Staff Bios

• Julie Randall Executive Director
• Leslie Miles, MA, LPC Assistant Executive Director
• Marti Weiskopf Director of Marketing
• Brooks Witter, MA, LPC Clinical Intake Director
• Britton Turkett, MA Program Director
• Dan Fox, MA, LPC Clinical Supervisor
• Natsumi Minagawa, MA, LPC, CACIII Clinical Director
• Jill Roth, MA Program Manager
• Carl Baccellieri, MA, LPC Program Manager
• Dana Lahoff, MSW, LSW Program Manager
• Rachael Bonaiuto, MA, DTR Life Skills Counselor
• Jetha Marek, MSW Life Skills Counselor
• Matt Wehrly, MDiv, MA Life Skills Counselor
• Zach Weinzetl, BA Life Skills Counselor
• Sarah Lowe Administrative Assistant
• Elizabeth Sullivan Business Manager

Julie Randall has over fifteen years of experience supporting executive teams and managing administrative and operational departments. In 2004 she joined Living Well Transitions as the Director of Operations, and helped the company achieve national recognition as one of the top independent-living programs in the United States. A staunch advocate of professional ethics, Julie has worked diligently to ensure business practices and policy development reflects the highest standards in the industry. Prior to joining Living Well Transitions, Julie held the position of Assistant Executive Director of a residential transition program for young adults. In addition, she has managed a strategic business planning firm catering to Fortune 500 companies, she has worked on an executive team with a co-founder of the Celestial Seasonings Tea Company, and she has overseen operations and administration for a highly profitable engineering firm. Julie’s extensive business experience, combined with her familiarity with transitional programs, brings a balanced insight to our program. An avid sports fan and enthusiastic golfer, Julie enjoys spending time with her great friends and her teenage son, Kevin.

Leslie has worked extensively as a therapist with children, adolescents, young adults and families. Prior to joining Living Well Transitions, Leslie worked as a school-based clinician in Colorado and Vermont, where she provided individual, group and family therapies. Leslie’s background also includes providing therapy to suicidal and homicidal youth during her work as a therapist at Devereux Cleo Wallace Child Psychiatric Hospital in Colorado. Adding to her comprehensive work experience, Leslie has volunteered in counseling, teaching and advocacy roles for a variety of organizations, and she spent two years with the United States Peace Corps in the Czech Republic teaching English as a Second Language to high school students. Leslie is a big proponent of acupuncture for health & well being and loves to cook. Married in June 2008, through her husband Leslie has found a new love of camping and rafting.

Marti moved to the beautiful Colorado Rockies from Arizona after her children left for college in 2007. She had spent ten years as a therapist helping struggling teens and adjudicated youth prior to working as Program Manager of Adolescent Services for the Supreme Court of AZ. In 1992 she worked with a team to develop St. Paul’s Academy, a successful and nationally recognized therapeutic boarding school, where she remained a dedicated leader for eighteen years. During her tenure at St. Paul’s, Marti became a leader in her field, serving on several boards and committees of national and regional organizations, conducting marketing and leadership trainings, and speaking at a number of national conferences sharing her wisdom and insight about providing therapeutic and educational services to special needs and at-risk youth. Marti is excited to have found her way to Living Well Transitions where she is able to continue to develop her love of marketing and connecting with others in the helping- industry field. Marti loves living in the country where, when she is not catching up with one of her daughters, she and her husband take advantage of the great outdoors by spending quality time with their two labradoodles.

Brooks Witter is a graduate of Naropa University, where he completed his Master’s Degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy. Prior to joining the Living Well team, Brooks was a mentor at a residential transition program for young adults where he helped clients to develop better understanding of the cause and effects of their behavior. Brooks’ therapeutic background is complemented by his employment as a Team Leader Assistant at the Turn-Around Project in Boulder, where he co-facilitated group meetings with adjudicated and at-risk youth and consulted with parents and colleagues to strategize effective interventions. In addition to his clinical work at Living Well, Brooks also sits on the Board of Trustees of Naropa University, and is an accomplished photographer and improvisational acting teacher. When not working, Brooks enjoys riding his bike, tending the garden, cooking, and spending time with his lovely wife and two dogs.

Britton has been with Living Well Transitions since 2005. Prior to this he worked in both residential and wilderness settings, but wanted to work with those who were exiting these programs and moving out on their own, clients whom he saw struggling as they worked to use their therapeutic tools in the “real world”. Britton earned his Master’s Degree in Religious Studies and has completed extensive study and practice to become a meditation instructor. He has been a Teacher’s Assistant in both the Religious Studies and Transpersonal Psychology departments and is an active participant in Shambhala Training. He enjoys leading fitness and meditation groups, is an avid Crossfit trainer and duathlete, and is generally inspired by life.

Dan Fox has over fifteen years of experience working with teenagers, young adults, and their families. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado, Dan has been a school counselor, an adjunct faculty member of Naropa University, and founder of Fox Psychotherapy Services. A former high school teacher, Dan is currently the principal of September High School, a program that fosters individual development and reawakens the love of learning. In addition, Dan has designed and presented workshops on adolescent development and therapeutic relationships. Dan loves the outdoors and spending time with his wife, Rachel, and two children, Maya and Eli.

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Nina has lived and worked in the US since 1999 and brings a wealth of multi-cultural educational experience to our program. After completing her undergraduate degree at the Japan Women’s University in Tokyo, Nina studied English in England and was educated in Spanish Language and Culture in Spain. She earned her Masters of Arts degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at Naropa University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a level III Certified Addictions Counselor. She also has intensive trainings in Gestalt therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Her extensive clinical background includes counseling work at the Boulder Safehouse, a local women’s shelter, supervising parental visitations for the Safe Exchange Program. In addition to being a member of our clinical team, Nina also provided therapy and crisis intervention to high-risk adolescents at the Broadway Youth Shelter and facilitated drug and alcohol groups at the Addiction Recovery Center in Boulder. Her commitment to working with young adults with energetic enthusiasm and integrity makes her a valued member of our program. She enjoys high cardio exercise and practices aromatherapy.

After completing her Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Delaware and spending four years as a social worker in Philadelphia, Jill moved to Boulder and earned her Masters of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. She has worked with young adults in a variety of supportive roles, providing individual and group therapy in a university counseling center as well as case management services in non-profit agencies. With her compassionate and centered presence, Jill cultivates authentic, healing relationships with clients. Jill’s passion for yoga and hiking also helps her bring a body-centered perspective to our clients' natural process of self-discovery and positive transformation.

Carl Baccellieri completed his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy at Drew University, and his Master’s Degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University. Carl worked with at-risk and adjudicated youth through the Florida Sheriff’s Youth Camps to re-pattern harmful behaviors while opening to genuine human relationship. He also provided psychotherapy and career exploration to youth transitioning out of foster care into independent living through Synthesis CPA in Denver, CO. Along the way, Carl has spent over 10 years as an artist and entrepreneur, using both business and life as a laboratory for his studies in life design, personal productivity and intentional living. Carl is especially passionate about uncovering clients’ authentic motivations and translating them into inspired life direction. Carl loves being in the wild, practicing yoga and meditation, flying stunt kites with his daughter, and playing his penny whistle, though rarely all at the same time.

Dana grew up outside of Philadelphia and attended University of Vermont where she completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She then worked for Americorps leading a team in the facilitation of a volunteer program for middle school students in Columbus, Ohio. Dana went on to attend Ohio State University where she completed her Master's Degree in Social Work. Her social work experience includes working with parents to overcome obstacles to effective parenting, hospice work, and group counseling with adolescents in a residential treatment facility. In her group work with adolescents Dana found much satisfaction in incorporating the use of animals and nature in the therapeutic process. In 2008 Dana moved to Boulder, CO and joined Living Well Transitions. Dana finds joy in running, hiking, skiing and discovering interesting new places.

Rachael grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada where she learned to value exposure to cultural diversity and global engagement. After completing her BA, she combined her passion for people and commitment to service as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand. There, she spent over three years training teachers, developing and implementing life skills curriculum for adolescents, and facilitating community projects for recovering addicts and their families. Dancing since age 4, Rachael had a strong desire to further integrate her passion for the body-mind connection with therapy. In 2004 Rachael moved to Boulder, CO to earn her Master's Degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. Her therapeutic experience includes multi-cultural, somatic, and community-based work with families, couples, adolescents and children of various backgrounds. She is currently in private practice with her company, "Embodied Wellness LLC", where she dedicates time supporting clients to empower themselves using Authentic Movement and other therapeutic modalities. Prior to joining Living Well Transitions, Rachael was a group and individual therapist working with high-risk adolescents and women at a local treatment agency. In her free time, Rachael loves hip-hop dancing, exploring nature, creating, laughing, and enjoying time with her awesome husband and loving community.

Raised in New York City, Jetha earned a Master’s in Social Work from Hunter College. Her social work background includes advocacy and case management services in the juvenile justice system, and individual/group counseling with youth in community centers and residential treatment. She has had experience with youth struggling with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, grief/loss issues and trauma. Prior to joining Living Well Transitions, Jetha was the therapist at Broadway House, an emergency placement and short-term group home for at-risk adolescents. Jetha is passionate about supporting clients to empower themselves and find joy through engagement with their world. In addition to her work with Living Well, Jetha is a volunteer with Prison Dharma Network, where she provides contemplative support to male youth imprisoned in a maximum-security correctional facility. She is currently completing a jewelry-making apprenticeship, enjoys yoga, loves coffee-shop culture and the big, bright blue sky of Colorado.

Matt was born and raised outside of Kansas City, and received his Bachelor of Arts from Kansas State University. After college, he earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and spent the next twelve years working with seminary students helping them discern and follow their life’s calling. He then returned to school to earn a Master of Arts degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Wilderness Therapy from Naropa University. Before joining the Living Well team, he worked with adolescents and their families in a wilderness program and with youth and young adults with disabilities at a therapeutic equestrian center. Matt’s passions include cultivating a deep connection to the earth, working with rites of passage in the lives of adolescents and young adults, and exploring the spiritual nature of the human experience. In addition to his work at Living Well Transitions, he continues to support MA candidates in Naropa University’s Wilderness Therapy program and guides wilderness trips for students in Naropa’s Environmental Studies program. When he is not juggling these many roles, he feels most at home sitting in a mountain meadow or hiking along a trail through pine and fir trees.

Prior to joining Living Well Transitions in 2008, Zach worked extensively with teens and families in both wilderness and residential programs supporting clients’ individual and family therapies. Through this experience Zach saw the importance of continued support for families and clients after transitioning out of primary care programs. Zach graduated from Naropa University with Bachelor of Arts degree in Contemplative Psychology with a focus on Health and Healing and Transpersonal Psychology. Zach uses his personal connection with and appreciation of nature to help clients engage with their larger world. An avid fly-fisherman, horseback rider, kayaker and rock climber, Zach personally embodies a contemplative approach of integrating mind and body to connect more deeply with people and his environment. Zach, his wife, and beautiful baby girl, recently bought a home in Longmont, Colorado.

Sarah is a Colorado native who moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado. She graduated in 2006 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Sociology and Art History. With diploma in hand, Sarah went on to travel and teach English in South America. She has resided in Costa Rica, Chile, and Italy and is intent on continuing to fulfill her passion for exploration with a trip to Southeast Asia on the horizon. Sarah’s natural ability to connect with people through kindness, humor and curiosity make her the ideal person to serve as the voice of Living Well Transitions. When Sarah is not at work you may find her enjoying a live concert, connecting with nature, or developing her skills as a painter. She hopes to one day merge her passion for healthy living and her love of art into a career as an Art Therapist.

Originally from Massachusetts, Liz moved to Boulder with her husband for a change of pace and a change of lifestyle. With a degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, Liz’s occupational background is in pension administration, biotechnology, and investment services. Working at Living Well Transitions has allowed Liz to bring her skills to bear in a way that positively affects other people’s lives. And in so doing, has made her own life even better. Liz strives to make the most out of every day, and loves anything that grows, hiking, the beautiful Colorado countryside, and taking her dog, Ricco, swimming.