| Dr.
Riggs Klika, Executive Director |
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Dr.
Klika brings 20 years of expertise working in
the exercise science field including team physiologist
for the US Ski Team and five years as the laboratory
director for the CTS Performance Center in Aspen.
Dr. Klika holds a doctorate in Exercise Science
from the University of Texas at Austin with a
specialization in Human Development and Aging.
He received post doctoral training at the National
Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
Summer Institute for research procurement. He
was the chair of the International Congress on
Skiing and Science in 2004 and has a record of
peer reviewed publications. Dr. Klika is a certified
Exercise Specialist with the American College
of Sports Medicine and a Cancer Exercise Specialist.
He was most recently appointed to the Lance Armstrong
Foundation Community Review Board. |
| Lindsay
Harding, Director of Operations |
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| Kathleen
Callahan, LOSW, Director of Mental Health Services |
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Kathleen
holds a Master’s of Science in Social Work
(Ph.D. candidate at University of Utah). She has
had a private therapy practice for over 12 years,
specializing in family, child and adolescent issues.
She is the former Clinical Director of Utah Youth
Village, Utah's largest child welfare agency and
founder of Image Reborn, a non-profit agency offering
retreats for breast cancer survivors. She is also
the founder and director of Optimal Outcomes,
a non-profit agency offering services to parents
with high-risk pregnancy and infant loss. She
is a member of the following organizations: National
Association of Social Workers (NASW) Teaching
Family Association (TFA), Independent Educational
Consultants Association (IECA), Utah Perinatal
Association (UPA), National Perinatal Association
(NPA). She is the recipient of a Susan G. Komen
Grant to run a breast cancer support group located
in Aspen, Colorado. |
| Michelle
Maccarrone, Registered Clinical Dietician |
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Michelle
received her MS degree in Food Science and Human
Nutrition from Colorado State University in
2003. She is employed as a Registered/Clinical
Dietitian at Aspen Valley Hospital. She completed
her Dietetic Internship at Cornell University
and served as a research assistant while at
CSU. Michelle specializes in nutrition for weight
loss clients and patients with clinical pathologies.
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