Team - Shadow Mountain Recovery

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.

Dr. Jeffrey L. Butts

Medical Director

Dr. Butts is a fellow of the American Board of Addiction Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (double board certified addictionologist). He earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas in Austin and medical degree from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth.

Dr. Butts began practicing medicine as a family physician where he ran a solo family practice for 15 years. In 1999, he embraced an emerging trend in medical practice known as “concierge medicine” and began offering personalized treatment packages. In 2003, Dr. Butts founded a concierge practice called Celebrity Care making ‘house calls’ for the music and film industry.

Dr. Butts was not immune to life challenges that included a personal struggle with drugs and alcohol. These challenges led to a specialty change in 2004. He sold his solo practice and followed a path into addiction medicine. He worked from 2006 till 2011 in an addiction practice, mentored by one of the early advocates of medication-assisted treatment for the opioid addicted patient (David Jones M.D.).

Dr. Butts and Mrs. Jennifer Butts moved to Boerne, Texas in 2011 and opened Celebrity Care Medical Clinic, an outpatient addiction practice. The ‘celebrities’ Dr. Butts treats now are individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder. Celebrity Care offers personalized and confidential treatment of unhealthy lifestyles in an affordable program under the care of Suboxone licensed physician for stabilizing opioid dependency. Medications prescribed for alcohol use disorder include Vivitrol, Campral, and Antabuse. Co-occurring mood disorders and pain in individuals prone to addiction are also addressed.

Dr. Butts served as the medical director for Covenant Hills, a residential treatment center for women from 2011 till 2016. This experience motivated him to establish Addiction Medicine Consultants of Texas (AMCOT), PLLC in 2013. AMCOT provides addiction medicine consults, medical directorships, in-patient treatment, and aftercare to the broader treatment community. He is the Medical Director for Ripple Recovery Ranch and has held the position as interim Medical Director during start-up and transition periods for SOBA Recovery Center, Cedar Creek Recovery, and Warriors Heart.

AMCOT is gearing up to meet a new challenge for 2018 - to expand availability and provision of evidence based addiction treatment (medication-assisted therapy) in underserved markets through the use of telemedicine technology. Dr. Butts is teaming up with other addiction professionals including psychiatrists, mid-level providers, and counselors to provide addiction consults 24/7.

Dr. Butts’ Altruistic projects have included past medical mission trips to Guyana, Mexico, Venezuela, and serving as a founding board member for the Tribal Outreach Medical Assistance Foundation.

Cynthia "Cyndi" Maldonado Director Of Nursing Ripple Ranch

Cynthia Maldonado

RN, MSN, CLNC

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Cyndi as a young child always wanted to be a nurse. Through the mentorship of her physician and parents, she pursued the Junior Volunteers program at a local hospital system in San Antonio and became a “Candy- Striper” in her teens. Through those 5 years and 2000 hours of service, Cyndi was awarded 4 full Nursing Scholarships and graduated from the Baptist School of Professional Nursing. Cyndi’s focus for service continued and she eventually obtained her BSN from the University of Texas School of Nursing. During this time, she served as a Girl Scout Leader and led 22 Daisy Scouts and Brownies. She also served as a Camp Nurse at Camp Lajita for the Girl Scouts. Her passion for Leadership continued to develop through various positions held in the hospital systems.

Cyndi was a platform and clinical instructor and taught Vocational Nursing at Alamo Community College. After many years of teaching, Cyndi obtained Full Tenured Faculty status which boosted her into acquiring her Master’s in Nursing. Cyndi graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Master’s in Nursing with a focus on Administration and Education. Cyndi graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Through her tenure as a nurse, Cyndi has acquired much experience as a Med/Surg nurse, but most identifies with Critical Care and Trauma. Cyndi has held numerous positions in Administration as a Nursing Leader.

Cyndi is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and of Sigma Theta Tau with distinction. Cyndi also continues to work with attorneys through her experience as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant and is currently certified.

Her continued passion for service with compassion/empathy led her to search for untraveled roads which brought her to Ripple Ranch. Cyndi would like this to be her last stop on the Nightingale trail. Initially providing Service to those physically and now to providing Service to those recovering.