Meet Our

Addiction Treatment Team

Your Guides to A New Life in Recovery

Our Addiction Treatment Team will help you get clean and sober because we’ve been there too.

Paul Dillenback

Paul Dillenback co-founded the Transformations Care program with Roman Cooper. Employed in construction for most of his adult life, Paul is no stranger to hard work. A native Californian from the LA Basin, he found recovery in 2004 and has thrived in it for the past 18 years. Working as a hospital inspector since 2016 gave him insights into how to provide excellence in healthcare.

His recovery combined with his work in healthcare inspired him to co-found Transformations Care. Paul was driven to help people and to provide a safe and caring place to deliver the truth of recovery and help people build a solid foundation. He has 3 kids aged 23, 17 and 3. When he’s not hard at work here, Paul loves deep sea fishing and riding his 2010 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide on the PCH.

Paul Dillenback

Co-Founder

Roman W. Cooper Transformations Care Recovery

Roman Cooper

Roman, our co-founder has a background in construction which taught him rewards of hard work. His passion since entering recovery in 1994 has been giving back. As a contractor he made sure to hire newcomers because he remembered how hard it was to get a job in early recovery. Eventually he partnered with Paul and their passion for recovery and paying it forward brought the Transformations Care program to life.

Roman is known for his compassion and straight talk. He and Paul both believe that truth is at the heart of healthy recovery. That philosophy is in the DNA at Transformations Care. Our program embodies the honesty, open-mindedness and willingness it takes to succeed in recovery Roman is also devoted husband and father with 5 children. He loves motorcycles, surfing, punk rock and horror films. His family enjoys road trips to go camping in California’s great wild lands, like Sequoia National Park.

Roman W. Cooper

Co-Founder

Charleen Meyer

Charleen Meyer is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 13 years of experience in the field of mental health and wellness. Charleen has passionately dedicated her career to serving individuals throughout the South Bay area in psychiatric inpatient, residential, outpatient, school, and private practice settings.

Charleen was inspired by Transformations Care’s co-founders’ paths to wellness and dedication to serve the community. She believes that everybody has the ability to live a joyful, fulfilling life by growing through transformative experiences, including conquering addiction.

Charleen Meyer, LMFT, ATR

Clinical Director

Donna Stanovich

Donna is the Program Director at Transformations Care who has over 17 years of experience working in the field of addiction and obtained her Alcohol & Drugs Studies through Santa Monica College. Donna has worked in a wide range of treatment settings starting off as a Residential Aid, Counselor/Case Manager, and now the Program Director here at TCI. Donna understands firsthand the courage and faith needed to overcome this powerful, deadly disease. Donna embraces each person with empathy and compassion while challenging them at each turn to face the addictive patterns of behavior so they can achieve long-term sobriety/recovery. Donna’s passion is helping addicts and alcoholics change their life for the better.

Donna Stanovich

Program Director

Cecily Cooper

Our Social Media Director, Cecily Cooper has been on this journey with us since the very beginning. She is responsible for defining the Transformations Care brand on social media making sure our personality and commitment shine through. Cecily is a native Californian from Hermosa Beach and a loving mom to 3 girls and 2 boys. She is also the wife of our CFO, Roman Cooper.

Cecily has 12 years of personal recovery that she’s tremendously grateful for. Her love of punk music has gotten her deeply involved in Southern California’s growing punk recovery scene along with her husband. When she’s not working for Transformations Care and spending time with her kids, Cecily loves hiking in the hills around Simi Valley and going on road trips and motorcycle rides with her family.

Cecily Cooper

Social Media Director

Michelle Wise

I am a fellow recovering addict whose biggest mission is helping the new addict in need with their substance abuse! I work as a case manager here at Transformations Care and will always be happy to lend a helping hand to my clients! I am always compassionate and empathetic towards anyone in the room and will never cease to express genuine care and love and gratitude towards the newcomer! To me, the most exciting part about my role here at TCI is seeing the light come back behind a fellow addict’s eyes and watching them grow and find themselves again. I am eagerly awaiting your arrival so we at TCI can aid in your first steps on the journey toward recovery!

Michelle Wise

Program Supervisor

Diana Lange

I’ve worked 20 years as a nurse, mostly in critical care.

In I.C.U. and the Emergency room. Was the lead nurse on the stroke team, developing Beverly Hospital in Montebello into a certified stroke center. Beverly Hospital is a STEMI and Stroke center. Was a preceptor for students and new grads. Experience with patients of all ages with all diseases and health issues. Including acute detox and psychiatric patients. Worked at Glendale Adventist for 3 years. Glendale Adventist hospital has a three level psychiatric ward. In ER we treated acute psychiatric patients in crisis and acute detox patients . Worked on the COVID unit in ICU for 2 1/2 years in the crisis areas during the pandemic. I am ACLS, BLS, PALS, MAB, and NIHSS certified.

Diana Lange RN

Nurse

Dr. Michael D. Stone

Dr. Michael D. Stone has been in practice for over 30 years. He graduated from Medical School in 1986 and attended LA County/USC Medical Center Residency in the field of Emergency Medicine. He is a practicing E.R. doctor at 2 hospitals in the Southern California area. Dr. Stone also has a Specialty in Chemical Dependency and Addiction Medicine for 22 years. He is the Medical Director of numerous Residential and Outpatient Facilities in the Los Angeles area. Dr. Stone’s interests outside of medicine include a Commercial Pilot, All outdoor activities including Skiing, Fishing, Boating.

Dr. Michael D. Stone

Medical Director

Tina Suggs

I started working in the medical field in 1991 as a certified clinical medical assistant. I resigned to take care of my family in 1999. In 2012 I had to restart my life and began fresh, this is the year I got clean. I needed to get back in the workforce and decided to pursue my dream of becoming a Licensed Vocational Nurse. I have to take college really slow due to the circumstances that immediately preceded me getting clean as I had some memory issues. I persevered and I received my license along with my Associates of Science degree in 2019. I graduated at the top of my nursing class. That is when I began trying to find a job in my field of study. I was able to find TCI who agreed to take a chance on a newly licensed nurse. And the rest is history.

Tina Suggs

Clinical Medical Assistant

Vanessa

I have been passionately working as a substance abuse counselor since 2012, and I am a LAADC (licensed advanced alcohol and drug counselor) with CCAPP and a CATC IV (Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor master’s degree level) with the ACCBC. In addition to the thorough research, I conducted personally on the streets of the San Francisco Tenderloin when I was young, I have also completed an associate degree in substance abuse counseling in 2015, a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2018, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine in 2020, and another master’s degree in clinical psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology in 2023 at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student at the Pacifica Graduate Institute working to become a licensed clinical psychologist within the next couple of years. I utilize humanistic, behavioral, and depth psychology orientations in addressing substance abuse, and provide CBT, DBT, solution-focused therapy, and reality therapy interventions with cultural competence to individuals and groups representing diverse backgrounds.

Vanessa

Assistant Executive Director

Anna Liisa Cheshire

Anna Liisa is our talented Podcast Editor with a diverse background in music, visual arts, and a BA in Art History. Originally from Seattle, Anna Liisa lived in California for 10 years before settling in Tucson, Arizona. As our Podcast Editor, Anna Liisa is dedicated to creating engaging soundscapes and highlighting edgy and hilarious portions of the interviews recorded for the Transformations Recovery Podcast. She is currently applying to the Master of Architecture program at the University of Arizona, demonstrating her ongoing commitment to expanding her artistic skillset. When she’s not working on podcasts, Anna Liisa loves to travel the world, mine the internet for new punk rock (and punk rock adjacent) music, and attend live shows. Her passion for creativity and storytelling is evident in everything she does, and we’re thrilled to have her as a valuable member of our team.

Anna Lisa Cheshire

Podcast Editor

Lennon Hunter

I was driven to give back to the community by helping others with addiction problems, being that I lost so many friends and family members that were addicts. I struggled with alcohol and went through treatment, and I took a self-evaluation of my substance use and most of it stems from boredom. I also learned that it is very difficult to overcome your addiction by yourself and asking for help was my first step towards recovery, being a Treatment Center and group meetings. I will continue to work with people that are going through difficult times with their addiction with empathy and compassion.
Certified from Los Angeles Training Institute for Alcohol & Drug Counseling. Residential Drug and Alcohol Program (RDAP)Cognitive Behavior. Certified.

Certified Drug & Alcohol Counselor

Here, you’ll get the real support you need to get clean & sober with out Addiction Treatment Team.

At Transformations Care, our addiction treatment team are licensed addiction treatment experts; but more importantly,

they’re also are people you’ll become long-time friends with.

Each of our addiction treatment team members will be real with you and support you throughout the whole continuum of care: from detox to residential, outpatient, and telehealth addiction treatment).

Many of us have struggled with addiction ourselves and gotten clean and sober for good.

We know you can get there too, and we’ll show you how.

You’re not alone in your fight against addiction — our addiction treatment team here to help.

Give our admissions director a call today to learn more about how to start.

Addiction Treatment Team

Your Guides to A New Life in Recovery

Our Addiction Treatment Team will help you get clean and sober because we’ve been there too.

Paul Dillenback

Co-Founder

Roman W. Cooper

Co-Founder

Charleen Meyer, LMFT, ATR

Clinical Director

Donna Stanovich

Program Director

Cecily Cooper

Social Media Director

Michelle Wise

Program Supervisor

Diana Lange RN

Nurse

Dr. Michael D. Stone

Medical Director

Tina Suggs

Clinical Medical Assistant

Vanessa

Assistant Executive Director

Anna Lisa Cheshire

Podcast Editor

Lennon Hunter

Certified Drug & Alcohol Counselor

Here, you’ll get the real support you need to get clean & sober with out Addiction Treatment Team.

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