Cary is the founder of Rock Recovery, and is currently acting as Executive Director. Cary is also an Organizational Psychologist for the National Science Foundation, an aerobics instructor, a professor at The George Washington University, a community group leader at National Community Church (Washington, D.C.), and an active member of the International Leadership Association and Society for Industrial/ Organizational Psychology. As a collegiate runner, she misunderstood the struggles of several good friends before finding herself in the trap of anorexia and exercise bulimia. After much recovery, she relapsed as a working professional. In search of intensive support options, she was disheartened to find that all required her to take leave from her job and invest tens of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. Out of this experience, God gave her a vision – recovery houses designed to bring hope and healing to those still suffering while remaining engaged in their daily lives. Rock Recovery is the result of that vision.
Governance
Lane Conville, Carylynn Larson
Lane Conville
Lane is exceptionally creative and enjoys exploring different forms of expression. She loves spending time with friends and family, discussing politics, planning the next travel destination, running, and enjoying a good meal. Lane views Rock Recovery as an integral part of the fabric of community development, a smart growth housing option, and way to fill a need felt by too many women.
Faith
Emma Lovely, Kate Salsman
Emma Lovely
Emma will graduate from the University of Kentucky’s College of Social Work in summer 2009 with a Masters of Social Work and will receive a Master’s in Theology from Lexington Theological Seminary in fall 2009. She currently works for the University of Kentucky College of Public Health as a research assistant. Emma, her husband Ross, and her son Simon live in Lexington, KY. Emma is a member of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and sings in the Canterbury Choir. Emma also serves as Secretary of the Student Academy of Public Health. Emma enjoys spending time with loved ones, traveling, yoga, healthy living, and decreasing her impact on the environment.
Kate Salsman
Kate is a Physical Therapist with Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham, AL. Kate and her husband Micah met on the Centre College Cross Country team in 2001, and have been happily married since 2005. Kate has seen eating disorders control the lives of several friends, and is eager to be involved in a group that can help center each woman’s life around God. As a strong Christian, Kate knows that our wholeness is found only in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, a relationship that allows one to be free from all addictions and opens the door to a judgment-free future.
Fiduciary
Sylvia Kamp, Traci Krall, Terribeth Smith
Sylvia Kamp
Sylvia is an NCAA Division I collegiate coach for men`s and women`s cross country/track and field. Her hobbies include running, aquajogging, reading, and cooking. She enjoys creating healthier, and sometimes tastier, versions of dishes. Sylvia loves to watch sports, especially NASCAR, college football, the Colts, and Duke basketball. Her "baby" is a cat named Grizzly but looks forward to spoiling her new niece! She is excited to be a part of something that will help save the lives of so many young women.
Traci Krall
Traci is a Program Manager for Lenser & Associates, a marketing firm based in San Rafael, CA. Her interests are fitness and adventure; she loves to try new things when it comes to both. Having gone through the recovery process for an eating disorder herself, Traci has great compassion and understanding towards other human beings going through similar situations and wants to do everything she can to help.
Terribeth Smith
Terribeth is a book buyer for Joseph Beth Bookstores in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a graduate of Centre College (Danville, KY) and holds an M.A. from the University of Kentucky in Educational Psychology. Her interests include education policies, reading and running. She loves spending time with her husband and son.
Community
Aimee Goodwin, Elizabeth Porter, Erin Rose
Aimee Goodwin
Aimee is the copy editor for a Washington, D.C.-area newspaper. She graduated from Whitworth College with a degree in journalism/mass communication. Aimee is a member of the American Copy Editors Society and attends National Community Church. She enjoys everything active and fun – exercising, dancing, playing guitar, watching “Friends,” baking and keeping up on pop culture. Aimee contributes her recovery from anorexia to the prayers and support of family, friends and doctors, and the grace of God.
Elizabeth Porter
Elizabeth has a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and undergraduate degrees in art and psychology from Birmingham-Southern College. Elizabeth is an active volunteer and supporter for the Alabama Network for Eating Disorder Awareness and the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and is a member for the National Eating Disorder Association. She has a passion for the use of activity and art as a means of healing and hopes to one day incorporate this into her work. Elizabeth’s heart for Rock Recovery extends from her own victory over anorexia and bulimia. She has a love for running and an active lifestyle as well as the arts, animals, and spending time with family and friends.
Erin Brasfield Rose
Erin is the Curator of Education at Fort Caspar Museum in Casper, WY. Prior to Fort Caspar Museum, she worked for the National Park Service for several years at historic sites across the country. Erin graduated from the University of West Georgia in Carrolton, GA with a BA in History and a MA in History with a concentration in Public History. She currently serves as the Education Committee Regional Representative for the Mountain Plains Museum Association and as the State Representative for Wyoming’s Association for State and Local History. In her spare time, Erin enjoys reading, knitting, running, hiking, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, and camping with her husband in and around their hometown of Casper, Wyoming.
Residence
Ellen Durham, Ellen Maple, Christy McNaul
Ellen Durham
Ellen is a is a medical research coordinator at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. She studied medicine at the College of Charleston and Psychology at Rhodes College. Ellen`s passion is to help others find healing, peace, and the freedom to pursue a fulfilling life. Prior to research, she taught high school Psychology and English at The Arlington School, provided crisis counseling at the Memphis Crisis Counseling Center, and facilitated support groups for women diagnosed with HIV and AIDS at Friends for Life. She currently lives in Birmingham, AL with her husband, Rob, and is a Junior Patron and Community Artist for VSA Arts of Alabama, a member of the Young Leadership Board for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama, and a volunteer and supporter of the Alabama Network for Eating Disorder Awareness. In her spare time, she enjoys painting and the arts, dancing, running on trails, and spending time with loved ones.
Ellen Maple
Ellen is a special education teacher in Birmingham, AL. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Collaborative Teaching, and from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master`s degree in Counseling. Ellen is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota. Ellen enjoys spending time with her husband, family, and friends, and living a fulfilling life. She is an accomplished runner who has completed three marathons and one half marathon. The next sport she aspires to pick up is cycling.
Christy McNaul
Christy is a Licensed Counselor of Social Work at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She received her degree is Counseling from the University of Colorado. Christy is an outdoor enthusiast who loves running, hiking, skiing, and biking. She also loves reading, knitting and yoga. Christy believes that the ability to choose healing and abundant life rather than familiar habits and destructive patterns comes from the support of friends and the power of God.
"Let the morning
bring me word
of your unfailing love,
for I have put my
trust in you.
Show me the way
I should go, f
or to you I lift up my soul."
