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Terry Stiven, MA, LPC (Masters in Counseling Psychology, Graduate program at Lesley College, 1993) Ms. Stiven has been in the field working with children, adolescents and families for over 20 years. She came to Denver Children's Home in 1993 as a Day Time Coordinator. Ms. Stiven became the Admissions Director in 1995. Her oversight includes admissions to the program and experiential therapies. Ms. Stiven has been at the home for 15 years.

Jerry Yager, Psy,D. (Nova University, 1986) Dr. Yager is Executive Director of the Denver Children's Home and a ChildTrauma Fellow. He came to Denver Children's Home as a Treatment Leader. After four years he became the Director of the Residential Treatment Program and has served as Executive Director for the past five years. Dr. Yager also serves as a Clinical Consultant at the Denver Children’s Advocacy Center, a Clinical trainer at the Kempe Children's Center, serves as Vice President of the Colorado Association of Families and Children’s Agencies (CAFCA) and is a member of the governors Child Care licensing Advisory Committee and the HB 1084 Redesign committee. Dr. Yager has been educating our community and other organizations on the trauma-informed treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, and violence. Dr. Yager has been with Denver Children’s Home for 21 years.

Rebecca A. Hea, Psy.D. (University of Denver, 1995) Dr. Hea is the Associate Executive Director of Denver Children's Home. She began her career at the Home while a doctoral student in 1993 - 1994. From 1995 – 2001 she served as the Outpatient Clinical Coordinator. For the past seven years Rebecca has been the Executive Director of the Denver Children's Home Foundation and a senior administrator at DCH. As Associate Executive Director she is responsible for development, community relations and program planning. Dr. Hea has been with the Denver Children's Home for 14 years.

Olga Vera-NeSmith, Ph.D. (California School of Professional Psychology in Fresno, CA 1998) Dr. Vera-NeSmith is a Bilingual Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Fluent in Spanish) and Denver Children's Home's Executive Clinical Director. She was most recently with the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she served as Psychologist and Coordinator of their Counselor-in-Residence Program, and currently is an Instructor and Psychologist at their Ethnic Living and Learning Center for the Chancellor's leadership program. She was also a Psychologist with Mental Health Center Boulder County.

Mark Stone, M.D. (University of Colorado, School of Medicine, 1980) Dr. Stone began his career at Denver Children's Home in 1985 as a psychiatric consultant and became Medical Director in 1987. He is part of the administrative team and consults to the Residential, Day Treatment, Discovery Home programs, and the DCH medical office. Dr. Stone coordinates a team of 3 other psychiatric consultants at DCH. Dr. Stone is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and maintains a private practice treating adults and adolescents.

Patty Rivers, CPA (University of Alaska, Anchorage School of Business, 1993) Ms. Rivers is a licensed CPA and joined the DCH staff as Finance Director in September 2007. She has experience as an auditor and tax accountant with KPMG, as the Finance Director for Alaska Children’s Services, a residential treatment center for adolescents and youth in Anchorage, and as the Chief Financial Officer for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Juneau, Alaska.