Our Board of Directors are volunteers from many educational, professional and personal backgrounds. Board members serve as ambassadors of The Counseling Place, and they ensure the agency stays mission focused.

Our recurring theme involves continued commitment to challenging the status quo. We want to bring an end to interpersonal violence, intergenerational trauma, and self-harm. We can accomplish this by providing cutting-edge, research-based mental health treatment for people of all ages, in-depth victim advocacy, and mental health enrichment for young people. We’re determined to Slay the Stigma surrounding mental health services.

Chair: Cheryl Koch
Methodist Richardson Medical Center

Secretary: Michelle Clark
Provident Realty Advisors

Treasurer: Amy Sumner
PDL Designs

Jill Blevins
University of Texas at Dallas

Michael Bussiere
Richardson Police Department

Carla Getz
Former RISD teacher and business owner. Current BSN student at UT Arlington

Janice Peters
Hudson Peters Commercial

Shanna Sisson
Member of the Chairman's Task Force for the State Fair of Texas

Deborah Dobbs, M.A. (non-voting)
Executive Director, The Counseling Place

If you are passionate about mental health and giving teens second chances, and you’d like to serve on our board of directors, please email Deborah Dobbs at debbie@counselingplace.org. 

We meet quarterly via Zoom. A financial commitment is required.