Brett Shepherd
Director of Services 
bshepherd@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-333-2221

TJ Henriksen
Administrative Assistant
tj@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-333-2221

Kayla Samo 
Employment Services Team Lead
ksamo@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-333-2221

Amy Ricks
Medical Records
aricks@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-333-2221

Anthony May 
Activities Director- RCF
amay@pursuitofindependence.org
712-542-3530

Lacie Molnar
Team Leader-CLH1
lmolnar@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-278-6068

Kristie Terlizzi 
Team Leader- CH1
kterlizzi@pursuitofindependence.org
641-202-9397

Rene Lauer 
Residential Director/RCF Administrator
rlauer@pursuitofindependence.org
712-542-3530

Kim Kuhn 
Program Director
kkuhn@pursuitofindependence.org
​​641-333-2221

Emily Norris 
Hourly Services Team Lead
enorris@pursuitofindependence.org 
641-333-2221

Charlene Ballantyne
Medical Records LPN
cballantyne@pursuitofindependence.org
641-333-2221

​Jennifer Steffen
Team Leader- LH1&4
jsteffen@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-202-3864

Gayla Moon
Team Leader-BH1
gmoon@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-202-4528

Leslie Wright 
Team Leader-CH2
lwright@pursuitofindependence.org
641-202-0378

Shannon Cox
Residential Director
scox@pursuitofindependence.org
641-333-2221

Kayla Woods
Program Coordinator 
​kwoods@pursuitofindependence.org
​​​641-333-2221

​Karen Wallace 
Discovery Supervisor
kwallace@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-333-2221

Lonnie Matheny
Team Leader- RCF
lmatheny@pursuitofindependence.org
​​712-542-3530​

Marina Basaldua
Team Leader- LH3
mbasaldua@pursuitofindependence.org
​641-202-1647

Teresa Forster 
Team Leader- BH2
tforster@pursuitofindependence.org
641-202-6934