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Our Team
Amanda Lepore, ET/P
Executive Director & Senior Educational Therapist: Educational Therapy, Assessments
Amanda, the founder and Executive Director of Evergreen, is an educational therapist with 14 years of higher education, training, and clinical experience. She completed her BA in History at Arizona State University. She then completed teaching credentials in Literacy and Social Science, followed by her educational therapy training at UC Riverside.
Amanda specializes in addressing school refusal, avoidance behaviors, and ADHD/executive functioning challenges. She is particularly skilled at facilitating the transition of clients from mental health treatment programs—such as substance abuse centers and residential treatment facilities—back into the classroom. Additionally, she supports students struggling with reading and writing and has pioneered impactful school-wide literacy initiatives. She works passionately as an advocate to help families navigate the 504 and IEP process, and provides no-cost workshops and training to allied professionals, parents, and teachers. She serves as a scorer for the College Board (AP US History) and is an active member of the Association of Educational Therapists (AET). In her free time, Amanda loves cheering for the Dodgers alongside her daughter, Eleanor.
Brian Griffeath-Loeb, ET/P, PhD
Senior Educational Therapist: Educational Therapy, Assessments
As an educational therapist, Brian specializes in supporting clients who are ready to be helped, but struggle with ADHD, executive functioning, academic wounding, and moderate to severe anxiety and depression. His work blends traditional educational therapy and mindfulness practice to create a unique form of educational care.
Brian is a math expert who enjoys making the K-12 curriculum (through calculus) accessible to all learners. He has developed innovative strategies to help clients manage and move beyond math anxiety. In addition, Brian works with clients on advanced writing skills, standardized test prep (SSAT, SAT, ACT, & GRE), and the college application process. He has taught both seminars and lecture courses at the university level, and completed his training in educational therapy at CSU Northridge under faculty advisor Marcy Dann. He is a current member of the Association of Educational Therapists (AET), a presenter at the 2024 National Conference, and serves as a Senior Educational Therapist at Evergreen.
Prior to becoming an educational therapist, Brian received degrees in music composition from UC San Diego (PhD), the Royal College of Music (post-graduate diploma), and Dartmouth College (BA). He has given guest lectures in music at Harvard University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley among other institutions. His music has been performed in countries throughout the world including Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Iceland, Japan, and the United States.