Meet The Staff

Staff

Mike Dixon, Executive Director

Cindy Batie, MS, LPCC-S

Cindy is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a lifetime of experiences that make her a counselor who truly cares and understands. Believing she has been “blessed with a calling” to help others, she is eager to meet people where they are and to help them achieve and reach their potential. With the desire to make others feel comfortable, her hospitable nature and non-judgmental character gives her special opportunities to know people deeply and together find healing. She specializes in trauma and is certified in EMDR. She also specializes in relationship issues, depression, bi-polar and grief therapies.

Andy Stoner, D.Min, IMFT

Andy is a Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist and an Ordained Minister. Andy has thirty plus years of experience helping couples and families learn to navigate complicated relationships and he gets as excited as they do in finding healthier ways to communicate and connect with each other. His vast experience at counseling and pastoring helps individuals cope with issues such as depression and anxiety and leads them to wholeness and healing.

Greg Meriwether, MSW, LISW

Experienced Adjunct Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Public Speaking, Program Development, Staff Development, Diversity and Antiracist Training and Leadership Development. Strong education professional with a MSW in a Multidisciplinary Program focused on Training and Research in Serious Mental Illness from University of Cincinnati. Gregory works as a part-time therapist with men and adolescent boys. His years of training at the Department of Veterans Affairs qualifies him to work in areas of trauma, addiction, depression, grief, family issues and other areas particularly difficult for men. His straight forward, yet quiet approach to difficult issues is well received. He is also a trainer and speaker to other organizations on these issues. 

Debra Cypryla, MS, LPCC

Debbie is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with life experience that only God could have orchestrated. She has the passion to help those who have been broken and bruised by life. Her empathy for her client’s needs encourages healing. Debbie enjoys working with teens, young adults, and adults dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and other mental health issues. She utilizes telehealth, art therapy interventions, Emotional Focused Techniques, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also specializes in CPT and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Kylee Masiya, LPCC, LICDC

Kylee is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor with counseling experience both in the United States and abroad as she served on a long-term missions assignment in Swaziland, Africa. With a heart to equip, encourage and empower clients, Kylee enjoys helping others overcome personal obstacles, achieve their goals and move towards their God-given purpose. Seeking to meet individualized needs of each client, she utilizes cognitive processing therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, person centered therapy, and trauma-focused counseling. She is also certified in motivational interviewing.

Lisa Franco, MA, MFT

Lisa is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has a passion to see marriages and families succeed. Lisa has an understanding that life becomes difficult at times, marriages get stuck, and families incur challenges. She has a commitment to helping couples, families, and individuals work through their challenges with support and encouragement so they may live vibrantly with a purpose and on purpose. Lisa utilizes CPT, DBT, Telehealth, with a focus on Solution focus brief therapy, collaborative therapy, client centered therapy, and narrative therapy.

Staff

Stephen Massey, MS, RA Trauma Recovery Center Director

Stephen enjoys leading a team of Crime Victim Advocates working in the community to help individuals and families gain stability. He loves to make connections and network with people to help serve for a higher purpose. He has years of experience working in the chemical dependency/substance abuse community. He co-facilitates CitiLookout’s Domestic Violence Program “Journey to Freedom” that is based off of the Duluth Model. Stephen serves on several boards and commissions for the State of Ohio.

Melissa Massey,RA Crime Victim Advocate

Melissa is a Registered Crime Victim Advocate and a Co-Facilitator for our Journey to Freedom group. She has an extensive history in addiction and recovery aspects, as well as being a survivor of abuse. She gives back to her community by working with women who are dealing with some of the same issues that she has had to overcome in her own life.

Hope Owens, MSW, LSW

Hope is a Licensed Social Worker with approximately 30 years of experience. She has worked with a variety of clientele in a variety of settings. She is committed to helping individuals and families work through their painful emotional and behavioral challenges by coming along side them and walking with them through their process of healing and wholeness. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT), Trauma Focused Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Grief, Domestic Violence, systems work in family therapy, client-centered, solution focused.

Crime Victim Advocate

Vacant ~ Please contact CitiLookout for information on applying.

Administrative

 Grant Administrator

 

Benefits Specialist

 

Fabenne Brandenburg Volunteer Coordinator

CitiLookout is known for their compassionate and hardworking volunteers who create a unique, hospitable atmosphere with fresh baked cookies and coffee available every day and a smile to greet everyone who walks in the door. Fabenne has a gift for hospitality and coordinates this group of volunteers with grace and enthusiasm.

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Board Members

Pam Ellinger-Dixon PhD.

Chairman | Licensed Psychologist in Columbus, OH | Franklin County

Heather Cunningham

Vice-Chairman | National Training Director, Think Tank Inc., Springfield, OH | Clark County

Todd Richardson, CPA

Treasurer | Self-employed CPA | Former Manager of  Budget and Reimbursement of Community Mercy Health Partners | Clark County

Mike Lopez PhD.

Former Professor at Cedarville University State of New York

Jessie Shropshire

CEO of Communication Dynamics, Training & Consulting Firm | Retired from Headquarters Air Force Material Command, WPAFB | Clark County

Bill Bruns

Co-Owner of Earzlink Hearing Care, Springfield | Clark County

Tim Riley

Associate Pastor at Maiden Lane Church | Clark County

Ron Gordon, MS

Dean of Clark State Community College  Enrollment Services | Clark County