Leadership Team
Samaritan has chosen a leadership model in which most of the key administrative roles are filled by staff who also provide clinical services, ensuring that attention to our mission is present in every aspect of our work.
Executive Director: Beverley Shrumm, MC, LMHC
Beverley has been Executive Director of Samaritan since 2000 and was our Clinical Director for three years previously. She has been in leadership roles in the Pacific Northwest mental health community for more than 25 years. Beverley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, providing care for individuals and couples.
Clinical Director: Matthew Percy, PsyD
Matt is a Clinical Psychologist who has been a member of Samaritan’s staff since 2014. In addition to overseeing and consulting with all our therapists about clinical issues, Matt provides therapy for youth and children, families and couples.
Director of Operations: James Ramsey, MA, LMHC
Jim has been a member of Samaritan’s clinical staff since 2012. He oversees the endless complexities of our physical facilities and unfolding technological challenges. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who sees individuals and couples.
Community Relations Director: Eric Stroo, MA, LMHC
Eric has been with Samaritan since 2007. His earlier experience in technical publishing with Microsoft is helpful in his oversight of Samaritan’s public relations and marketing efforts. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a MA in Pastoral Counseling, and provides counseling for individuals and couples.
Administrative Staff Supervisor: Jesse Dobner
Board of Directors
Rob Caudillo, President
Rob is recently and honorably retired after 41 years of ordained ministry. He served 33 of those years at Marcus Whitman Presbyterian Church, Des Moines, WA. He is sharing retirement with wife Lynell (also an honorably retired minister), their children, Chris (Grace) and Adam (Jessa), and grandchildren Lily, Caden, and Ellie.
Deborah Masten, Secretary
Deborah is currently the Director of Global Personnel with Serve Globally – a part of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Formerly on staff at Quest Church in Seattle as the Associate Director of Global and Local Ministries. Deborah is a licensed therapist. She lived in Cambodia for 14 years, has 3 adult children who live on the West Coast.
Vic Tomono, Treasurer
Vic retired from Los Angeles Unified School District in 2017 after working for 20 years in the Information Technology Division ITD, assigned as an IT Trainer. Vic has a BS degree in Business Administration, with an accounting option. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Vic and his wife Tammy moved to Federal Way, where they now enjoy the beautiful greenery and fresh air of the Pacific Northwest. “I am honored to serve on the Board.”
Rich Weyls
Rich Weyls is an Episcopal priest and a board-certified healthcare chaplain. He is a published author and spiritual care researcher. Rich currently serves in leadership at Swedish Edmonds hospital.
Scott Anderson
Scott is a long-time Pacific Northwesterner. He has been serving Presbyterian (PCUSA) congregations since 1994 as a pastor, with a particular interest in the long work of adaptive transformation under the guidance of our ancient religious wisdom. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Renton, WA, has been his home since 2004.
Peggy Hansen
Peggy came to PCS/Samaritan in 1984, first as a student in the MFT master’s program. She has been a part of the agency for most of the 40 years since that time. As a therapist, she frequently focused on the ways that the issues of remarriage and aging affect family systems. She left her clinical work in 2021, and continues to write, learn and enjoy life within her ever-expanding family. She is a Presbyterian elder and currently a member of Ronald United Methodist Church in Shoreline.
Doug LeRoy
Doug has been a member of Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church on Bainbridge Island for over 45 years. “As a clinical social worker, I was a therapist with Samaritan for 35 years. I felt honored to be invited to join the Board. “