Our Team

Our multidisciplinary team brings more than 100 years of combined clinical and research experience. Team members hold positions at leading institutions, including the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and have contributed to peer-reviewed journals such as JAMA Oncology, the Journal of Psychopharmacology, and the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Sunstone Leadership

Manish Agrawal, MD
Chief Medical Officer, PI, and Co-Founder
Kim Roddy, MBA
Interim CEO and Co-Founder
Jake Sandler
Chief of Staff
Julie Y. Sandler
Chief Growth Officer
Jody Crowley, MS
Vice President of Operations
Kalisha Watkins, MPA
Clinical Research Director
Rachel Winzer, MS
Therapist Program Director
Leith States, MD, MPH, MBA, FACPM
SVP, Strategic Military Initiatives
Jim Byrd
VP Finance
Maryam Azarion
Legal Counsel

Our Therapy Team

Bob Koffman, MD, MPH
Therapist and Military Liaison
Carolina Maggio, MBACP
Clinical Consultant, Supervisor, and Co-Investigator

Our Research Team

Celia Leeks
Practice Administrator
Jehenifer Fuentes
Medical Assistant
Willie Harrington MD, MS
Lead Clinical Evaluation Specialist
Rhi Trautmann, NRCPT
Lead Clinical Research Coordinator
Chris Jin
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Tracy Waldeck, PhD
Psychometric Rater
Joya Cooper-Hohn, MS
Johns Hopkins/ Sunstone Research Fellow

Our Operations Team

Eakta Agrawal
Clinical Systems Manager
Lindsay Amann
Patient Evaluation & Communications Specialist
Eloise Cherian
Patient Evaluation & Clinical Research Communications Specialist
Marne Esselman
Executive Assistant
Ericka Foster
Communications Coordinator
Shirelle Lotlikar
Clinical Training Development Specialist
Kim Maillie
Research Data Manager
Lindsay Ozyck
Business Systems Manager
Michael Pollack, MS
Director of Business Development
Bill Richards, PhD
Co-founder and Senior Advisor
Mehwish Sajjad
Clinical Scheduling Analyst
Jessica Stotler Jessica Stotler
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Ambrah Thomas
Research Coordinator
Laura Volovski
Marketing Communications Manager
Jennifer Watson
Senior Accountant
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Sunstone is grounded in relationships. Because we are all supporting each other’s growth, staff experience is a vital part of patient experience. And how we trust one another is integral.
— Manish Agrawal, Sunstone CEO

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