Christina Ward, MS

Christina Ward serves as Executive Director of Altium Health, bringing more than a decade of leadership experience across outpatient behavioral health, residential treatment, inpatient psychiatry, wilderness therapy, interventional psychiatry, and healthcare consulting. Throughout her career, she has held leadership roles in executive management, operations, admissions, clinical research, and organizational development—giving her a comprehensive understanding of both patient care and the complicated systems required to support it.
Christina specializes in turning complex operational challenges into clear, sustainable solutions. Her experience includes developing and strengthening PHP, IOP, TMS, psychiatry, and other specialty treatment programs; improving provider capacity and performance; overseeing financial and operational strategy; building meaningful KPI and accountability systems; supporting credentialing and payer contracting; strengthening revenue-cycle processes; and leading large-scale electronic health record transitions. Essentially, if a process is confusing, inefficient, or held together by three spreadsheets and someone’s memory, Christina is probably already working on it.
Known for listening first and communicating candidly, Christina believes that accountability and compassion are not competing values. Her leadership style is direct, collaborative, and deeply people-centered. She is willing to step into the details, ask the question everyone else has been politely avoiding, and help teams move from “we know this is a problem” to an actual plan for solving it. She believes thoughtful systems create better working environments for employees—and, ultimately, better care for the people they serve.
Christina earned her Master of Psychology from Capella University and her Bachelor of Communication Studies from SUNY Oneonta. She is passionate about building organizations where clinical quality, operational stability, financial responsibility, and genuine human connection can exist together.
Long story short: Christina cares deeply, works hard, and has very little patience for systems that make receiving or providing care more difficult than it needs to be.
Outside of work, Christina is an enthusiastic reader and reviewer who is always prepared to offer a detailed opinion about an excellent book—or a plot that absolutely could have been better. Unsurprisingly, she approaches organizational problems much the same way: she appreciates a strong story, notices the gaps, and will always have notes.

Stephanie Sarro

Stephanie Sarro is the Operations Director at Altium Health, where she oversees the strategic and day-to-day operations of the clinic. With more than a decade of experience in behavioral health and supporting vulnerable populations, she understands that exceptional care requires both compassionate people and systems that actually work.
Her experience includes hospital liaison services, respite and community outreach, intake coordination, billing, insurance, HR, compliance, credentialing, and team development. In other words, Stephanie is familiar with nearly every part of healthcare operations—and probably has a checklist for it.
Stephanie is known for her collaborative leadership style, attention to detail, and ability to remain focused when approximately six things become urgent at the same time. She works closely with staff across the organization to create clear processes, solve problems, and ensure clients receive consistent, coordinated support.
At Altium Health, Stephanie helps turn big-picture goals into practical daily operations. She believes strong systems should make it easier for employees to do their jobs and easier for clients to receive care—which sounds obvious, but healthcare has occasionally been known to make simple things surprisingly complicated.

McKinzi Atwood

McKinzi serves as Administrative Manager at Altium Health, bringing experience in financial operations, client communication, reporting, and administrative support. She works at the intersection of people, processes, and paperwork—usually while managing several things labeled “urgent.”
Known for her adaptability and attention to detail, McKinzi helps clients navigate financial questions, payment arrangements, Medicaid-related needs, and other administrative processes that can otherwise feel overwhelming. She has a talent for explaining complicated information in a way that feels clear and manageable rather than like an unexpected pop quiz.
McKinzi’s commitment to behavioral health is also personal. Having witnessed the effects of addiction and hardship, she understands how important it is for individuals and families to feel respected and supported when seeking help.
At Altium Health, McKinzi combines financial accuracy with genuine compassion. She builds positive relationships, solves problems, and helps ensure that administrative challenges do not become unnecessary barriers to care. She believes people can be treated with both kindness and accountability—and that a well-organized spreadsheet can occasionally improve everyone’s day.

Marty Shultz

Marty is the Finance Director and a founding member of Altium Health. An experienced entrepreneur, he has launched, managed, and grown organizations across the automotive, restaurant, and medical-service industries. This has given him a broad understanding of business operations—and, presumably, some very strong opinions about overhead.
As the founder and former CEO of PMO Care, Marty developed service models designed to create meaningful community impact. He also co-founded Mycrow Angels, a nonprofit foundation that helps individuals in underserved Latin American communities establish sustainable employment opportunities.
Marty also has a background as a Chemical Dependency Professional, allowing him to approach financial leadership with an understanding of the people and purpose behind the numbers. At Altium Health, he supports financial planning, organizational stability, and responsible growth while remaining focused on the clinic’s larger mission.
Marty believes successful organizations should be financially sustainable, ethically grounded, and genuinely useful to the communities they serve. He can discuss budgets, business development, and meaningful human change—sometimes all within the same conversation.

Whitney Steele

Whitney Steele is Altium Health’s Billing Manager and a skilled billing and coding professional who understands that healthcare billing often seems to have developed its own language. Fortunately, Whitney is fluent.
Born in Illinois and raised in Idaho, Whitney has since returned to her Illinois roots. After completing her education in billing and coding, she discovered a genuine interest in the field and built a career centered on accuracy, organization, and helping healthcare processes run more smoothly.
At Altium Health, Whitney supports billing operations and accounts-receivable reporting while helping identify and resolve issues that could affect reimbursement or client accounts. Her attention to detail and persistence are especially valuable in a field where a single incorrect number can create an impressive amount of unnecessary excitement.
Outside of work, Whitney is a proud mother of two children and two bonus children. Balancing a busy family with healthcare billing requires patience, flexibility, and excellent organizational skills—so at this point, very few spreadsheets are likely to intimidate her.

Jellese Johnson

Jellese Johnson is the Insurance Coordinator at Altium Health, bringing more than a decade of healthcare experience and a genuine commitment to helping people understand their coverage. She supports insurance coordination and Medicaid eligibility processes, working to make information that is often confusing feel a little more manageable.
Jellese is known for her compassion, attention to detail, and ability to create an excellent spreadsheet—which may be one of the most underrated skills in modern healthcare. She understands that insurance questions can create real stress for clients and families, so she approaches each interaction with patience, care, and clear communication.
Originally from southeastern Idaho, Jellese now lives in rural Utah with her three children. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, preserving what she grows, hiking, scenic drives, and family trips to the Oregon coast. She is also an enthusiastic supporter of fall and everything that comes with it.
Whether she is verifying eligibility, tending her garden, or perfecting a spreadsheet, Jellese brings the same combination of patience, consistency, and attention to detail. Her garden may produce vegetables, but her spreadsheets are arguably just as carefully cultivated.

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Born and raised in Utah, Shannon has deep roots in the community and a lifelong love for the mountains, four seasons, and everything the state has to offer. As the welcoming face of Altium Health, she brings warmth, compassion, and efficiency to both the front desk and admissions team.
A proud mom of two sons—and two beloved dogs, Sky and Roscoe—Shannon thrives in connection with others. She enjoys live music, camping, road trips, sporting events, and hosting dinner parties and game nights with friends and family.
Shannon has explored a variety of office roles throughout her career but discovered her true calling in the medical field. Since entering the world of mental health and substance use treatment, she’s found joy and inspiration in supporting individuals on their healing journey. Witnessing people grow in self-worth and confidence is, for her, the most rewarding part of the work.

Kaja Albertsen

Kaja is the Outreach Coordinator at Altium Health, where she helps individuals and families navigate the intake and scheduling process. Because reaching out for support can already feel overwhelming, Kaja works to make the first steps into care feel welcoming, organized, and significantly less like wandering through a maze.
With a background as a Certified Nursing Assistant and experience in both management and intake coordination, Kaja understands the importance of balancing efficiency with genuine human connection. She works closely with clients and internal teams to answer questions, coordinate services, and reduce barriers that might delay care.
Having personally witnessed the effects of mental health and substance use concerns, Kaja approaches each conversation with patience, empathy, and respect. She is known for her calm presence and her ability to help people feel comfortable—even when they are unsure where to begin or have already repeated their insurance information more times than anyone should reasonably have to.
Born and raised in Utah, Kaja enjoys concerts, traveling with friends, crafting, spending time with family, and being appropriately supervised by her cat, Melba, who presumably maintains final approval over all at-home creative projects.

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Dr. Joel Hanson, MD

Dr. Joel Hanson is the Medical Director at Altium Health and is board-certified in both Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. His career sits at the intersection of psychiatry, internal medicine, and addiction treatment—giving him a particularly comprehensive understanding of how mental and physical health influence one another.
Dr. Hanson attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine and completed an internship in Internal Medicine through MIBRMC/Columbia University. He later completed dual-residency training at the University of Utah. He is a diplomate of both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Addiction Medicine, which is an impressive list of credentials and a legitimate formatting challenge for any standard-sized business card.
His experience includes founding and operating St. George Detox Hospital, serving as medical director for multiple treatment programs, expanding telemedicine access in rural communities, and helping develop weekend psychiatric coverage at Provo Canyon Behavioral Hospital.
Despite the many credentials, Dr. Hanson’s central goal is straightforward: helping people feel better and build more fulfilling lives. He takes particular pride in seeing clients regain stability, reconnect with themselves, and experience meaningful change.
Dr. Hanson brings extensive medical knowledge to his work while recognizing that effective treatment is not simply about symptoms, diagnoses, or medications. It is also about listening carefully, understanding the whole person, and developing a plan that makes sense for their actual life.

Sam McKenzie, APRN

Sam McKenzie is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management for children, adolescents, and adults. He graduated from Maryville University in 2023 and completed clinical training throughout the Salt Lake Valley, focusing on psychiatry across the lifespan and addiction medicine.
Sam works with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance use concerns. While that is a substantial list of specialties—and quite a few acronyms—his approach remains personal, collaborative, and straightforward.
Sam’s interest in mental health began early. His mother, Stacy McKenzie, is a clinical mental health counselor, and his grandmother recognized his empathy, compassion, and curiosity long before he entered nursing. Their influence helped guide him toward a career where science and human connection are equally important.
Sam believes each person should be the leader of their own care team. Rather than making decisions for clients, he focuses on explaining treatment options in actual human language, answering questions, and helping individuals make informed choices about their health.
His work is grounded in autonomy, beneficence, justice, nonmaleficence, fidelity, veracity, and accountability. That may sound like the beginning of a very serious nursing exam, but in practice it means treating people honestly, thoughtfully, and with respect.

Jamie Muth, MA

Jamie is a Medical Assistant with more than 25 years of healthcare experience, including over a decade in supervisory roles. She has built her career around compassionate patient care, accuracy, and the ability to remain organized in fast-paced clinical settings—even when the pace becomes especially enthusiastic.
Jamie has extensive experience in allergy and asthma care and is known for her efficiency, attention to detail, and strong relationships with patients, physicians, staff, and pharmaceutical representatives. At Altium Health, she helps clients feel comfortable, supported, and cared for throughout their medical treatment.
Outside of work, Jamie enjoys traveling, decorating, spending time in the sunshine, and hosting and planning parties. Her ability to coordinate both clinical care and a well-executed event suggests she is prepared for nearly any logistical challenge.
Jamie also enjoys spending time with her teacup Yorkie, Rhett. Rhett’s official position remains unclear, but given his size and level of influence, Executive Supervisor of Household Operations seems reasonable.
Jamie brings warmth, positivity, and dependability to everything she does, helping clients feel that someone capable and caring is with them throughout the process.

Autumn Roberts

Autumn is the TMS Coordinator at Altium Health, bringing experience in emergency medicine, phlebotomy, and direct patient care. Her training as an EMT helped her develop the ability to remain calm, focused, and compassionate in high-pressure situations—even when everyone else has mentally left the building.
Her phlebotomy experience strengthened her commitment to precision, patient comfort, and clear communication. At Altium Health, Autumn helps clients feel informed and supported throughout their TMS treatment, recognizing that unfamiliar medical procedures can feel significantly less intimidating when someone takes the time to explain what is happening.
Autumn believes trust and genuine connection are essential parts of quality healthcare. She is known for her warm personality, steady presence, and thoughtful attention to each person’s needs.
Outside of work, Autumn enjoys spending time with her family, exploring the outdoors, and painting. Her healthcare and artistic backgrounds may appear very different, but both require patience, a steady hand, close attention to detail, and knowing when not to rush the process.
She brings that same combination of precision and creativity to the care she provides at Altium Health.

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Phil Bryan, LCSW

Phil Bryan is the Clinical Director at Altium Health and has spent much of his career helping people navigate difficult terrain—sometimes emotionally and sometimes quite literally.
Phil earned his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of New Hampshire before beginning a career guiding youth and adults in outdoor settings throughout Utah and Maine. He spent ten years at the Voyageur Outward Bound School, progressing from intern to Program Manager, and later worked as a Field Director, recruiter, trainer, and wilderness field staff member.
His professional interests include research that strengthens the credibility of behavioral-health treatment, and he has contributed to three published articles. Phil brings this evidence-oriented mindset into his clinical leadership while recognizing that every person’s experience is different and rarely fits perfectly into a research table.
Phil believes that people may experience significant struggles, but those struggles do not define who they are. His strengths-based and logical approach helps clients identify their values, clarify meaningful goals, and understand how present choices may influence their future.
At Altium Health, Phil supports clinical quality, provider development, and thoughtful programming across multiple levels of care. He enjoys seeing clients practice new skills, recognize their capabilities, and begin creating lives that feel more consistent with who they want to become.
He can discuss clinical research, long-term behavioral patterns, and wilderness logistics with equal confidence—which is not a combination found in every Clinical Director.

Mikey Campos, SUDC

Mikey Campos is a Substance Use Disorder Counselor, Case Manager, and Peer Support Specialist at Altium Health. They provide client-centered support to individuals navigating substance use, recovery, and the practical challenges involved in building greater stability.
Mikey’s behavioral-health experience includes case management, peer support, and work as a behavior technician. They earned their SUDC certification through Salt Lake Community College and are currently completing a bachelor’s degree in Family Science, with the long-term goal of earning an Advanced SUDC credential.
Before entering behavioral health, Mikey spent several years working in the restaurant industry. That experience provided an unexpected but useful foundation in reading people, adapting quickly, managing pressure, and staying calm when several things become urgent at precisely the same time.
After seeing the effects of substance use on friends and peers—and recognizing how difficult meaningful support could be to access—Mikey chose to build a career helping others find the tools and connection they once wished had been more readily available.
Outside of work, Mikey enjoys attending concerts, playing guitar, and working out. Apparently, relaxation is still expected to involve either significant volume or physical effort.
Mikey brings advocacy, compassion, lived understanding, and a strengths-based perspective to their work, helping clients build recovery that is realistic, personal, and sustainable.

Kiersten Battin, CSW

Kiersten Battin is a compassionate social worker with experience supporting individuals through mental health concerns, addiction, trauma, and significant life changes. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and later completed her master’s degree in Social Services at Fordham University after moving to Utah.
Kiersten is trained in Moral Reconation Therapy, Breaking the Chains of Trauma, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. That is a considerable collection of therapeutic acronyms, but the philosophy behind them is simple: clients deserve support that is thoughtful, evidence-based, and personalized.
Kiersten believes each person is the expert on their own life. Her role is not to arrive with all the answers, but to offer honest feedback, practical tools, and a safe environment where clients can better understand their experiences and discover their own wisdom.
Outside of work, Kiersten’s life revolves around her two dogs: Norah, a certified “mystery mutt,” and Juni, a chocolate Lab. As any reasonable biography should acknowledge, the dogs are largely in charge.
Kiersten also enjoys documentaries, traveling, cooking with her fiancé, and returning to Pennsylvania to visit her family and three nephews. She brings warmth, curiosity, honesty, and genuine respect into every therapeutic relationship.

Nora Battin

Norah is Altium Health’s four-legged support team member and a Certified AKC Canine Good Citizen. She primarily works alongside therapist Kiersten Battin, offering comfort, companionship, and emotional support to clients who would appreciate having her nearby.
When Norah is not participating in a session, she can often be found making rounds throughout the office, checking on staff and ensuring everyone receives the recommended daily amount of unconditional love. Her clinical interventions include sitting quietly, accepting pets, offering reassuring eye contact, and occasionally reminding everyone that problems feel slightly more manageable when a dog is present.
Outside the office, Norah enjoys visiting the dog park with her sister, sunning herself in the backyard, playing with her favorite toys, and snuggling with her family.
Norah accepts compensation primarily in affection and treats. She does not complete documentation, answer emails, or participate in insurance verification, but her contributions to staff morale remain substantial.

Roger Whiting, AMAC

Therapist, Group Enthusiast & Occasional Dungeon Master
Roger Whiting was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Before entering the behavioral health field, he spent decades working as a community artist and art educator, helping people connect, communicate, and express themselves through creativity. He later completed six years of university study, ultimately earning a Master of Science in Addiction Psychology—which is an impressive amount of school and suggests that Roger has both tremendous dedication and a very high tolerance for assigned reading.
Before joining Altium Health, Roger worked as a Certified Case Manager in residential substance use treatment. This experience gave him a deep understanding of the complexity of recovery and the importance of helping each person develop a path forward that reflects their own values, strengths, and goals. Roger specializes in therapeutic approaches that build acceptance, compassion, and self-determination, helping clients recognize that meaningful change does not come from becoming someone entirely different—it comes from better understanding and supporting the person they already are.
Roger is especially passionate about facilitating groups. His energy is genuinely contagious, and he has a unique ability to enter a room, create connection, and somehow convince everyone that participating may actually be better than staring silently at the floor for three hours. He brings warmth, humor, curiosity, and creativity into each group while still maintaining a clear therapeutic purpose.
His background as an artist and educator influences nearly every aspect of his clinical work. Roger believes that therapy can be meaningful without always looking or feeling exactly like therapy. Sometimes growth happens through a thoughtful clinical discussion; other times it happens while creating something, solving a problem together, or deciding whether your Dungeons & Dragons character should negotiate with the dragon or simply roll for initiative.
At Altium Health, Roger has incorporated Dungeons & Dragons into the PHP curriculum as an engaging way to explore communication, collaboration, decision-making, identity, and problem-solving. He has also brought creative experiences such as “Textile Tuesday” to Mental Health IOP, giving clients opportunities to connect, practice mindfulness, develop new skills, and express themselves through hands-on activities. Because sometimes emotional regulation looks like deep breathing—and sometimes it looks like trying to untangle yarn without completely losing your mind.
Roger approaches clinical care with the belief that creativity can make difficult conversations more approachable and that people often learn best when they feel engaged, respected, and genuinely connected to the experience. His groups are thoughtful, interactive, occasionally unconventional, and very rarely boring.
Long story short: Roger brings clinical knowledge, decades of artistic experience, tremendous enthusiasm, and an infectious energy to Altium Health. Whether he is facilitating a traditional therapy group, developing a creative activity, leading a textile project, or guiding clients through a therapeutic fantasy campaign, Roger is committed to helping people build connection, compassion, confidence, and a greater sense of ownership over their lives.

Abraham Fowler, MSW - I

Abraham is a Clinical Social Work Intern dedicated to helping individuals recognize their strengths, navigate challenges, and create meaningful, lasting change.

He has experience supporting adolescents and adults experiencing mental health concerns, substance use disorders, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions—because apparently life does not always consult us before changing the plan.
Abraham uses a collaborative, client-centered approach that incorporates Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Mind-Body Bridging (MBB), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). That is admittedly a lot of acronyms, but they ultimately translate into helping clients better understand themselves, develop practical strategies, and move toward the goals that matter most to them.
He believes every person possesses unique strengths and resilience, even when those qualities may feel particularly difficult to locate. Abraham strives to create a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process—because life is already complicated enough without feeling like you are being graded during therapy.
Outside of the therapy room, Abraham enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife. Whether road biking, hiking, or exploring new trails, he appreciates staying active and reconnecting with nature. He also appears to genuinely enjoy recreational activities that involve traveling uphill on purpose, which demonstrates either tremendous perseverance or a slightly questionable understanding of relaxation. Either way, Abraham values the positive impact that movement, fresh air, and time outdoors can have on overall well-being—even when his legs disagree the following morning.

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