Email: clindsey@optionsonline.org
Phone: 541-613-6766

Christina Lindsey graduated from The University of Oregon in 2003, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She then spent several years in various customer service positions before landing on an ACT Team in Arizona. There, Christina became very passionate about adult mental health, recovery, and the ACT model in particular. After a year and half in Arizona, Christina followed her husband back to Oregon and secured a place as the Peer Support Specialist for the Laurel Hill Center ACT Team. Christina was with Laurel Hill for four years and is excited for new experiences as a Statewide Trainer with OCEACT.

Christina is a self-professed “nerd” who enjoys science fiction, anime, and comic books. She also enjoys crafting, knitting, and gardening. Christina and her husband like to spend time together playing video games, bike riding, and analyzing the plots of television shows.

Email: byoder@optionsonline.org 
Phone: 541-600-6102

Ben Yoder is a graduate of The University of Oregon, long-time Oregon resident, and advocate for the SPMI population. He spent his first few years post-graduation working on campus for environmental concerns and shortly thereafter transitioned into a recovery specialist position with The Laurel Hill Center. There, he studied under Mary Alice Brown, PhD., well known advocate for the rights of the under-served and former president of USPRA. After a 15 year tenure and development of the Laurel Hill ACT program, Ben transitioned to the position of statewide trainer with OCEACT. He is currently conducting program reviews and providing technical assistance and support to ACT teams across the state

Ben serves the community in his free time as president and board member of a local HOA and supports the local efforts of elementary and middle schools. When he is not playing any variety of music instrument or spending time with his Boston Terrier, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, snorkeling rivers and lakes, biking, attempting to surf, and playing sports with his two sons, who are 9 and 12. Kristi is Ben’s long-time partner and she works as an account rep. for a successful organic produce company, distributing produce throughout the western states. They met at the Urban Farm at the University of Oregon and continue to share strong values in fair trade, gardening, and the therapeutic value of helping something grow.

Email: cbozarth@optionsonline.org
Phone: 541-450-5044

Cathy earned her Master of Arts in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health from Adams State University in Colorado and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. Cathy has over seventeen years’ experience working in various community mental health service settings. Cathy has previous work experience to include working in the inpatient treatment setting, with the mobile crisis outreach team, as part of an outpatient leadership team, and as part of an ACT team.

Email: lmiddleton@optionsonline.org 
Phone: 541-450-5797

Liz has worked in community mental health in a variety of roles both clinical and supervisory for nearly thirty years. As a QMHP, Liz has provided care in a variety of settings: recovery-oriented partial care, prison, dual-disorder inpatient, SRTF, low-barrier transitional housing and probation. Liz has Team Lead experience in two ACT programs. The most recent has been with Cascadia Behavioral Health Forensic Act Team since inception in 2015 until January 2022.

Liz has received a wealth of knowledge from the following resources: participants, colleagues, supervisors, continuing education trainings, every OCEACT conference and from Temple University School of Social Work. Liz achieved a BSW (Stockton University) and MSW (Temple University) and has been an Oregon LCSW since 2007. Liz is also a proud Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner since 2017.

Self-care activities include hiking, cycling, yoga, reading, thrifting and spending time with friends both two and four-legged. Currently, there are three elder Chihuahua mixes and three playful felines ruling the home in Portland.

Email: jtempleton@optionsonline.org
Phone: 541-450-1902

Juli was born and raised in the Great Northwest, which fostered a great appreciation for the outdoors and wellness. She lives in Columbia County with her loving husband, two wonderful kids, two rambunctious dogs, and two cats who believe they are royalty on a small farm.

Juli’s professional journey started out working as a therapeutic and treatment massage therapist for 17 years. Working in holistic medicine cultivated a passion for researching to improve health and wellness through teaching and sharing that knowledge. After caring for a family member recovering from surgery, Juli knew she wanted to be a nurse at a young age. She completed nursing school prerequisites, a high school diploma, and an associate degree simultaneously; however, she started her nursing career ten years after starting a family. Juli has worked as a nurse for the last eight years in management in nursing homes, clinics, wound care, and primarily in mental health on an ACT team. In 2019, she completed her Bachelor’s in Nursing and a unique clinical experience working with children in the orphanages in Peru.

Juli gained experience working with individuals with severe persistent mental illness as an Assertive Community Treatment Registered Nurse in Columbia County for the last four years, promoting wellness through medication management, coordinating the medical system, decreasing withdrawal symptoms, monitoring signs and symptoms of adverse medication reactions, medical and non-medical case management, and promoting autonomy, Tobacco cessation as a Certified Tobacco Specialist, and motivational interviewing.

Juli enjoys spending time with family and friends, being active outdoors, hiking, running, walking the dogs, grounding in nature, Yoga, Jui Jitsu, reading, motivating fitness in others, nutritional eating, gardening, food prepping (canning and storing), and learning.