Our leadership team brings together diverse backgrounds and broad-reaching experience within the fields of education, information technology, health, human behavior, spirituality, the arts, and corporate and entrepreneurial business. Their unique knowledge and expertise help drive our initiatives forward.

Staff

Beth Bracale – Director of Programs & Operations

Beth Bracale has a degree in organizational management and recently received a M.Ed. from Ashford University, specializing in English Language Learners. When she’s not tending to the llamas, dogs, cat and flock of ducks on her farm in Conneaut, Beth serves Shadybrook as its Director of Programs & Operations.

On behalf of Shadybrook, Beth develops highly valued programs that facilitate spiritual exploration and a commitment to lifelong learning – lectures, workshops, conferences, retreats, special events, and outreach service initiatives. She’s also responsible for coordinating many of the finer details of our programming, ensuring their seamless execution and high standards our members have come to expect.

Fun Facts About Beth

A Perfect Morning: Getting up before dawn, putting on a pot of coffee, spending time with my dogs, and doing my spiritual practices before getting involved in the day’s activities.

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: Adopted a healthy diet and exercise program.

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Michelle Hudson – Membership & Volunteer Coordinator

Michelle Hudson has over ten years of experience in community outreach within the non profit sector. She is also employed by the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library as their Outreach Coordinator.

On behalf of Shadybrook, Michelle serves as our Membership & Volunteer Coordinator. She handles our annual campaign, plans special events for our members, and organizes our volunteer supporters.

Fun Facts About Michelle

Last Book That Inspired Me: The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman.

Favorite Movie: The Godfather.

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Candace Gill – Marketing Communications Specialist

Candace Gill holds an M.A. in Communication from the University of Cincinnati. She has fifteen years of professional experience in writing, editing, public relations, information technology and web development. An active volunteer in elementary education and pet welfare organizations, Candace tries to help those who cannot speak for themselves.

As our Marketing Communications Specialist, Candace produces press releases, brochures, newsletters, advertising, and other promotional materials on behalf of Shadybrook. She also maintains and updates this website.

Fun Facts About Candace

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: Took the time to be “just” a mom for a little while. When they move on someday, as they should, I will always have these days to carry with me.

A Perfect Morning: Sitting outside with a cup of coffee, surrounded by flowers and chatting with my husband, my children laughing nearby.

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Board of Trustees – Officers

Teres Sainte-Marie — Chair

• Over twenty-five years of experience in marketing communications within non-profit, educational and medical environments.

• Initiated by indigenous elders into the wisdom traditions of North, South & Central America, Africa, Siberia, and the Celtic Isles.

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Fun Facts About Teres

Favorite Place To Be: Walking along the beach on Cape Cod.

Favorite Indulgence: Anything that involves chocolate.
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Steve Imbornoni – Treasurer

• Licensed psychologist, clinical supervising counselor, and massotherapist.

• Practitioner of meditation for the past 37 years.

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Fun Facts About Steve

Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen: A Vermont river, cool clean air, water rushing over rocks.

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: I completed my public service psychologist career, and entered private practice.

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Gary Rosenthal – Vice Chair

• Practicing attorney in Lake County since 1975, whose areas of concentration are estate planning, wills, trusts, and real estate.

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Fun Facts About Gary

Favorite Pastime: Attending concerts of the Cleveland Orchestra. I find the Severance Hall experience soothing. So are summers at the Blossom Music Festival.

My Greatest Accomplishment: Raising two children. They are everything. In comparison, nothing else is anything.
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Nikki Saulino – Secretary

• Mental health therapist and social worker.

• Ordained spiritualist minister and metaphysician.

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Fun Facts About Nikki

A Perfect Morning: Sunshine reflecting on the dewy grass, birds singing in the trees, a slight breeze and wild deer grazing in the grass.

Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen: Hundreds of Monarch butterflies flying around in a field where I was taking a walk one afternoon.

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Trustees-at-Large

Jonathan Blackshire

• IT professional with a diverse background in sustainability, activism and music.

• Composes and performs songs about local social issues.

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Fun Facts About Jonathan

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: Started following the call of Spirit.

Favorite Place To Be: With my wife and children.

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Suzette Cohen

• Retired faculty from Cleveland State University and Lakeland Community College.

• Current passion is making and selling handcrafted jewelry from fine silver, bronze and polymer clays.

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Fun Facts About Suzette

Favorite Indulgence: Dark chocolate.

Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen: My daughter, who was my first born, when she was an infant.

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Laura Christian Imbornoni

• A member of Shadybrook since 1982,  she is the Recreation Manager for the Mentor Senior Center.

• Teaches yoga, movement therapy, and DansKinetics.

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Fun Facts About Laura

Favorite Pastime: Practicing  yoga. The beauty and energy of the practice inspire me. It runs like a steady stream through my life.

A Perfect Morning: Begins with the rich rose shades of sunrise. The crisp freshness of the morning dawns with hope and anticipation of the unexpected.

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Carol Dombrose

• Individual and group counselor for over 20 years.

• Executive Director of Angel House: Center For Art and Creative Life Change.

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Fun Facts About Carol

Greatest Accomplishment: Having seven beautiful children who are now seven wonderful adults.

Favorite Place to Be: Up on the ridge behind Angel House.

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Nancy Herrick

• Retired educator of 35 years from the Beachwood City Schools.

• Director of the Reiki Clinic at Ursuline Academy.

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Fun Facts About Nancy

Greatest Accomplishment: Retiring from teaching with the same amount of passion and enthusiasm that I had when entering the profession.

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: Reviewing Karuna Reiki® in a class with William Rand in Hana, Maui, and spending an additional week there on a personal retreat.
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Tammy Loukas

• Help Desk Specialist at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, where she assists with computer software and hardware instruction and troubleshooting.

• Certified Zentangle® instructor.

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Fun Facts About Tammy

A Perfect Morning: When my 6-year-old son wakes up before I do and climbs into bed to snuggle. It’s just the right measure of bitter-sweet…I know these mornings will not last forever, and it brings me so fully into the present that the moment seems to take on a timelessness.

Favorite Place To Be: The woods when the trees are in full leaf. I love the feeling of being surrounded by trees. As comfortable as I am at home, there is a level of relaxed peacefulness that I’ve only ever found when in the woods.

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Art Saulino

• Over 20 years experience in outpatient mental health, serving in clinical, administrative and technical capacities.

• Student of the Tao Te Ching and Vajrayana Buddhism.

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Fun Facts About Art

Last Book That Inspired Me: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen: Several sunsets, among which I cannot choose.

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Dean Williams

• Ordained priest and teacher in the Soto Zen Buddhist lineage, and a certified Buddhist chaplain.

• Founding member of the Cleveland chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.

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Fun Facts About Dean

Best Thing I’ve Done For Myself This Year: Having a beautiful Japanese garden installed at my home.

Last Book That Inspired Me: John Coltrane and His Quest by Eric Nisenson.

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