Board of Trustees
President David Herr, MacDonald-Miller
Vice President Eric Tanaka, R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.
Treasurer Dean Fliflet, Washington Trust Bank
Secretary Karl Quackenbush, Riddell Williams P.S. LLP

Daniel A. Brown, K&L Gates LLP
Jacquie L. Casey, Community Volunteer
Sally Campbell, Ryther Child Center League Co-Chair
Lynn Fisher, Ryther Child Center League
Sabrina Friend, Ryther Child Center League
Felicia C. Guity, Microsoft
Suzanne Lane, Ryther Child Center League Co-Chair
Shirley Leckman, Community Volunteer
Jerry Martin, The Boeing Company
Aaron Snyder, American Express Establishment Services
Coleen Spratt, Hines GS Properties, Inc.
Lawrence R. Zommick, Premera Blue Cross

Staff Leadership
Lee Grogg, Executive Director/CEO
Mr. Grogg was appointed as CEO of Ryther Child Center effective January 1, 2001. A native of Indiana, Mr. Grogg has over thirty years of experience in social work and behavioral healthcare. For twenty-six years he was the first and only CEO of Porter-Starke Services Inc., a community mental health center near Chicago that he built and developed. Mr. Grogg completed his undergraduate education at Wabash College and holds graduate degrees (MSW, MBA) from Indiana University and Notre Dame. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Behavioral Health Executive.

Roger Iino, Chief Operating Officer
Roger Iino, MA, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 35 years experience in the Behavioral Healthcare field. He has been an accreditation Peer Reviewer for the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children for the last seven years.
Mr. Iino has been at Ryther for 12 years and is responsible for accreditation, contract and licensing compliance, program evaluation, accessibility, risk management, personnel and continuous quality improvement, as well as administrative oversight for services.

Linda Ford, Medical Director
Dr. Ford holds an MD from the University of Washington, and a BSN from University of Illinois. She worked for 20 years as a nurse before going back to medical school. She planned to study cardiology, but instead fell in love with child psychiatry.

Karen Brady, Chief of Clinical Services
Karen Brady has served as Residential Director of Ryther’s residential treatment programs since 1997, and managed several residential treatment cottages at Ryther for three years before that. She holds an MSW from the University of Washington, and a BA in Psychology and Sociology from Gonzaga University.

Erin Lynch, Director of Chemical Dependency Services
Erin has a Master’s in Psychology from Seattle University, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Chemical Dependency Professional in Washington State, and holds NAADAC Certification of Master Addiction Counselor and National Board for Certified Counselors.