REACH© Trainers
REACH Trainers are advocates for the work of SPP and help further our mission to create a campus culture of care. They facilitate REACH and REACH 2.0. Those who have joined our team receive excellent training and ongoing support to become campus leaders in suicide prevention.
2025-2026

Amaya Rakes, MA
GTA, Student Leadership Development

Amy Mangus
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Admissions [Newark]

Annie Schuster
Assistant Director of Residence Life, Housing and Residence Education

Barry Tolchin
Manager, Academic Advising; Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering

Brittany Collier-Gibson
Senior Lecturer, Dennis Learning Center

Carrington Mahr, PsyD
Embedded Psychologist, CCS at Moritz College of Law

Charles DePriest, MA, LPCC-S
Senior Mental Health Therapist, Counseling Services [Newark]

Cheryl Lyons, EdD
Director, Student Life Disability Services

Christina Stewart
GME Program Coordinator, Pulmonary Critical Care

Claire Simon, MSW, LISW-S
Embedded Clinical Therapist, CCS at College of Nursing

Dai Newman
Reference and Instruction Librarian, Newark Library [Newark]

Darcy Haag Granello, PhD, LPCC-S
Professor, Counselor Ed

David R. Miller
Director, Student Life [Mansfield]

David Wirt, MEd, LPCC-S
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, CCS at CFAES

Elizabeth Marsch
Director of Distance Education, College of Arts and Sciences

Ellen Farrell, MS, LSW
Mental Health Counselor, The Counseling and Wellness Center [Marion]

Helka Casey, MS.Ed., LPCC-S, CEAP
Senior EAP Counselor (HS), OSU Health Plan
Hillary Carter, MS, EdS, LPC
Senior Program Coordinator, Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP)

Jen Bennett, MS Ed
Assistant Dean of Student Services, College of Optometry

Jennifer Lang, MA, MSW, LISW-S
Assistant Director, Clinical Services at CCS

Joni Sivey, LISW-S
Embedded Clinical Therapist, CCS at College of Engineering

Julie Humbel-Courtney, EdD
Director, University Honors Program, OSAS/OAE/Honors and Scholars

Kennetia Ratleff-Horton
Senior Academic Advisor, University Exploration

Kim Goudy, PhD
Program Director, Business Management Technologies/COTC [Newark]

Laura Onianwa, BS
Education Program Coordinator, OSUSPP

Leisha Chiles, PsyD
Embedded Psychologist, CCS at College of Dentistry

Leslie Beary, MSW, LISW-S
Interim Director of Student Life and Manager of Mental Health & Wellness Services, Student Life [Marion]

Megan Bailey
Social Worker, Counseling and Consultation with New Directions

Matt Moore-Waitkus, MA
Manager, Academic Advising at Fisher College of Business

Mackenzie Conley
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Counseling Services [Newark]
Mickey Lin, MEd, LPC
Graduate Student

Paul Granello, PhD
Associate Professor, Counselor Education

Peter Oduwole, MSEd, LPCC-S
Embedded Counselor, CCS in Undergraduate Education

Robin Bagley
Assistant Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology [Lima]

Sacha Cheng, MS
GTA, RUOK? Buckeyes

Samantha Haudenschield, PsyD
Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, Counseling Services and Department of Psychology [Lima]

Sarah Holt
Instructional Design Manager, Ohio State Online

Sara Vasko-Bennett, MPH
Program Coordinator, Buckeye Paws

Schaad, PsyD
Embedded Clinical Psychologist, CCS at CFAES [Wooster]

Shawn Levstek, PsyD
Embedded Psychologist, CCS at College of Optometry and College of Pharmacy

Shelby Woith, MA, LPCC
Embedded Senior Therapist, CCS at College of Nursing

Stefanie Day, EdD, LPCC-S
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Taylor Youngpeter
Business Operations Analyst, Total Health Care Center

Tomas Guzman, MA, LPC
GTA, RUOK? Veterans

Viktoria Bedalli
GTA, RUOK? Buckeyes

Virginia Tompkins, PhD
Professor, Psychology Department [Lima]

William Mills
Assistant Director of Relationship Management, Office of Technology and Digital Innovation