Staff and Board of Directors

Lydia Kihm is the Executive Director of Teens Alone. Lydia is a graduate of Ohio University and spent 15 years in management, marketing and marketing research. Before joining Teens Alone in 1997, she was Volunteer and Development Director at Person to Person in Minneapolis.

Robert Ward, Psy.D. is Teens Alone's Program Supervisor. Robert obtained his doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles. His background includes working as a staff psychologist for a university mental health facility, a psychotherapist for Family and Children's Service in Minneapolis, and as a mental health consultant for various youth, family and spiritual programs.

Wendy Epstein is a licensed social worker. She received her bachelor's degree from the College of St. Catherine, and is completing her clinical research paper for her master's degree from the University of St. Thomas. Before joining Teens Alone, Wendy was a youth and family counselor at Face to Face Health & Counseling in St. Paul. She also worked for Hennepin County's Crisis Intervention Center, and is bi-lingual in English and Spanish.

Beth Knoblauch has her M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Prior to her work at Teen Alone, Beth worked as a counselor with homeless mothers going through chemical dependency treatment and their children in Honolulu, Hawaii and as a counselor for teen girls receiving treatment in Minnesota. She also worked as a Program Manager for Lutheran Social Services with homeless teen moms and their children.

Chris Ochocki earned a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Notre Dame College in Manchester, NH. Chris's background includes serving as a youth and family counselor at The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester, a youth minister at Ste. Marie's Parish and working as a manager for youth summer camps sponsored by Group Publishing, Inc.

Jeremy Goldberg, LGSW is a licensed graduate social worker with a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Minnesota. Prior to Teens Alone Jeremy served as a counselor and intake specialist at Jewish Family and Children's Service, and a psychiatric associate in an in-patient unit at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. 

2007 Teens Alone Board of Directors
Dave Benson
Principal
Orono High School
Long Lake resident

Dana Brewer
Co-Owner, KLB Financial
Eden Prairie resident

Peter Cookson
Senior Loan Officer - Minnesota Home Mortgage
St. Louis Park resident

Heidi Horsch
Accountant
Eden Prairie resident

Mary Mills Barrow
Co-owner, Coolibar
Orono School District resident

Bobbi Pointer - Chair
Licensed School Nurse - Hopkins High School
Minnetonka resident

Diane Slais
Juvenile Probation Office - Hennepin County
St. Louis Park resident

Pete Thompson - Treasurer
Dir. of Corporate Development, Datacard Corp.
Minnetonka business; Minneapolis resident

Randy Thompson
Counselor, Central Middle School (Eden Prairie)
Hopkins resident

Deb Ukura
Youth Program Manager - Hopkins School District
Golden Valley resident

Ginny Worthington
Marketing Consultant
Minnetonka resident

Gail Youtsos
Social Worker, Tanglen Elementary
Wayzata resident
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