time, you can likely find me rollerblading at Liberty Park, at my local pottery studio, curled up reading a book, or really any outdoor activity. I am very excited to get to know each and every one of you!
Hannah Belcher
Food Services Program Specialist
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Kelly Howard
Client Services Specialist
Kelly believes House of Hope is an amazing program and provides support for women in our community while providing a better understanding of basic life skills and living with sobriety. Kelly worked for a large healthcare organization for 27 years and made the decision to leave just prior to full retirement and give back. Personally, Kelly has been surrounded by addiction and knows that the effects are far reaching. Losing her son at age 26 in 2014 and his father in 2004, both to an overdose, changed her life forever. Kelly’s daughter has 15 years of sobriety and continues to attend meetings, sponsor peers and has obtained her Master’s Degree. She has family members still in active addiction and many in recovery. Kelly believes addiction is a family disease and believes this program is not easy. She knows the women work hard through a structured program with rules and expectations and that to many of our women this is new. She feels her role at House of Hope has been one of the hardest yet most rewarding of her life. She sees everyone here at House of Hope put their heart and soul into what they do every day. She has learned and continue to learn and is grateful to be here. Something that gives Kelly hope, one day at a time, is the Serenity Prayer – God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
Brittany Peterson
Client Services Aide
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Hi! My name is Ivy Davis and I just moved to Salt Lake City from Georgia a few months ago! I have a German Shepherd, Selah, my partner in crime for the past six years. I love to travel, paint, read and spend as much time near the ocean as I can. I collect vintage turquoise jewelry and enjoy thrifting in my spare time. I’m a fierce believer in the empowerment of women so working with House of Hope is already a dream come true! I can’t wait to meet everyone and I’m so grateful for this opportunity!
Development
Margaret Yeates
Director of Development
Margaret graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s in Mass Communications – Public Relations, minor in English. Since 1998, she has worked in the non-profit sector for wonderful organizations along the Wasatch Front. She started working for House of Hope in 2009. She loves the opportunity to support amazing causes through her writing. Her experience in project management, grant writing, grant management especially government grants, fundraising, public relations, marketing and outreach has spanned over two decades. She has raised millions in funding to support local causes in our community and loves for her focus to be on mental health and substance use disorder treatment for now. She has enjoyed serving for grant review boards, being a member of the fundraising community and empowering women and children in need so far throughout her career. She is a member of Zonta International and currently serves on the Board for the Salt Lake Area.
She has a passion for bringing the topic of mental health respectfully to the table and eradicate the stigma that unpleasantly accompanies it. She is inspired and motivated by the courage and determination displayed on the daily at House of Hope and is honored to have the opportunity to do a small part of bigger change for the greater good. “I come to work each day excited to move the mission of House of Hope forward. Addiction does not discriminate, and treatment should not either”.
Lover of animals, nature – especially trees, hiking, cooking/baking, reading and most importantly family and friends. She is a published writer and currently working on her next writing project. She is constantly striving for harmony in all things. Margaret is a certified Reiki Master and Intuitive Coach. She loves to laugh and to have the blessing of laughter everyday thanks to her two comedians that we call children. “I value compassion. Compassion for everything outside of myself and compassion for everything that makes me…. well, ME”.
Hi! I’m Jobee. I recently graduated from Weber State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science, with a minor in psychology. I love understanding why people think the way they do politically, which is why I chose a political science major. It was a hard tossup between that and psychology, but political science won out. I have worked in customer service for nearly 11 years. Here are a few quirky facts about me: (1) Something on my bucket list: I would love to run a marathon. (2) If I could have a superpower for a year: It would be to read people’s minds; I always want to know what people are thinking. (3) My most useless talent is: being double-jointed in my fingers. (4) Hobbies: I enjoy exercise (running, weightlifting, hiking, and yoga). I also love to read and do puzzles with my partner. During the summers I am a big concert goer; I love a good concert! I love helping others and making sure that everyone around me feels content. I am hoping to make a difference in my community by working with House of Hope.
Finance and Reception
Marian Egbert
Accounting Coordinator
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Heather Burke
Accounting Specialist
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Rackel Montano
Receptionist & Billing Assistant
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Willard Emery
Maintenance Manager
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Human Resources
This position is currently open at House of Hope. If interested, please click the we’re hiring above and see the job posting under “Human Resources Generalist.”
Outpatient Services
Erica Vasgar
Director of Outpatient Services
Erica graduated from California State University East Bay with a Bachelor’s in Health Science and a minor in Sociology. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she went on to get her Master’s in Social Work. After graduating, Erica held a case management position at the Regional Center in California, working with the disabled population throughout the state. Erica gained case management skills in this position and learned how to help advocate for people’s needs.
Erica has always had a passion for helping people, specifically women. Erica mentored high school girls for over 12 years and was able to meet with them and help guide them in their lives. In 2012, Erica started a girls’ conference that went on to be continued over the next 5 years, before she moved here to Utah. That girls conference helped middle school and high school girls learn more about themselves and how to love themselves and be confident in who they are. In 2016, Erica moved to Utah where she started working as a case manager at House of Hope. In 2017, she got her CSW and began working as a therapist in the residential portion of our program. After a few months in that position, she transitioned over to being an Outpatient therapist. Erica is now the Director of Outpatient and has gained more trainings in M.I. (motivational interviewing) therapy and EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) trauma-based therapy.
Erica loves movies and spending time getting to know people. Through her job, she seeks to understand the root cause of something and work from there. Erica desires to understand her clients and help advocate for them. She is grateful for her time here and her time getting to help impact women’s lives.
Hello, my name is Gaby Korpas. I completed my Masters in Social Work from the University of Utah and have been working with people struggling with addiction and trauma for over 10 years. I am originally from Utah but moved around a lot when I was younger. When I am not working, I love to travel, cook, play bass guitar, as well as spend time with my cute miniature dachshund and chubby cat. As a therapist I am trained in motivational interviewing, EMDR, and Narrative therapy, but am looking to expand into other areas such as internal family systems, art therapy, and CBT. I have always respected the work that House of Hope does for women and wanted to get back into what made me passionate about social work in the first place. I am excited to be a part of the team at House of Hope.
Hello, my name is Jennifer Argyle. I have an Associates Degree in Psychology from Salt Lake Community College and graduate (this next week) from Weber State University with a degree in Social Work and minor in Psychology. I was born and raised in Utah. I spent the majority growing up in Bountiful. I have been married to my current husband (who I first met in high school) for eight years and we are a blended family with four children in total. I have a 14-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter from a previous marriage and my husband has a 13-year-old son from a previous marriage, and we have a daughter together, aged 6. We also have FOUR dogs! My bucket list includes traveling through Europe as well as going to graduate school and working towards getting an LCSW to work one-on-one with people as a therapist. I am excited to be a part of the House of Hope team because I have a passion for working with people and empowering them to be the best versions of themselves. I am excited about working with both the staff and the clients of House of Hope… I am excited to be a part of someone’s recovery and self-discovery journey. “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” –Viktor E. Frankl
Madison Bowler
Outpatient Case Manager
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Amanda Callahan
Outpatient Case Manager
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Rosann Greenway
Self-Sufficiency Case Manager
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Liesl Hanson
Residential Therapist – INTERN
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Stephanie Hunt
Outpatient Therapist
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McKell Schreiner
Aftercare Coordinator
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Recovery Support Services
Katrina Raymond
Recovery Support Supervisor
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Alia Richards
Assistant Recovery Support Supervisor
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Justine North
House Manager
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Ellarie Schatzman
House Manager
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Shadell Wright
House Manager
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Cydney Bridner
Recovery Assistant
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Angela Broadbent
Recovery Assistant
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Taylor Durham
Recovery Assistant
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Taiva Fagatele
Recovery Assistant
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Jinny Frisby
Recovery Assistant
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Lydia McGee-Rodriguez
Recovery Assistant
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Cassidy Monette
Recovery Assistant
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Kapinga Melissa Ndiadia
Recovery Assistant
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Benta Opiyo
Recovery Assistant
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Juliana Padilla
Recovery Assistant
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Martha Quintero
Recovery Assistant
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Pamela Rasmussen
Recovery Assistant
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Kimberly Vradenburg
Recovery Assistant
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Residential Services
Rourk Baird
Clinical Director
Rourk received his Masters of Mental Health Counseling in 2007 and has been with the House of Hope for over 12 years. Prior to coming on board at the House of Hope, Rourk worked for 2 ½ years as an RA and therapist at New Life Center, an eating disorder clinic. At House of Hope he has been a case manager and therapist and working in both positions helped increase his ability to be a clinical director. “I am amazed at the courage our women have to analyze their lives and make changes that for some would be impossible. House of Hope offers those that want to change the chance to find that courage, change their lives and in turn show others that change is possible. Many of our women will help change entire generations because of the work they do at the House of Hope. I am proud to be a part of the miracles that happen here.”
About Rourk: “Family is everything!” I love spending time with my children and grandchildren and find great joy in watching them grow and develop. I am an advocate for healthy living and enjoy being outdoors hiking and camping and engaging in activities that promote physical health. I believe that in order to live a balanced life you need to pay daily attention to your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
Sarah Aubin
Residential Case Manager
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Peter Beckman
Residential Therapist
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Ashlie Hess
Residential Therapist
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Lauren Sage, BA
Residential Case Manager
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Johanna Thompson
Residential Group Specialist
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Allison Wilson
Residential Case Manager
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House of Hope Provo
Ali is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. She has been practicing as a professional counselor since 2012. She graduated from University of Phoenix with a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, having also completed the Master’s program for Educational Counseling.
Ali has specialized training in substance use/addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, mindfulness, grief and loss, motivational interviewing, psychodrama and is also a certified interventionist. Ali also specializes in issues that impact the LGBTQ community.
She believes that the keys to living well are to develop a sense of self love and learning to live life authentically. She also believes that trauma work is vital to the healing process. Ali utilizes many therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Relationship Trauma Repair. Ali enjoys traveling, spending time in the mountains, photography and spending time with her three year old daughter.
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Eden Garcia
Residential Case Manager
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