Thank you for your support, from the Spiritual Roads, Inc. Board of Directors
Chris Lytle, Executive Director
Chris is the founder and visionary of Spiritual Roads. He began his spiritual journey in 2004. He has a heart for the hurting and life experiences that drive him to reach out, offer, and provide new tools and coping mechanisms to the local community of individuals in need. “Our mission at Spiritual Roads is to come alongside and help people recover and heal.Together we will grow spiritually, emotionally and become productive members of our local community.”
Qualifications:
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor-Certified Addiction Specialist CADC-CAS
More than 18 years of experience in the AOD (Alcohol & Other Drug) field and over 10,000 hours of addiction counseling experience.
Substance Abuse Counselor/Group Facilitator - Maynords Recovery Center Sonora, CA
Peer Support Advocate - Turning Point Community Programs Modesto, CA
Ministry Leader - Celebrate Recovery - Sierra Bible Church. Sonora, CA
Past Celebrate Recovery State Representative Tuolumne/Calavares Counties
Past Assimilation Coach Celebrate Recovery – Sierra Bible Church Sonora, CA
Past Encourager Coach Celebrate Recovery – Shelter Cove Community Church Modesto, CA
Duties:
Executive Director - organization administrative and program management duties
one-on-one counseling and group sessions with people that struggle with addictions and unhealthy behaviors - both in the community and in jails and prisons
Create and provide curriculum, direction and coaching for staff.
E. Samuel Wheeler, CPA, Treasurer
Sam has had a heart for other programs which have a mission of supporting:
Youth development, providing good moral standards and the deployment of each child’s full
potential, as they are guided and supported by good role models, and helping them to
interpret their experiences in an uplifting way
Maturing individuals, to help them understand themselves better as they seek to understand
their special purpose in their life—and then becoming a cheerleader for their efforts
The welfare of our community, both on a business and personal level
Qualifications:
Certified Public Accountant – Active, Managing Partner of Wheeler & Egger CPAs, LLP
(formerly E. Samuel Wheeler, CPA)
Past-President, Treasurer and Director of United Way of Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties,
a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization
Past-President and Director of the Sonora 49er Rotary Club, a non-profit
501(c)(4) organization
Past Youth Exchange Chair and current Member of the Youth Exchange Committee,
Rotary District 5220 Treasurer and Director of Rotary’s North American Youth Exchange Network,
a non- profit 501(c)(3) organization
Member of the Board, Sonora Regional Medical Center Foundation,
a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization
Director and Audit Committee Chair of Mother Lode Bank, Sonora, CA, a local community bank
Past-Member of the Board of Directors of the Franklin Select Real Estate Income Fund and Franklin Advantage Real Estate Income Fund, both public company
Duties
Serve as Spiritual Roads Board Treasure Prepare (and advise regarding) accounting reports; IRS and other required filings.
James Comazzi, M.D. F.A.C.C., Director
Qualifications:
Foundation President and Trustee – Charitable foundation management skills
Physician – Board Certifications in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases
Business Owner/Manager
Special interests:
Addiction medicine with personal involvement due to loved ones
Behavioral disorders predisposing to mental illness and addictions
Runs programs for mental and physical health through fitness and diet
Proponent of Spiritual recovery through spiritual training
Duties:
Provide ministry and volunteer work
Mary Hackler, Director
Mary Hackler, Director
Tuolumne County resident for 33+ years
Retired K-20 school counselor and vocational rehabilitation counselor at Sonora High
School, BOFG, Jamestown schools.
Qualifications:
Batchelor of Science, UCLB
Masters of Science - School Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services Credential
Facilitated YES Campus Council groups at Curtis Creek, Sonora High School, Tioga,
Tenaya, Jamestown schools
Case Manager
Facilitated Friday Night Live events
Helped develop Jamestown Family Resource Center
Chair of Republican Headquarters
Board member for Project Feed Our Kids
Currently serve on and hold leadership positions with Tuolumne County Republican Women
and Celebrate Recovery
Duties:
Provide ministry and volunteer work
Howard White, PMP, Secretary
Howard is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a career in software development and large system technical project management. Howard provides business counseling through SCORE and SBDC (Small Business Development Center) - two not-for-profit SBA (Small Business Administration) organizations helping launch and grow small businesses and non-profit organizations in Tuolumne County and surrounding areas.
Qualifications:
Howard is active with Celebrate Recovery and the worship team at Sierra Bible Church
Past Advisory Board member for Shepherd’s Gate, a non-profit organization providing a safe
haven and support for women & children who are homeless due to abusive relationships or addictions
Past Advisory Board member at Valley Christian Church, Concord, CA
Past Volunteer IT Professional for non-profit organizations at CompuMentor
Past Executive Officer for Nikos Projects, a non-profit organization benefiting victims of head-
trauma and short-term respite care for primary caregivers of head-injury survivors
Past Youth Sponsor for Amor Ministries, building homes for impoverished families
Duties:
Serve as Spiritual Roads Board Secretary and in any way needed
Provide ministry, recovery worship, website development, and other volunteer work
Rickey Woodall, Founding Past Vice President
Qualifications:
Rickey has a heart for people, young and old, whose lives are being destroyed by the bondage of drugs, alcohol &/or other addictions. She has participated in recovery programs personally, both for her own understanding of addiction, and to learn how to offer better support for her own family members, entrapped by it. She has also taken classes in conflict resolution, been on the local crisis pregnancy board, and served as a lay counselor.
Duties:
Serve as Spiritual Roads Board Vice-Chair and in any way needed
Pastor Mark Levering, Founding / Past President and Chairman
Mark shares a personal concern and a lifetime of experience in helping meet the needs of those with “hurts, habits, and hang-ups” that are proving destructive to their effective Christian living.
Qualifications:
Mark founded and served as Senior Pastor of Sierra Bible Church, Sonora, CA for 40 years before his retirement in June, 2013.
He has worked with various ministry and non-profit organizations to encourage Christian outreach and discipleship.
He also serves on the Board of ROR (Russian Orphan Rescue), a non-profit reaching out to the needs of orphans in Russia through nationals who provide ministry to children in the orphanages and oversight of several transition homes when they graduate while finding their place in the adult world.
Duties: (until April 2016)
Serve as Spiritual Roads Board Chairman, provide ministry and volunteer work