Our Team
Our Team
The team at Synergy is dedicated to providing a safe environment that creates opportunities for connecting and healing. The Synergy team embraces values aligned with recovery to provide the support necessary for residents and their families. We know that recovery is not linear. We believe in the passion of our team and their ability to facilitate opportunities for change.
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Leadership
Timmy Brooks | Founder & CEO
Timmy founded Synergy Houses in 2020 following his graduation from Cabrini University, drawing on his own experience in addiction and recovery. He built the program around three values he lives by: community, process, and accountability. From the beginning, he has emphasized action over insight alone, helping clients develop the daily practices and supports they will need to sustain recovery beyond their time at Synergy.
Beyond Synergy, Timmy speaks to schools, teams, and recovery communities around the country, sharing the story of his own path and what he has learned from the people he serves.
Outside of work, Timmy is a dedicated family man, participates in a 12-step recovery program, and continues to play competitive sports.
Timmy Brooks
Founder & CEO
Lizzy Lopez, LPC | Director of Clinical Operations & Partner
Lizzy holds a Master’s in Professional Clinical Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has completed over 250 hours of psychodrama training and continues to deepen that work.
Her path into clinical work was shaped by a formative experience in her own early recovery, when a clinician modeled both compassion and accountability and challenged her to take responsibility for her healing. She began her career in behavioral health working with adolescents experiencing substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, where she built a strong foundation in family dynamics and early intervention. She later transitioned to working with young adults navigating multiple treatment attempts, focusing on the underlying drivers of self-medication and self-sabotaging behavior. She has also developed Intensive Outpatient Programs for specialized populations, including an adolescent dual-diagnosis program and a trauma-informed substance use program for women.
As Director of Clinical Operations, Lizzy oversees the strategic development, daily operations, and clinical integrity of Synergy’s multidisciplinary programming. She leads and supervises the clinical team, develops training and supervision systems, and works closely with leadership to align the program’s clinical growth with its mission.
Her approach is rooted in compassionate honesty. She believes meaningful change happens when clients move beyond asking “why the addiction?” to the deeper question of “why the pain?” and is committed to creating an environment where clients feel safe enough to face that question while staying engaged with growth.
Outside of work, Lizzy stays active and spends time with her husband and children — outdoor adventures, imaginative play, and the occasional fort.
Lizzy Lopez, LPC
Director of Clinical Operations & Partner
David Burke | Men's Program Director
David holds a B.S. in Business Management and brings over six years of experience in behavioral health, where he has managed and directed programming for sober living communities. His broader professional background is in systems development and operations.
As Men’s Program Director, David oversees the men’s direct care staff, the culinary team, property management, the alumni coordinator, and the intake coordinator. His work spans cross-department care planning, one-on-one client touchpoints, and the daily operational rhythm that holds the program together.
David’s approach centers on creating choice. As clients progress through the program, they gain more freedom and responsibility, which puts them in front of more complex decisions. His role is to walk that path with them, supporting choices aligned with the principles of recovery and discovering what’s on the other side together. He brings a steady, neutral presence to difficult conversations, separating people from problems and offering accountability with fairness and consistency.
Outside of work, David enjoys cooking, music, hiking, and trying new things.
David Burke
Men’s Program Director
Lauren Lafond | Women's Program Director
Lauren joined Synergy in 2022 and now oversees the women’s program, including the women’s case managers and Recovery Care Coordinators. She is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Psychology.
Her work spans daily program operations, staff support, crisis management, and cross-department collaboration to keep care consistent across the organization. She has experience working with young women navigating substance use disorders alongside the complex challenges that often accompany them, including trauma histories, eating disorders, self-harm, and challenges related to sex and love addiction.
Lauren’s approach is relationship-centered and individualized. She takes time to understand what works for each client and what doesn’t, meeting them where they are and creating a space where they feel safe, seen, and supported. She believes treatment works best when staff show up as genuine, compassionate human beings and model what healthy recovery actually looks like, and when progress, both small and significant, is celebrated along the way.
Outside of work, Lauren spends time with her fiancé and stepchildren, at the beach, outdoors, and with friends.
Lauren Lafond
Women’s Program Director
Kimberly Mitchell | Finance Manager & Partner
Kimberly brings a background in entrepreneurship, business consulting, and financial management to her role at Synergy. She oversees budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and internal controls, along with vendor relationships and expense management, working to keep the organization’s financial picture clear and the operational side running smoothly.
Her approach is proactive and analytical, focused on building processes that support Synergy’s continued growth without losing the consistency that the clinical and program teams depend on.
Outside of work, Kimberly enjoys time with her family, staying active, and being outdoors — especially hiking.
Kimberly Mitchell
Finance Manager & Partner
Clinical & Medical
Geoff Rogers, LCSW | Lead Therapist
Geoff has been part of Synergy Houses since the clinical program’s inception in December 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Florida Atlantic University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.
His career began with adolescents at Family First Adolescent Services in South Florida, where he was promoted to Case Manager and first introduced to the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). That introduction shaped his understanding of addiction as an adaptive response to complex PTSD and developmental trauma, a framework that continues to anchor his clinical work today. He later returned to Philadelphia for graduate school and worked as a Primary Therapist at Malvern Treatment Centers and as Lead Therapist at Adolescent Advocates. He encountered Synergy from the outpatient side, observing that clients in his IOP did meaningfully better when supported in structured housing.
At Synergy, Geoff facilitates group and individual therapy, supervises clinicians, and has taken on a leadership role in developing the curriculum and clinical framework. Much of his work has focused on building a sanctuary-oriented model, where both clinical and program staff are equipped to support the therapeutic process outside of traditional clinical settings in ways that reduce reenactments and foster relational capacity.
His clinical approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful relationships create the foundation for corrective emotional experiences. He draws on both his personal experience in recovery and his direct relational work with clients to help them move beyond addiction and toward lives that feel authentic and fulfilling. One of his strengths is helping clients connect with and articulate complex emotional experiences with greater compassion for themselves.
Outside of work, Geoff plays golf and ice hockey, stays active through exercise, follows Philadelphia sports, and enjoys concerts and comedy shows.
Geoff Rogers, LCSW
Lead Therapist
Sydnee Wells, LCSW | Primary Therapist
Sydnee holds a bachelor’s and master’s from West Chester University. Her background includes six years in adult detox and residential rehabilitation, plus three years in outpatient PHP working with adolescents in mental health and substance use.
She specializes in young adults and adolescents, focusing on addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns. She is trained in EMDR, Attachment-Based Family Therapy, and the Gorski Relapse Prevention Method.
Sydnee’s approach is compassionate and strength-based. At Synergy she runs groups, holds individual sessions, and stays in regular contact with families throughout each client’s process.
Outside of work, she enjoys time with her family and her dogs.
Sydnee Wells, LCSW
Primary Therapist
Carina Urbach, MSEd, MSS, LSW | Primary Therapist
Carina came to clinical work after a 25-year career in education. She returned to school for her Master of Social Service when her two children left for college, drawn to the work of supporting people through recovery from complex trauma. Earlier in her career, she taught in early intervention with children ages 0 to 5, served as a founding board member of a charter school in Souderton, PA, and built parent engagement programs at independent schools.
At Synergy, Carina facilitates groups, holds individual sessions, maintains regular family contact, and spends time with residents through gardening, cooking, and outdoor activities.
Her approach is relational and pragmatic, combining an understanding of human development with insight-oriented work and practical tools that help clients build lives of intention rather than reaction or resignation. She describes her role as getting in the river of life with her clients: a steadying force during the rapids, a gentle push when they get stuck spinning in eddies, and a companion floating alongside the calm water in awe of what’s ahead.
Outside of work, Carina enjoys traveling, gardening, hiking, yoga, cooking, and time with family and friends.
Carina Urbach, MSEd, MSS, LSW
Primary Therapist
Sandy Doria, MA, RDT | Group Facilitator
Sandy is a Registered Drama Therapist who joined Synergy in 2025. She specializes in drama therapy and uses experiential modalities including psychodrama and EMDR in her clinical work.
Her professional background spans a wide range of clinical settings, including refugee resettlement, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for mental health, substance use, and eating disorder recovery, and outpatient treatment at a trauma center. She is also an active researcher with multiple published studies, focused on disability justice and immigration.
At Synergy, Sandy facilitates a variety of groups across PHP, IOP, and outpatient levels of care, including process groups, psychoeducational groups, skills-based groups, and experiential trauma-focused sessions. Her approach is gentle, flexible, and grounded in mutual respect and collaboration. She believes treatment becomes most effective when clients are able to experience new ways of relating to themselves and others, challenge old patterns, and form a more authentic sense of identity within a safe and structured environment.
What stands out to her about Synergy is the milieu therapy model. She gets to witness clients not only during therapeutic hours, but in the in-between moments: hanging out at the house, doing activities, talking on the porch. The therapy does not stay in the office, and that is what makes it work.
Outside of work, Sandy is an artist, an avid reader, an activist, and a language learner. She also lives with two talkative and emotionally expressive Siamese cats.
Sandy Doria, MA, RDT
Group Facilitator
Seth Lehman, LSW, MSS | Primary Therapist
Seth holds a Master of Social Service in Clinical Social Work from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. His background includes work and internships in inpatient residential substance use treatment and IOP for mental health and substance use, supporting both adolescents and adults. Before becoming a therapist, he worked at Synergy as a Case Manager in the collegiate housing program.
At Synergy, Seth facilitates morning process groups with his caseload, leads psychoeducation and spirituality curriculum mid-day groups, and runs a Friday experiential group focused on cohesion and mindfulness. He maintains an individual therapy caseload, holds weekly family update calls, and coordinates with referents as part of each client’s care team.
He specializes in OCD, Polyvagal Theory, NARM, and psychodrama. His clinical approach helps clients identify the processes and strategies that create dysfunction in their lives and facilitates exploration of their inner world and relational dynamics. He often integrates a 12-step lens and emphasizes spiritual exploration, guiding clients toward actionable steps. He also strongly believes in bottom-up approaches that engage the body to complement insight-oriented work, and that spiritual exploration plays a meaningful role in recovery from substances and trauma.
Outside of work, Seth enjoys CrossFit, Muay Thai, video games, learning Japanese, playing guitar, singing, writing music, and spending time with friends.
Seth Lehman, LSW, MSS
Primary Therapist
Nora Rubin, LMSW | Primary Therapist
Nora holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and a Bachelor’s in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in Theater from the University of Delaware. She is trilingual and has worked as a Spanish and Italian tutor.
Before her clinical career, she served as a behavioral interventionist and teacher at a preschool in New York City, and supported adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at a nonprofit, progressing from direct care to managing the day program. During her MSW she completed practicum placements as a school social worker with at-risk youth and as an outpatient therapist at the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center.
At Synergy, Nora primarily works with the women’s program as an individual therapist. She maintains a caseload, runs a daily morning process group, leads mid-morning IOP groups twice a week, and facilitates a weekly DBT skills group with the men’s program. She focuses on supporting women with co-occurring substance use, personality disorders, OCD, and attachment disruptions stemming from early childhood trauma.
Her approach is multi-dimensional and trauma-informed, anchored in a psychodynamic lens and integrating DBT, CBT, and ERP. She views addiction as a means of survival and works to help clients rewrite their narratives, releasing the shame and stigma that accumulate around mental illness and addiction so they can become the agent of change in their own story. She believes growth is hard work, and she models sobriety as something that can include creative interventions, healthy spontaneity, and the occasional moment of finding your inner child on the swings at the park.
Outside of work, Nora enjoys exercise, nature walks, concerts, comedy shows, theater, game nights with friends, traveling, cooking, catching up on Bravo, and visiting family in NYC.
Nora Rubin, LMSW
Primary Therapist
Will Moyer, BSW, MSS | Primary Therapist
Will holds a BSW from West Chester University and an MSS from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
His path into clinical work began at Recovery Centers of America in Devon, where he discovered a passion for working in recovery. While completing his degrees, he worked with adolescents at Center for Families in Malvern and then at Nourish in West Chester, focusing specifically on eating disorder treatment.
At Synergy, Will facilitates group and individual therapy, maintains contact with families, and spends time with residents around the house and on experiential outings. His approach is collaborative and grounded in honesty and curiosity, creating space for clients to explore themselves during chaotic, fast-changing periods of life. Together, he and his clients work to deepen awareness of internal states and examine patterns from past and present to better understand how each client has learned to move through the world.
He aims to be a calming, steady presence for clients, particularly when they struggle to feel safe themselves.
Outside of work, Will stays active with sports, cooks at home when the weather doesn’t cooperate, spends time with friends and his partner, and reads.
Will Moyer, BSW, MSS
Primary Therapist
David Clements, MD | Medical Director
Bio coming soon.
David Clements, MD
Medical Director
Daisy Laura, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Bio coming soon.
Daisy Laura, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Devon Gray | Primary Therapist
Devon holds a B.A. in Psychology from West Chester University and is completing her Master of Social Work at Eastern University, with graduation expected in 2026.
Her history with Synergy runs deep. She first joined the team in 2022 as a Recovery Care Coordinator and later a case manager, then went on to work as a primary therapist in both residential and outpatient substance use treatment. She returned to Synergy in 2026, this time as a therapist. She specializes in substance use disorder, depression, anxiety, and PTSD, and as someone in recovery herself, she brings a firsthand understanding of both the challenges and the strengths that live inside the recovery process.
As a Primary Therapist, Devon runs clinical groups and individual sessions and stays in regular communication with families. Her approach is person-centered, trauma-informed, and relational. She believes healing involves examining both our relationship with ourselves and our relationships with others, and she works to understand how past experiences shape the way a person navigates connection, trust, and growth. She integrates evidence-based practices to help clients build healthier coping skills, strengthen relationships, and create sustainable change, walking alongside each person as they reconnect with themselves and rediscover their self-worth.
Outside of work, Devon enjoys exploring new places, spending time outdoors, learning something new, and being with family and friends.
Devon Gray
Primary Therapist
Case Management
Steph Kimmel | Lead Case Manager
Steph holds a Bachelor of Science in Education in English Education from West Chester University. She spent eight years as a Program Director at the YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s Lionville campus and two years as Advancement Coordinator at Church Farm School in Exton before joining Synergy. After a brief stint as a Recovery Care Coordinator, she returned to the team as Case Manager for the women’s program.
She runs case management sessions with each woman in the program, working with them on daily living and wellness, recovery, relationships, work and school, and budgeting. She brings over ten years of experience working with youth and almost seven years guiding individuals in the recovery community through 12-step programs.
Her approach is compassionate but accountable. She listens without judgment and is comfortable sharing what she has learned from her own early sobriety when it can help a client. She is a firm supporter of 12-step recovery, which she credits with not only helping her get sober but with shaping who she became afterward.
Outside of work, Steph enjoys reading, swimming, running, biking, and time with friends.
Steph Kimmel
Lead Case Manager
Anna Torrens | Case Manager
Anna joined Synergy in late 2025, first as a Recovery Care Coordinator and now as a Case Manager. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and is currently enrolled in a Master of Social Work program. She brings two years of experience in mental health, primarily working with high-acuity adolescents, and is CPR certified.
Before joining Synergy, Anna worked as a Behavioral Health Specialist at an adolescent mental health program, where she managed crisis interventions, helped develop safety plans, communicated regularly with clinical staff, and maintained HIPAA-compliant documentation.
She contributes to case management across both the men’s and women’s flagship programs, supporting clients with their daily routines, communicating with the clinical team, and staying in regular contact with each client’s broader support system. Her experience spans adults and adolescents navigating trauma, neurodivergence, personality disorders, and LGBTQIA+ identity and recovery. Her approach is trauma-informed and focused on meeting clients where they are while helping them reframe the thinking patterns that get in the way of recovery.
Outside of work, Anna enjoys art, music, sports, and a good TV binge.
Anna Torrens
Case Manager
Grey Cremer | Case Manager
Grey brings six years of active recovery and a deeply personal background into his work, connecting with clients through honesty, resilience, and humor drawn from his own experience. He has been a Case Manager at Synergy for several months.
His day-to-day work centers on being present with each client, listening closely so he can offer meaningful guidance and reflect what he is noticing back to the team to help shape the rest of the client’s care. He has particular experience working with individuals from the restaurant industry navigating active addiction, early recovery, relapse, and co-occurring mental health challenges.
He describes his approach as “creative compassion”: empathy paired with flexibility and authenticity. He aims to meet clients where they are, bring playfulness when it fits the moment, and build an environment where growth feels both possible and meaningful.
Outside of work, Grey enjoys genuine connection, time in nature, art in many forms, and the kind of humor that keeps a life balanced.
Grey Cremer
Case Manager
Men’s Program
Andrew Farrell | Program Manager
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and has been with Synergy for two years. He has worked in the recovery field as a Recovery Care Coordinator, Case Manager, and Program Facilitation Manager, and now leads the program as Program Manager. Before recovery work, he spent time in sales and education.
In his current role, Andrew oversees the fixed elements of the program, including drug testing, rounds and location checks, outside 12-step meetings, medications, chores, and client group attendance. He directly manages five direct care staff and oversees day-to-day operations to ensure clients are on time and present for clinical groups, individual sessions, and case management. He also supports the Client Needs Specialist in shaping the daily container that allows clients to succeed.
He runs the Program Facilitation Department’s weekly staff meetings and weekly one-on-ones with each direct care staff member, focused on process, training, administrative duties, and client care. His prior work with young adults includes coaching sports and teaching, alongside the relationships he has built with others in recovery through his own 12-step process.
His approach focuses on meeting clients where they are and helping them develop the insight and confidence to make their own decisions. He believes effective treatment is built on a foundation of compassion, love, and accountability working in concert: compassion and love create the safety needed for honest engagement, and accountability is what allows recovery to take root.
Outside of work, Andrew enjoys golf, basketball, the gym, video games with friends, time with his girlfriend and their three cats, and good TV and movies.
Andrew Farrell
Program Manager
Mike Staurowsky | Intake and Client Needs Specialist
Mike brings 19 years of personal sobriety and a decade of professional experience in the recovery field to his role at Synergy, where he has been for three years.
His approach is hands-on and relationship-driven, anchored in face-to-face interactions where he builds trust through empathy and authenticity. He works to create a safe and supportive environment where clients can engage honestly, feel understood, and begin to see new possibilities for themselves. His own recovery allows him to connect with clients on a deeper level, offering both guidance and hope as they navigate the early stages of sobriety and beyond.
He is committed to meeting individuals where they are and walking alongside them, helping them overcome obstacles while recognizing the strengths and potential each one carries in.
Mike Staurowsky
Intake and Client Needs Specialist
Alex Buse | Men's Activities Assistant
Bio coming soon.
Alex Buse
Men’s Activities Assistant
Xavier Ramos | Recovery Care Coordinator
Xavier Ramos
Recovery Care Coordinator
Matt Gifford | Recovery Care Coordinator
Matt is finishing his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at West Chester University and plans to pursue a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling next. He worked in the golf industry before finding his passion in recovery, and before joining Synergy’s staff he supported men in their own early recovery in the community.
His day-to-day work includes drug testing, chore checks, meeting checks, and individual time with clients, where he focuses on listening and offering guidance. He describes his approach as “boots on the ground”: showing up, putting in the time, and trying to give clients the same kind of support that was given to him in his own early recovery.
He believes effective treatment depends on three things working together: a positive environment, caring and consistent staff, and the structure that gives clients something to lean on while they get sober.
Outside of work, Matt plays golf, skis, and backpacks when he can, and loves a road trip.
Matt Gifford
Recovery Care Coordinator
Cameron Davis | Lead Recovery Care Coordinator
Cameron holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance and Orchestral Conducting from West Chester University and brings several years of management experience to his role. He is a Synergy alumnus and a person in recovery with nearly three years of continuous sobriety.
He supports clients as they practice the daily skills of early sobriety, including community and relationship building, time management, accountability, and healthy routines. Much of his work happens one-on-one and in group settings, where he creates real-time opportunities for clients to apply what they are learning in therapy. He also supervises and supports other RCCs on the team.
His approach is compassionate, patient, and grounded in shared experience. He believes recovery is built through intentional practice: working on emotional regulation, interpersonal development, and consistency in a community that holds a shared purpose.
Outside of work, Cameron enjoys hiking, spending time with his cat Mollie, playing video games, and Magic: The Gathering.
Cameron Davis
Lead Recovery Care Coordinator
Ian Shepard | Recovery Care Coordinator
Ian is a Synergy alumnus and a current film student at Arizona State University. He completed the program in 2025 and joined the team shortly after, bringing both professional and lived experience to his work.
His day-to-day responsibilities include conducting rounds and location checks, supporting drug testing, completing shift reports, and observing the small moments that help the rest of the team understand how each client is actually doing. Before recovery work he spent time in food service and valet, where he developed the communication and people skills that translate directly into this role.
His approach focuses on connecting with clients through recent shared experience, offering perspective from someone who was in their position not long ago. He believes effective treatment helps clients build the habits and foundations they will need to live a full life after they leave.
Ian Shepard
Recovery Care Coordinator
James Maiale | Recovery Care Coordinator
James is a Psychology student at West Chester University, working toward becoming a therapist for young people struggling with addiction. He got sober as a teenager, and that firsthand experience of finding recovery young is what he draws on most in this work.
As a Recovery Care Coordinator in the men’s program, James handles the day-to-day structure that keeps the house running: UA and BA testing, chore checks, and meeting checks. Just as important is the time he spends with clients, where his focus is giving back the same support that carried him through his own recovery.
He approaches clients with empathy, meeting them as someone who has sat where they are and can relate to the struggle firsthand. He believes patience and compassion are the biggest factors in a client’s success, paired with clear boundaries and a safe environment where people have the room to grow. What stands out to him about Synergy is that it gives clients the space to stumble, then works with them to choose something better.
Outside of work, James rock climbs, snowboards, makes art, explores the outdoors, and is always hunting for new music.
James Maiale
Recovery Care Coordinator
Operations
Beth Surgeon | Property Manager
Beth Surgeon
Property Manager
Ari Santilla | IT and Data Coordinator
Ari is a Synergy alumnus who has been part of the community for four years and on the team for three. He is a Finance student at West Chester University and was previously a Software Engineering major at the University of Pittsburgh, bringing a long-standing passion for academia and technology into his work. He holds certifications in C++, TypeScript, and Python, and has prior experience in freelance software development.
Within Synergy, Ari has worked as a Recovery Care Coordinator, Case Manager, and Case Management Manager before moving into his current role. As IT and Data Coordinator, he works to solve operational gaps with technology so that the experience for clients keeps improving. His day-to-day blends problem analysis, internal coordination across teams, and data analysis that informs decisions about how to better support clients.
While he is no longer in direct care, Ari makes a point of staying engaged with the community outside of work. He has a history of building strong relationships with young adult men ages 18 to 25, and his approach has always been about meeting people with friendliness and warmth. He believes that surrounding yourself with the right community is what makes recovery sustainable, and that Synergy’s culture lets clients enjoy sobriety in a way that feels like home, where friendships and conversations have real depth behind them.
Outside of work, Ari is an avid Chicago sports fan with a particular love for baseball, football, and soccer. He also enjoys skiing, running, and movies.
Ari Santilla
IT and Data Coordinator
Sean Willcox | Chef
Sean Willcox
Chef
Albert McNaull | Kitchen Coordinator
Albert holds a ServSafe Food Handler Certification and brings over five years of food service experience to his role. He joined Synergy in 2025 and is currently pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management at Immaculata University.
His day-to-day responsibilities include preparing three meals each day, keeping the kitchen clean and organized, and supporting compliance with health and safety standards. He also contributes to weekly menu planning, food ordering, and client education on cooking and food safety basics.
His approach is approachable, respectful, and supportive. While his role is not direct care, he values building relationships with clients through everyday conversation and creating a space where they feel comfortable being heard.
Outside of work, Albert enjoys the gym, gardening, and playing card games.
Albert McNaull
Kitchen Coordinator
Kal Rohrbach | Kitchen Coordinator
Kal Rohrbach
Kitchen Coordinator
Women’s Program
Parker Lankewicz | Program Facilitation Manager
Parker is a Certified Recovery Specialist who has been with Synergy for a little over a year. She holds an Associate’s degree in Business Administration and is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Psychology.
She works closely with residents in the women’s program, facilitating groups, providing case management, and helping each client build the skills she will need for long-term sobriety. Parker brings both professional experience in behavioral health and lived experience in recovery, which allows her to approach the work with empathy and a strong personal investment in the people she serves.
Her approach is grounded in empathy, honesty, and accountability. She meets clients where they are while encouraging growth, responsibility, and connection within the recovery community.
Outside of work, Parker enjoys time with friends, stays connected in the recovery community through 12-step meetings, relaxes with her cat, and unwinds with a good TV show.
Parker Lankewicz
Program Facilitation Manager
Julie DiCampli | Recovery Care Coordinator
Julie joined Synergy in October 2025, bringing several years of lived experience in 12-step recovery and a strong foundation in accountability, honesty, and peer support. This is her first role in the mental health and recovery field. She is currently a Marketing student at West Chester University with a focus on sales.
Her work centers on supporting residents in maintaining their sobriety and mental health progress, monitoring the house environment, helping residents follow routines, documenting progress, and communicating with the broader team. She connects especially well with young adult women, drawing on her own path through early sobriety, and her approach is empathetic and recovery-oriented, balancing structure and accountability with the encouragement that helps clients open up.
Outside of work, Julie enjoys time with friends and family, her cat George, watching TV shows, and staying active through pickleball and tennis.
Julie DiCampli
Recovery Care Coordinator
Ella Ciarimboli | Recovery Care Coordinator
Ella is a Synergy alumna and a person in recovery, which gives her a direct understanding of what residents are working through. Before joining the team, she gained extensive experience in childcare, where she developed patience and the communication skills she brings into her work today. She joined Synergy in late 2025.
Her day-to-day work focuses on keeping the house safe, structured, and supportive: recovery support, crisis response, conflict resolution, and the consistent accountability that helps residents stay focused on their goals. Her approach is grounded in empathy and open communication, creating a space where residents feel comfortable opening up.
Outside of work, Ella enjoys time with her dog and getting into arts and crafts.
Ella Ciarimboli
Recovery Care Coordinator
Anna Dahl | Recovery Care Coordinator
Anna is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Art at West Chester University and brings lived experience in recovery to her work. She came through Synergy’s program herself before joining the team in 2026, and much of the growth, support, and sense of purpose she found there is what drew her to this work.
As a Recovery Care Coordinator in the women’s program, Anna helps oversee residents and supports their safety and day-to-day well-being. She holds residents accountable while encouraging them in their recovery, and a large part of her role is helping the women see that recovery is not about getting an old life back. It is about building a new one that is stable, meaningful, and worth showing up for. She contributes to the daily operations of the house and works to create an environment where residents feel heard, supported, and safe, including helping them find resources for their goals inside and outside of recovery.
Anna believes in meeting people where they are. Everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and treated without judgment, and she works to help residents recognize their own strengths and remember that their past does not define them. Having walked a similar path, she can relate to much of what the women she works with are facing, and she offers both encouragement and the reminder that they are not alone.
Outside of work, Anna creates art, spends time in nature, and continues to feed a love of learning that grew alongside her recovery. She often draws on natural materials for inspiration in her artwork, and she treasures time with her loved ones and her dog.
Anna Dahl
Recovery Care Coordinator
Ciara Snelling | Recovery Care Coordinator
Bio coming soon.
Ciara Snelling
Recovery Care Coordinator
Admissions & Outreach
Alex Smith | Admissions Manager
Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Connecticut School of Business. He joined Synergy in 2024 after going through his own recovery and completing the program as a client, and he has been with the team for nearly two years and part of the broader Synergy community for almost three.
He oversees the full admissions process from initial referral through client arrival, coordinating closely with families, referral partners, and the clinical and program teams to assess clinical fit and facilitate placement. His day-to-day work spans intake and assessment calls, pipeline management, logistics coordination, and helping families navigate program structure, pricing, and the practical steps of getting a loved one into care. He also maintains and develops Synergy’s referral network alongside the business development team.
Alex’s approach is straightforward and relationship-driven. He meets families where they are, builds trust quickly, and is honest with them about what extended care actually looks like. He works primarily with young adults navigating substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions, many of whom are transitioning from residential treatment into the structure and accountability that extended care provides.
His own experience as both a former client and a family member walking through the process gives him a perspective on admissions that few in the field carry. He sees the clinical work, the structure, and the accountability as essential, but credits the relationships, with peers, staff, and alumni, as what ultimately turns treatment from something someone has to do into something they want to be part of.
Outside of work, Alex is a serious UConn Huskies and Manchester United fan, plays soccer in the men’s league Synergy helps facilitate, watches movies and plays video games, spends time with friends and family, and shares his life with two cats, Lenny and Ozzy.
Alex Smith
Admissions Manager
PJ Galligan | Business Development Coordinator
PJ is Synergy’s Business Development Coordinator and a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC), along with a bachelor’s degree in business and an associate’s in marketing. He spent more than a decade in advertising sales and business development before bringing that experience to Synergy, including seven years with CBS in New York, where he spent over three years selling the New York Yankees play-by-play broadcast for WFAN SportsRadio, followed by seven years leading the business development arm of a national airport-media company.
At Synergy, his focus is expanding access to extended care and transitional living for young adults entering or already in recovery. He builds and maintains referral partnerships and develops relationships with providers, families, and community resources at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of his work is about aligning treatment partners and families around continuity of care, so a young adult’s next step in recovery is coordinated, accountable, and built to last.
PJ’s approach is genuine, honest, and dependable. He is responsive and persistent, and if he does not have an answer he goes and finds it. He treats every partner as a person first and a business contact second, investing in relationships rather than transactions. He believes connection is what makes treatment work, and that a willingness to show up is the one thing he can always bring to the table.
What stands out to him about Synergy is a culture where lived experience in recovery is the norm rather than the exception, paired with a campus environment and close proximity to 12-step meetings that keep connection constant. He sees the therapeutic touchpoints outside of the day-to-day clinical work as something genuinely rare in the field. Outside of work, PJ spends his time with his daughter and partner, including Friday night Disney movies and popcorn, plays a self-described mediocre round of golf, cooks, watches football on Sundays, and stays active in the recovery community through 12-step service and fellowship.
