We are a diverse team of experts, and are dedicated to the health and wellness of each one of our young adult clients and families. We are at the forefront of health and wellness of college students and young adults, providing personalized guidance to fulfill their goals.

MEET THE TEAM

Gemba Boise

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Greg has worked for the last 24 years with adolescents and young adults and their families as a primary therapist and as a clinical director in residential treatment, community mental health, and wilderness treatment. He has experience working with a variety of complex struggles, and witnessed amazing transformations. Greg has had the privilege of watching young people who have are not able to navigate complex emotions in effective ways find a clear path to begin healing. Greg regularly speaks at conference on topics related to neurodiversity, parenting, the treatment process, skill development in direct care, and others. Greg is married and has 4 children 3 of them are young adults. He loves running and staying active. He loves the deep and meaningful joy of nature.

Clinical Director

Executive Director

PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Amee started her career backpacking with foster teens in Idaho's wilderness, and fell in love with helping teens and young adults navigate the world. She pursued her degree in counseling, and went on to work with people in many settings including in-patient psych, therapeutic boarding school, wilderness therapy and community agencies. Amee received her bachelor's degree in education from University of Idaho and her master's degree in counseling from Boise State University. Amee is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a clinical provider for Social Thinking, holds an attachment certification, is trained in the Trauma Resilience Model and the Community Resilience Model, and is a facilitator for Arbinger's Outward Mindset and Outward Leadership.

Since 2020, Bernie has helped lead the Gemba Boise team in the implementation of young adult supportive services in the Boise area. Having raised his own three sons in the Boise Valley, he has deep passion for the community and caring people that our clients are able to interact with.
Bernie has been in the counseling and coaching fields for 28 years. He was worked many jobs in the helping industry including psychiatric technician, mentor, career counselor, clinician, Clinical Director, Academic Director, Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer. He received each of his degrees from Boise State University, including a Bachelor’s in psychology, Masters in counseling and an Executive MBA. He is active with the university, serving on the Boise State University Alumni Association board and with the Boise State University football alumni. He is frequently found at events on campus and supporting his Broncos.
After his initial career in substance-abuse and psychiatric settings, Bernie feels a large part of his formative journey was working with Dr. Janet Greenwood as an educational consultant in Florida. Bernie was able to work with families searching for boarding schools, treatment centers and navigating resources from afar, while traveling the country learning about treatment options. With this experience, Bernie is uniquely qualified to assess out of home placement services for adolescents and young adults. The time with Dr. Greenwood also afforded him the opportunity to learn the Greenwood Associates Classification System (GS120). Bernie works with all Gemba Boise clients with this career assessment to help the team illuminate a plan for the time they are with Gemba Boise and for the path beyond.
Bernie is an active member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Program's (NATSAP) Government Relations committee and annually travels to Washington DC to advocate for special needs children and their families. In addition, Bernie is an Honorary Commander for the 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho Air National Guard, an Ethics Commissioner for the City of Boise, and an advocate for those suffering mental health / substance abuse issues in the State of Idaho.

Co-Founder

Co-Owner
Jason is the Co-Owner at Brightstone Transitions. He brings a wide variety of experiences and passions to the Brightstone team. Jason comes to Brightstone with years of management experience in both therapeutic programming and summer camp programs.
Jason has a great deal of experience in designing and implementing programming to help young people. Jason started his career working with inner city youth in the Atlanta area in a wilderness based programming for over seven years. Helping to develop programing for boarding schools on the East Coast became his main focus before moving on to other programing areas. Through the years, Jason has had the opportunity to work with several camps and schools across the country. Jason accepted a job as the Director of Conferences, Retreats and Summer Programming for the Greater Seattle YMCA. Jason then moved to San Francisco to work with the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco where he served as Assistant Camp Director of Programs and helped to connect Bay Area inner city youth with healthier lifestyles through the outdoors. After several years of work with the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco, Jason took an opportunity to run a program near his family in North Carolina. During that work, Jason developed a passion for helping young adults that led him to Brightstone.
Jason takes an active approach to working with clients and their families, but his work does not stop at the admission process. He continues to be involved with clients and their families throughout their time at Brightstone. A major focus of his work with young adults is helping them find and pursue their individual passions. Jason understands that this often leads to young adults finding newways to be successful. Jason received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a concentration in Southern Urban Minority Politics from East Carolina University. Jason enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family. Jason enjoys taking his son on adventures across the country.

C0-Owner

Jill Allen serves as the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Brightstone Transitions. Jill obtained a bachelor’s degree from Salve Regina University in Secondary Education. Jill is currently working to obtain her Master’s degree in Human Service Administration from Bellevue University. Jill began her career working in therapeutic boarding schools, where she found a passion for working with those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). After finding her passion, she then focused her efforts on becoming a Behavior Specialist where she helped middle and high school students improve their behavior in the school setting. While serving as Behavior Specialist Jill provided direct intervention, created school safety protocols, and served as the Nonviolent Crisis Prevention Intervention trainer. Jill has also worked at non profits throughout South Florida. Through her work with non profits, Jill advocated for services for clients within their communities and provided parent support and training.
Throughout Jill’s experience she has focused on how to help staff and parents see client behavior as communication of needs. Showing both families and staff that if that if they look towards what is being communicated that we can find how to both decrease the behavior and more importantly help the client is Jill’s passion. She feels that with strong relationship building, clients feel safe to seek the help they need and will be more likely to accept feedback.
Jill moved from Florida to Georgia in 2017 to be closer to family before welcoming her first daughter in June of the same year. In her free time, Jill enjoys spending time with her family, reading, baking, and travels back to New England to see family and friends.

CHeif Executive Officer

Chief Growth Officer
Josh is the Chief Growth Officer for Brightstone and it’s affiliate program, Point School Puerto Rico. As the CGO, Josh has the primary responsibility of ensuring innovative, sustainable, and quality growth across all areas of the organization. He maintains a regular focus on marketing, branding, customer service, strategic development, referral relations and client satisfaction.
Josh graduated from Gardner-Webb University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He completed his graduate work in 2003 at the University of Georgia, earning a master’s degree in social work. He has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) since 2006.
Josh is a Georgia native and has over 20 years of leadership experience in the behavioral healthcare field, including ownership and executive positions in young adult programs, adventure therapy programs, residential treatment centers and therapeutic boarding schools. He has been a collaborative partner with Brightstone programs since 2014, serving on the planning committee to grow and expand The Autism Symposium, a nationally recognized event that brings awareness and innovative training to the field of Autism.
Josh believes that strong organizational culture, solution-focused leadership, and authentic relationships are three key ingredients to any successful business. At the core, he is a people person and finds his greatest passion in elevating customer experience, leading cross-functional teams, brand management, and conflict resolution.
Josh’s life values are aligned with faith, family, fun, and hard work. He enjoys spending time with his wife Cristen, two daughters Delaney and Lily Kate, and their Golden Doodle Baker Blu, traveling and doing all things outdoors. During his free time you will probably find Josh on the golf course, on the water, or cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs.

Chief Growth Officer

Matt grew up in Bend, Oregon where his passion for education and behavioral support blossomed. He moved to Boise in 2010 to pursue his higher education at Boise State University where he earned his Bachelor’s in Sociology and Special Education. Matt started his career in the school system as a Behavioral Interventionist and Special Education Teacher where he focused on providing critical behavioral and emotional support to his students. Matt has worked with a diverse range of children and young adults, which has allowed him to tailor his support to meet the individual needs while fostering a positive learning environment. Matt expanded his expertise as a Clinical Supervisor which allowed him to nurture the growth and development of children across various age groups. It enabled him to cultivate a holistic perspective on emotional support and behavioral intervention. Matt currently lives in Boise with his wife, two boys and one dog. Whether it’s embarking on new hiking trails, traveling across the globe, Matt’s zest for life echoes in every facet of his life.

Academic/Career Coach

David was born and raised in Waipahu, Hawaii, and moved to the states during his senior year of high school. As a lover of learning, David is trained in: Arbinger Institute, Collaborative Problem Solving, 3A+, Ruler, Suicide Level Prevention (Jason Foundation), Social Thinking, Child Youth Care Professional Certificate (CYCP). David has over 10 years experience working in residential settings with a wide variety of populations.
David loves the Hawaiian culture and food, as well as sports, learning new things, and learning to navigate a smooth sailing ship.

Residential Manager

Dr. Si Steinberg, affectionately called Dr. Si by his patients and staff, is a Double Board Certified Child Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist. He has been working with individuals and families for over thirty years. His philosophy with regards to prescribing medications is that medicine is merely the lubricant to grease the wheels of the machinery of therapy and living fully. Rarely is medication the center or primary component of an individual's treatment. Dr. Si strives to be as minimalistic as possible with medication interventions and encourages the resolution of underlying causes and conditions prior to jumping to conclusions about diagnoses and medication treatment regimens. Dr. Si lives with his wife Kim and their two golden doodles, Sammy and Nala. They all like to travel, hike, bike, Nordic ski, canoe, and sail. Dr. Si is also a musician and plays many instruments by ear, though he trained on piano and oboe as a child.

Psychiatrist

At Gemba Boise, we focus on working with individuals ages 17 to 25 who are seeking guidance in navigating their next steps in life. We believe in supporting individuals based on their aspirations rather than being limited by their backgrounds or diagnoses.

ARE YOU A GOOD FIT FOR GEMBA?

CLIENT PROFILE

Each person is coming to the Gemba Boise Program from a different background. We take every unique situation into careful consideration. We encourage students and their families to come and tour. It's important to get a feel for our team and the amazing community that we work with.