Meet Our Team
Backline’s team is made up of mental health practitioners with experience in the music industry — and have made sure that our foundation is both clinically strong and ethically appropriate. The rest of our team comes from the music industry itself. Our approach is based in experiences and a desire to build a sound clinical outlet for a community that so critically needs these services.
OPERATIONS
Hilary Gleason, Co-Founder / Executive Director
Jessica Beckhart, Operations Coordinator
Kayla Frimer, Chief of Staff
Terra Lopez, Community Manager & Artist Partnerships
Maddy Friedman, Project Manager
CLINICAL
Ari Jacobson LCPC, NCC, Clinical Director
Hallie Lincoln, LCSW, MFT, Co-Founder / Director of Case Management
Brad Cole, LPC, Clinical Associate
Pooja Raj, MSW, Clinical Outreach Representative
ADVISORS
Dr. Charlie Kautz, The Musician’s Physician
Dr. Stacy Cohen, MD
Peter Shapiro, Dayglo Ventures
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Caitlin Stone, Activist Artists Management
David Niedbalski, DNied Productions
Jason Weinstock, Red Light Management
Jerry Wonda, The Fugees
Justin Levy, Conscious Alliance
Joshua Knight, Wasserman Music, Co-Founder
Matt Runner, Wasserman Music
Matthew Wilson, Arnall, Golden, Gregory LLP, Co-Founder
Shira E. Saville, PSY.D, Clinical Psychologist
Stephen Grybowski, Dayglo Presents, Co-Founder
PRESS
Leigh Greaney, Big Hassle, leigh@bighassle.com
CLINICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Christine Willis-Martinez, LPC
Claudia Mussen, LCSW
Dr. Dorian Lamis, PhD, ABPP
Kate Noveau, LICSW
Rich Williams, PSY.D
Shira E. Saville, PSY.D
WELLNESS ADVISORS
Dr. Charlie Cox
Eric Lemasters
Rynda Laurel, The Creative Catalyst Co
