Meet Our Staff
Expert care. Human connection.

Jacory Holt, our Program Director, has been in the field of drug and alcohol addiction for 6 years. He was drawn to this field through personal experience with family and the desire to help others and to provide tools of motivation and inspiration.

Brittany joins Ranch Creek Recovery with over 17 years in the Mental Health and Substance abuse field. Brittany has been licensed for over 10 years and has worked in various settings including inpatient psychiatric treatment, residential, PHP, IOP and within the school setting.

Jay Brechtel is a licensed advanced alcohol and drug counselor, working alongside RCR since 2011. Jay graduated from the Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselors school in Point Loma CA. Jay started his career as a certified counselor (CADC) and gradually worked his way up to a CADC II, Clinical Supervisor, a Criminal Justice Professional and is now Credentialed Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.

Jimmie has been working in the addiction industry for 10 years now, inspired to pursue a career because of his own personal struggle as well as that of his family and friends. He graduated from Intercoast College and holds a CADC II certificate as a substance abuse counselor as well as certificates in homeopathy, EFT (emotional freedom technique) and Reiki levels I & II.

Vanessa completed her drug and alcohol studies program at the Health Staff Institute in 2013 after which she became a certified CADC counselor. Currently, Vanessa is pursuing her AA in Psychology at Mt. San Jacinto College. Vanessa got into the field of addiction because of personal and family struggles and has been working in the industry for over 8 ½ years.

Arsalan joined the Ranch Creek Recovery team as a licensed vocational nurse in January 2022. Arsalan graduated from North West College obtaining his LVN in 2021, but has experience working as a certified nursing assistant since 2016. Arsalan is working as one of our health technicians monitoring clients and assisting with all medical related tasks including scheduling our visits with the medical doctor.

Andres is part of our LVN team, assisting our clients with their initial detox protocol as well as their medical needs throughout treatment. Andres has been a licensed vocational nurse since 2018, graduating from Brightwood College. Andres is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Tricia is a Certified Medical assistant who attended “Maric College of Medical Careers” in 1997. She has worked in the medical field for over 26 years with the last 3 years in the addiction industry. She was drawn to this field from her personal experience with addiction.