Steve Park Steve Park is the interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Catalight. He is part of the Brixey and Meyer team as an advisor and accounting partner to the organization. Steve brings more than 30 years of accounting and financial leadership. He has worked in public accounting, including time as an Audit Partner with Ernst and … Read
Trent Iden As the Chief Growth Officer for Catalight, Trent supports our revenue, impact growth and long-standing relationship with Kaiser Permanente. He is also integral in new network building, business development and fostering relationships with new funding partners. Trent has a long history with our organization, starting at Catalight as a consultant in 2012 and then formally … Read
Tracy Gayeski, Psy.D., MBA Dr. Gayeski is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist with more than 20 years of experience in the field of developmental disabilities. She also has an MBA specializing in Healthcare Management. As the Chief Health Officer, Dr. Gayeski oversees the day-to-day clinical and administrative operations, provider network activities, as well as the Catalight Research Institute. Dr. Gayeski … Read
Teri Kuehnast Teri Kuehnast is the Chief Marketing & Impact Officer at Catalight. In this role, she combines her passion for employee communications, customer-centric marketing, public relations, advocacy and fundraising to advance Catalight’s vision to drive systemic change — creating a more just and equitable world where everyone feels they belong. In addition, Teri leads the Marketing … Read
Tara Kousha As the Chief Wellbeing and Experience Officer, Tara is committed to creating equitable system, structures and inclusive spaces for Catalight employees and the communities we serve while leading people insights, total rewards, and learning and development functions. Her role ensures exceptional end-to-end employee and client experiences. Tara began her career at Google focused on supporting … Read
Susan Armiger As President and CEO of Catalight, Susan’s primary focus is overseeing the continued growth of the organization’s existing scope of services, mainly in response to the unprecedented need for behavioral health services in Northern California. Susan began her career with Easterseals Louisiana over 17 years ago as Director of Case Management and eventually became Vice … Read
Simon Harris Simon Harris is Catalight’s Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, supporting all organizations in our family of companies. Simon has over 30+ years of experience in risk and compliance roles. He has held management positions in all three lines of defense in highly regulated industries. He is also a passionate advocate for quality, continuous process improvement … Read
Natalie Margolis As Chief Operating Officer at Catalight, Natalie leads People & Performance, Enterprise Applications, Real Estate & Facilities, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Quality. As part of her role, Natalie is focused on operationalizing organization-wide strategy — translating it into everyday execution to deliver meaningful impact while maximizing efficiency and minimizing cost. Natalie is also responsible … Read
Melanie Akins Melanie is the Catalight Foundation’s Chief Development Officer. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both building development strategies and securing funds from a variety of donors. Previous accomplishments include being on the core team that created the American Heart Association’s women and heart disease initiative, “Go Red For Women” and its diabetes … Read
Doreen Samelson, Ed.D., MSCP Dr. Doreen Samelson is a licensed clinical psychologist and author with 30 years of experience in healthcare as a practicing clinician, administrator and thought leader. Before joining Catalight, Dr. Samelson was an Area Director for five mental health clinics with Kaiser Permanente where she also provided direct services to individuals with behavioral health needs. As … Read
