Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network works to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers. Read more about us.

Clinical Team

Through the Creative Forces Clinical Program, creative arts therapists (known as CATs) provide creative arts therapies for military and veteran patients at Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities across the country. The clinical team also influences the broader healthcare system by advancing research, practice, and policy.

Clinical Team Members

Danielle Alvis, MA, ATR-P, LMHCA

Art Therapist

Rebekah Baldwin, MA, MT

Music Therapist

Andrea Blunt, MM, MT-BC, NMT

Music Therapist

Danielle Braxton, MA, ATR-BC

Art Therapist

Peter J. Buotte, MFA, MPS, ATR-BC

Music Therapist

Rylee S. Carfer, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Kristine Chieko Lilia Keliiliki, MA, R-DMT

Dance/Movement Therapist & Wellness Coordinator

Gioia Chilton, PhD, ATR-BC, CSAC


Art Therapist


Erik Clarke, PhD

Embedded Researcher

Brittni Cleland, MA, R-DMT, RMHCI

Dance/Movement Therapist

Clayton J. Cooke, MMT, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Liz K. Freeman, MA, DMT-BC

Lead Dance/Movement Therapist

Kristi Gmutza, ATR-BC

Art Therapist

Marion Haase, MM, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Jessica Herman, MA, ATR-BC

Art Therapist

Allyson Hewett, MPA

Data & Program Analyst

Allyson Hewett, MPA

Data & Program Analyst, HJF

Clare Hogan, MT-BC

Music Therapist

JD Hogue, MS & MM, MT-BC

Senior Informatics Specialist

Tonya Jackson, Music Therapist

Music Therapist

Hannah Jacobson Blumenfeld

Community Arts Clinical Network Liaison, HJF

Merrilee Jorn, MS, ATR-BC

Art Therapist

Sara Kass, MD

Senior Military Medical Advisor

Diane G. Langston, MM, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Chuck Levy, MD

Research Physician

Julie Marinucci, MT-BC

Dance/Music Therapist, HJF

Christian Mazza, MT-BC

Music Therapist, VA

Nathaniel McLaughlan, MA, MT-BC

Music Therapist, HJF

Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC, ACTP

Art Therapist, HJF

Karen Olean, MAMT, MT-BC, LPC

Music Therapist

Natalie Quintana, MM, MT/BC

Music Therapist

Lisa H. Raimondo, BSN, MSN

Healthcare Operations Manager

Caitlyn Razzano, AT

Art Therapist

Julie Sakla, MA

Clinical Research Coordinator

Heather Spooner, MA, ATR-BC

Lead Telehealth Creative Arts Therapist

Adrienne Stamper, MA

Art Therapist

Jay M. Uomoto, PhD

Clinical Research Director

Rebecca Vaudreuil, MSW, EdM, MT-BC

Lead Music Therapist and Clinician Supervisor

Danielle Vetro Kalseth, MM, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Melissa Walker Freeman, MA, ATR

Lead Art Therapist & Healing Arts Program Coordinator

Kim Walter, PhD

Clinical Program Evaluator

Logan Walton, MA

Art Therapist

Jade Witt, MT-BC

Music Therapist