Executive Leadership

Dorothy Dorman has over 26 years of experience at Harmony, most recently as the CEO. Prior to this she served as the CFO/Assistant Director. Dot has been an Estes Park resident since 1981 and has been involved in many community organizations including serving on the Board of the Fine Arts Guild, and Board Member and President of Habitat for Humanity of the Estes Valley. She has represented Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church on Estes Park Church of the Air and serves on the Church Finance Council and Fundraising Committee. She and her husband, Scott, have six children. Scott is employed by the Town of Estes Park as Fire Chief.

Donna has lived in northern Colorado since 1971 and is a graduate of Colorado State University’s Business/Accounting program. She feels her position at Harmony is the culmination of a long and varied career in public, corporate, not-for-profit accounting and management advisory services. She finds it very rewarding to utilize her skills and experience to be a part of Harmony’s mission.

Donna has had many family members and friends who struggled with chemical dependency, and has seen other facilities first hand. Donna states, “Harmony is unique because we have a gender separate program, licensed for medically assisted detoxification in a facility in the majestic Estes Valley at the foot of Rocky Mountain National Park. The quality of the program, professionalism of the staff, and the focus on the mission in this magnificent setting is ideal for recovery.”

Dr. Peters earned a joint BA/BS from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master Degree and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She joined the Hazelden staff in 2006 and served as a Psychologist in the addiction units and as a faculty member of the addiction studies graduate school. Dr. Peter’s academic and clinical interests include assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of addiction and co-occurring disorders, multicultural counseling, and mindfulness based cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies. She has a particular interest in assessment of treatment center capacity to treat various addiction related disorders though the application of the Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) Assessment.

Dr Sean Murphy was born in San Francisco , California but grew up in Pasadena, California. After graduating from La Salle High School, he attended the University of California, Santa Cruz. His education continued at the University of California, San Francisco. During Medical school, he had the opportunity to work in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. During an opportunity to work in a rural clinic in Truchas, New Mexico, he began to appreciate the splendor of the Rocky Mountains. After medical school he completed a Family Practice residency in Fresno, California. During this period, he married Rosamaria Angel, who was originally from El Salvador. After residency, Dr Murphy began 14 years of private practice in Watsonville, California. He was the Assistant Director of the local drug treatment program. Doctor and Mrs. Murphy’s three children were born during this period. In 1992 Dr. Murphy and his family moved to Little Portion Monastery in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. For 7 years he was involved in part time medical practice, and opening a charity clinic. In 1999, he relocated to Colorado. Two children attended the University of Colorado, Boulder. About this time, he started working part-time at Timberline Medical Clinic in Estes Park. In 2001, Dr Murphy became Medical Director of the Harmony Foundation. Shortly, there after became certified by ASAM( American Society of Addiction Medicine) He became a founding Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine and was recertified in Addiction Medicine. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Medical Staff at Estes Park Medical Center and served as the Medical Director of the Long-Term Care Facility. In December, Dr Murphy gladly accepted the opportunity to assist the Harmony Foundation as a full-time Medical Director.

Kay Rosenthal has over thirty years of nursing experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) in critical care nursing, rural nursing. She has held nursing management positions ranging from Nurse Supervisor to Director of Nursing/Assistant Administrator. She has had numerous teaching positions at hospitals, college and at the university level. She is also currently Director of Options for Healthy Living Inc, Estes Park Community Based Wellness Program offering Community Health Education, Therapeutic Riding (horseback riding for persons with disabilities) and Parish Nursing.

As a RN she has seen patients with alcohol and substance abuse issues treated poorly in the Emergency Department, and on the Medical Surgical Nursing Departments. One of her goals has been to educate the nursing profession and the public that this is a disease and that it can be successfully treated.

As a critical care nurse she modeled professional and compassionate care at the bedside.

As Director of Options for Healthy Living she offers alcohol and mental health screenings at Health Fairs and on National Alcohol Screening Days and online to help persons in need find appropriate resources.

As Director of Nursing at Harmony Foundation Inc. she is working in the community to educate about the disease of alcohol and substance abuse. The goal of the Nursing Department at Harmony Foundation Inc is to provide safety during the detoxification program and to offer respectful, compassionate care as needed throughout the client’s stay. Kay hopes you will trust Harmony with the care for yourself, or with the care of a family member or friend.

Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. Master of Nursing (MN), University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN), Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska.

Tim McCarthy Joined the Harmony Foundation team in September of 2011. He came to the agency with extensive experience in the substance abuse treatment field spanning over 35 years.

He started his career in Minnesota in the middle 70’s and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1979 to take a counseling job at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco CA. He eventually became the Program Coordinator. He then served as a Clinical Coordinator for a 20 bed adolescent residential program through John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek CA. In 1993 he and his family moved to Colorado. He served for 15 years as a part of the senior management team at Arapahoe House Inc. His responsibilities varied over his tenure there but always included managing programs that served those suffering from substance abuse disorders.

In November of 2008 Tim left Arapahoe House and took a job as a ski instructor at Winter Park CO. where he prides himself on spending 3 full seasons being a quasi-ski bum.

He has a passion for those that suffer from alcoholism and other drug dependencies and believes everyone has the ability to improve the quality of their lives if they desire.

Alyssa has worked at Harmony since 2009 in various positions. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Colorado State University. Her previous work experience includes working at a residential home for children who were abused, volunteering as a victim advocate thru Estes Valley Victim Advocates (EVVA), working at a domestic violence safe-house, and working with people with developmental disabilities.

Alyssa is a Colorado native. She is married and in her free time enjoys knitting, hiking, wakeboarding, traveling and playing Frisbee golf. Her passions include helping and working with children, understanding the complexities of mental health disorders, and furthering her education.

Dale is a native New Yorker who is not a Yankees fan, holds B.A. and M.A. in Art. She has pursued a career as a jack-of-all-trades; museum curator, park ranger and dental assistant/office manager, where she became an enthusiastic student of health insurance. She began working at Harmony in 2001 in Accounts Receivable, left briefly in 2007 for an opportunity to gain managerial experience, and then returned as Director of Admissions. Her passions are: baseball, working with insurance and helping the suffering addict and their families find help.

Gail joined the Harmony staff in September of 2007, after thirty three years working in the construction field. Twenty nine of those years were in Estes Park and twenty of those years were spent as the owner/operator of his own construction business. Gail began his association with Harmony in 1978 when he moved to Estes Park. Through the years, Gail has contracted many building projects at Harmony; including the construction of the Swickard Building, which houses the Women’s Program and the Family Program, and the Barnes Building, where Harmony ‘s Admissions Department is located. At one point or another Gail has constructed, added onto, or remodeled virtually every structure on the Harmony property. This was in addition to the other building projects he was involved in throughout the Estes Valley.

Gail believes Harmony is a very special place and being a Colorado native, he has a great appreciation for our location in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, next to Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s with a great sense of pride and gratitude for having the opportunity to contribute to the growth of Harmony and providing the facility for all those who come to us seeking a new beginning.

Sandi Kohtz has 37 years of experience in substance abuse and mental health treatment. She has served in various positions throughout her career from being a counselor to directing a treatment facility. She is a Licensed Social Worker in the state of Colorado. She previously worked for over 4 years at Harmony Foundation providing leadership to clinical service delivery and assuring compliance with license and accreditation regulations. She left in 2009 to pursue other career opportunities. Her most recent position was as Executive Director at Rainforest Recovery Center in Juneau, Alaska. After “enjoying” the Alaskan weather, she returned to Harmony in 2013 as Director of Quality Assurance and Administrative Support Services. Sandi is a CARF surveyor and enjoys surveying other rehab facilities around the country and learning new and better ways to assure compliance with standards and bringing this information back to Harmony.

When not working at Harmony, Sandi enjoys quilting, making arts and craft items, golfing, swimming, and traveling. She also enjoys San Francisco Giants baseball (which doesn’t go over too well in Rockies country.)