Contact Us

Beech Brook Headquarters
3737 Lander Rd.
Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124
Phone: 216.831.2255 Fax: 216.831.0436
Toll-free: 877.546.1225

Executive Office

Debra Rex, M.A., M.Ed.
Chief Executive Officer

Mario Tonti, D.S.W.
President

Program/Department Leaders

Lynn Avery, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – Foster Care
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Paula V. Atwood, L.I.S.W., E.M.B.A., CCDCIII-E
Vice President – Community-Based Services

Kate Biddle, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – Clinical Services &
Program Leader – Complex Trauma


Joan Blackburn, L.I.S.W.
Director – Orange Schools & Hitchcock Project

Thomas Brugger, M.D.
Medical Director


David DiTullio, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – Clinical Services

Valerie Dowery-Houi, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – System of Care


Colleen Fritz, J.D.
Public Relations Coordinator


Brenda Gray, J.D.
Director – Compliance and Client Rights

Mark R. Groner, L.I.S.W.
Vice President – Clinical Services & Clinical Director


Gina Hesketh-Huffman
Director – Information Systems

David Hussey, Ph.D., L.I.S.W.
Director – Research

Cheryl Jamison. L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President & Director – Adoption

Kim Karl, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – Community Education

Marcia Konopinski
Director – Human Resources


Nancy Kortemeyer
Assistant Vice President – Marketing and Public Relations

Jeffery Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Director – Early Childhood Program

Thomas P. Royer, M.P.A.
Vice President – Operations

Renay Sanders, L.I.S.W.
Director – Two Ways Home & Parents Helping Parents

Linda Schettler, L.I.S.W.
Director – Intake

A. James Schneider, M.Ed.
Director – Education & Principal, Gund School

Carol Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President – Clinical Services &
Program Leader - Autism

Jean Solomon, R.N., M.S.N., M.A.
Vice President – Out-of-Home Care Services

Brando Tupaz, P.C.C.
Assistant Vice President – Campus Programs

Patricia Varanese, L.S.W.
Director – Family Connections Operations

Melissa Winfield, M.B.A.
Interim Director of Development & Assistant Vice President – Special Projects

Christine Winsberg, L.I.S.W.
Assistant Vice President – Outpatient Programs