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Meet Our Team

All Summit Center professionals believe that building trusting relationships with our clients is the foundation of our work, and we are dedicated to focusing on a strengths-based approach to help our clients reach their fullest developmental potential.

Our talented and experienced service providers are all experts in giftedness, twice-exceptionality, and neurodivergent profiles. We work out of our offices in Northern California (Walnut Creek) and Southern California (Torrance), as well as virtually.

Daniel B. Peters, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Co-Founder

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY 16823

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Michelle L. Freeman, Psy.D.

Associate Director
Director of Assessment

Neuropsychologist, PSY 23888

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Gabriela Bronson-Castain

Gabriela Bronson-Castain, Psy.D.

Director of Training

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY 23904

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Susan Daniels, Ph.D.

Co-Founder

Professor Emerita 

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Evaluations

Katherine EngKatherine Eng, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY 21108

Research Coordinator

Supervising Psychologist

Walnut Creek

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Amy Parlin FeldmanAmy Parlin Feldman, M.Ed.

Licensed Educational Psychologist

LEP #3900

Certified Autism Specialist

Walnut Creek

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Lisa L. Hancock, Ph.D., MBA

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

CA – PSY 31333 / NV – PY1035

Certified Autism Specialist

Torrance

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Courtney Hansen, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist/

Neuropsychologist

PSY 33837

Walnut Creek

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Jeannie M. Lopez, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist/

Neuropsychologist,

PSY 18357

Walnut Creek

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Lisa Nakamura, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY24188

Walnut Creek

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Jenna Ouye, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY26489

Walnut Creek

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Lisa White, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY 26400

Supervising Psychologist

Walnut Creek

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Counseling, Coaching & Consultations

Jeannie M. Lopez, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist/

Neuropsychologist,

PSY 18357

Walnut Creek

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Mona Mardini, Psy.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, PSY31477

Walnut Creek

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Michelle Mortara

Certified Life and Career Coach

Walnut Creek

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Ginny Ritchey, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist, PSY 26238

Walnut Creek

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Cyrell Roberson, Ph.D.

Credentialed School Psychologist

Psychological Associate, PSB 94024338

Supervised by Katherine Eng, Ph.D., PSY 21108

Walnut Creek

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Loraine Van Tuyl, PhD, CHT

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY18317

Walnut Creek

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Lisa White, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist,

PSY 26400

Supervising Psychologist

Walnut Creek

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Paula Wilkes, Ph.D.

Coach and Consultant

Virtual

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Educational Services

Deanna M. Kim, M.Ed.

Educational Therapist

Virtual

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Paula Wilkes, Ph.D.

Coach and Consultant

Virtual

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Training Program

Sofia Blankenship, M.A.

Psychology Trainee

Supervised by Michelle Freeman, Psy.D., PSY 23888

Walnut Creek

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Britt Harwood, M.A.

Psychology Trainee

Supervised by Mona Mardini, Psy.D., PSY31477 & Jenna Ouye, Ph.D., PSY26489

Walnut Creek

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Benjamin Xu, M.A.

Psychology Trainee

Supervised by Katherine Eng, Ph.D., PSY 21108

Walnut Creek

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Administration Team

Lynne Bland

Office Administrator

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Shelly Jeffra

Operations Manager

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Michelle Mortara

Information and Services Coordinator

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Elizabeth Shook

Communications Manager

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