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
Kayla Frimer, Chief of Staff
Maddy Friedman, Program Director
Christian James Potterton, Campaign Coordinator
Anna Eulo, Events Manager
Josie Page, Development & Operations Coordinator
Jeffrey Lesan, Sponsorships & Marketing
Charlotte Scully, Social Media Coordinator
CLINICAL
OPERATIONS
Ari Jacobson, LCPC, NCC, Clinical Director
Hallie Lincoln, LCSW, MFT, Co-Founder / Director of Case Management
Brad Cole, LPC, Clinical Manager
Pooja Raj, MSW, Clinical Coordinator
Karsen LaRue, Clinical Administrator
Isaac Slone, LP, Clinical Associate
CASE MANAGERS
Cara Liebert, RMHCI
Ross Bogan, Masters Student
Madeline Hartley, LCPC
Stephanie Lamond, APCC, Harper House Fellow
Nikki Alonso-Scott, LPC, Neal Casal Fellow
ADVISORS
Dr. Charlie Kautz, The Musician’s Physician
Dr. Stacy Cohen, MD
Peter Shapiro, Dayglo Ventures
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alicia Karlin, Circuit Group
Charlie Hellman, Spotify
Chris Keogh, Goldman Sachs
David Niedbalski, Grand Rising Curations
Jason Weinstock
Justin Levy, Conscious Alliance
Joshua Knight, The Team, Backline Co-Founder / Chairman of the Board
Matt Runner, The-Team
Matthew Wilson, Arnall, Golden, Gregory LLP, Backline Co-Founder
Michael McDonald, Mick Management Founder
Shira E. Saville, PSY.D, Clinical Psychologist
Stephen Grybowski, Dayglo Presents, Backline Co-Founder
PRESS
Leigh Greaney, Big Hassle, leigh@bighassle.com
Vic Borlando, Big Hassle, vic@bighassle.com
CLINICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Christine Martinez, LCSW
Dr. Dorian A. Lamis, PhD, ABPP
Dr. George Musgrave, PhD, FRSPH
Dr. William C. Washington, Ph.D., LPCC-S
Kate Noveau, LICSW
Rashida Black, LCSW
Sabella “Bella” Reyes, LCSW
Shira E. Saville, PSY.D.
Tanner Williams, LMSW
