Robb Holub
CHAIRMAN, CEO, FOUNDER
Robb has over thirty years experience in successful start ups and rapidly growing organizations in a variety of industries. Several of those organizations were sold to private equity and one to a publicly traded company.
After learning firsthand the complexities of navigating addiction treatment in 2007, we had a vision of offering a treatment experience and venue for recovery that resulted in successful outcomes for patients and their families.
As founders of Shadow Mountain Recovery, we have dedicated ourselves to fulfilling our mission of helping individuals on the road to recovery. We are grateful to work alongside the team of professionals we have built, who work tirelessly to make our vision a reality.
We have partnered in several successful start-ups, although none have been more rewarding or meaningful than Shadow Mountain Recovery. After 12 years, our passion and commitment remain stronger than ever for helping individuals and their families seeking recovery.
Debb Holub
FOUNDER
After learning firsthand the complexities of navigating addiction treatment in 2007, we had a vision of offering a treatment experience and venue for recovery that resulted in successful outcomes for patients and their families.
As founders of Shadow Mountain Recovery, we have dedicated ourselves to fulfilling our mission of helping individuals on the road to recovery. We are grateful to work alongside the team of professionals we have built, who work tirelessly to make our vision a reality.
We have partnered in several successful start-ups, although none have been more rewarding or meaningful than Shadow Mountain Recovery. After 12 years, our passion and commitment remain stronger than ever for helping individuals and their families seeking recovery.
Jackie Elliott
Vice President, Quality Assurance
Jackie is a native Californian who transitioned into the behavioral health field after beginning her career in branding and sales. She has contributed to the success of growing organizations on a vast scale through workflow optimization, leading high-impact operational projects, and strategic planning and execution. During her behavioral health tenure, she's touched nearly every aspect of business operations, which lead to her expertise in licensing, accreditation compliance and people operations.
Jackie specializes in implementing systems that create a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. She focuses on building meaningful relationships that lead to enhanced cohesiveness and collaboration across departments. Her passion lies in maximizing resources and increasing efficiency to improve patient outcomes while fostering a safe space for patients to heal and move forward.
In her free time, Jackie can be found spending time with her loved ones, at the beach with her dogs, practicing yoga and soaking in the culture of Los Angeles.
Kandace Garcia, LCDC-I
Director of admissions
Kandace Garcia, LCDC-I –Admissions and business development: Kandace grew up in West Texas and thankfully landed in the Texas Hill Country in 2012. She is a dog mom and Triathlon Sherpa and loves animals, fitness, music and pizza. Kandace is a licensed chemical dependency counselor intern and has worked in the substance abuse and mental health industry for five years. She now attends a university where she is working on a degree in neuroscience to further her scope in the industry. Kandace has a passion for education and helping people and their families find recovery.
Timothy Lane
Admissions Coordinator
Tim was born and raised in west Texas. Early on he fell victim to the opiate epidemic. Starting in his teenage years, it followed him for over a decade into his adult life. After many failed attempts he found himself in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. This is where he not only found personal recovery, but also found his love for helping others get sober. For the past 5 years he has been dedicated to helping people get the best help possible. Tim has worked in numerous roles in the substance abuse space including admissions, operations, and direct care staff. He is passionate about recovery, music, football and the outdoors.
Tori Leake
Admissions Coordinator
Tori grew up between New Mexico and West Texas and has tremendous respect for the regions. She loves traveling with her wife, spending time with fur babies, being of service, and is an avid Astros fan. Tori brings a unique understanding and skill set to the Shadow Mountain team as she has family members that have both suffered and recovered from substance use disorders while overcoming her own obstacles in life. Her care and compassion for people is reflected through a commitment to cultural diversity and helping others find their way to recovery while expertly supporting families through their own journeys.
John Beemer
Case Management / Alumni Coordinator
John comes to Shadow Mountain after spending nearly 24 years as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in Maryland, and the Del.Mar.Va. area. He has worked in a variety of treatment modalities during his career to include private practice, residential as well as non-residential and brings his vast experience to Shadow Mountain. His skills encompass a broad clinical background as well as administrative. His passion is in the area of relapse management and addiction education. John was a key member as Shadow Mountain transitioned to a formal treatment program. He served as Program Director at the Taos campus, and subsequently was asked to serve in the same capacity at the Albuquerque campus. He returned to Taos in December of 2017. He currently serves as the Senior Staff member, and Recovery Advocate Manager in Taos.
Brent Hutcheson, RN
Registered Nurse
Brent Hutcheson RN, Originally from South Carolina and a graduate of Clemson University, he joined our Shadow Mountain Recovery team in January. He brings experience from a Men's Ministry Recovery Center in Columbia SC as well as a Wilderness Therapy Program in Old Fort, NC. Brent leads a wellness program within our community and is also WEMT certified to provide medical support on off-campus excursions.
Edward Lyell, MA, LPCC
BIO Ed. IOP Clinical Director
Edward Lyell is a therapist with over 25 years of experience working in mental health, both as a provider (PSR, Court and Tribal Ordered Treatment, individual and family therapy and psycho-educational groups, Critical Incident Response) and in commercial insurance (both as a EAP provider and a senior director of Behavioral Health). Edward focuses on a theme repeated throughout all of the populations he served, both in the community, jail, and the boardroom: people are resilient, even when they don’t feel like it, and they all have the ability to choose a better way.
At Shadow Mountain, Edward is the Clinical Director of the Intensive Outpatient Program. His clinical philosophy is client centered and solution focused by building on small successes. He provides supervision of all staff, provides direct services in IOP and PHP groups, counseling for individuals and family members and program development.
When he is not at work, Edward is probably trying to corral his 5 children
Christy Brown
Clinical Director
Christy, a Native of Santa Fe New Mexico completed her master’s degree in social work at New Mexico Highlands University. She holds an independent license as a clinical social worker (LCSW). She has experience working as a behavioral health therapist, tribal social worker, residential therapist as well as a clinical supervisor and director. She integrates cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapy as evidenced-based frame works to help clients develop skills in changing behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns associated with using drugs or alcohol. She helps clients challenge negative and self-defeating thoughts, improve impulse control and increase their shelf worth with emotional intelligence and shame resilience.
Christy started her journey with Shadow Mountain Recovery as a clinical therapist. She believed her background in developing clinical programs, providing supervision and being a Native of Santa Fe were the right combination to lead the clinical team in Santa Fe. The Shadow Mountain Recovery team agreed, and she is now the Clinical Director of Santa Fe.
Christy is married with one teenage daughter and two fur babies. She loves that magical landscape of Santa Fe and the multicultural diversity it encompasses. Her favorite Santa Fe traditional festivity is watching the Burning of Zozobra (Old man gloom, burning man) every September.
“I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to be part of a healing journey. It is inspiring to witness a person transform in front of me; from the day they walk into my life to a successful transition back to their community. This work is where my passion and career come together.” Christy M. Brown, LCSW
Paul Donato
Case Manager
Paul is currently a Case Manager with Shadow Mountain Recovery Treatment Center. His goal is to assist every client in a meaningful way, while showing them that recovery is possible. Paul currently has a degree in Human Services and is working on receiving a degree in Social Work with an emphasis on mental health and substance abuse. Paul is also in the process of getting his LSAA (licensed substance abuse associate). He is extremely passionate about recovery and helping people to better their lives. Paul has worked with people in recovery for over 6 years now and has been with Shadow Mountain since December of 2019. He is a native New Mexican and when not at work, Paul enjoys exploring New Mexico through camping, hiking, and playing Disk Golf.
