Who We Are
Our approach is unique and our dedication to excellence is paramount in our ideologies.
Our leadership team:
Michael Zipprich
Founder
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Michelle Shetler
Corporate Chief Operating Officer
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Daryl Miller
Chief Financial Officer
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Franklyn Jeans
Chief Executive Officer
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Dr. Alsbiei Talal
Medical Director
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In 2004 I completed my residency program in Internal Medicine at both Loyola University Medical Center and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Since then I’ve been working as a primary care physician and consultant hospitalist. At the same time I practice as an inpatient rehab MD at St Mary’s Hospital and manage patients at a behavioral unit.
Diana Verdugo
Corporate Medical Administrator / Corporate Director of Nursing / FNP-C
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Azucena Silva-Lara
Corporate Admissions Director / Operations Director Tucson
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Mikayla Fitzgerald
Marketing Director
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I started working with America’s Rehab Campuses in August of 2020. Over these past 2 years I have grown tremendously as a person and just started the beginning of this year as the marketing director for ARC. What I have learned and how my passions have aligned with what I do is such a blessing. Being able to be a part of something that is bigger than yourself is always so impactful and working for ARC has allowed me to combine both my passion for being creative as well as my passion for helping others. I am a Jesus lover and when I am not working you can find me with my family and friends, reading a book, or indulging in a puzzle. My guilty pleasure is any type of firefighting tv show, I know it is nothing like real life, but I love it. I am so thankful to all the opportunities ARC has presented me with, they pour into not only our clients but the staff as well and that is hard to come by these days.
Chantelle Figueroa
Clinical Director
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Tucson local Chantelle Figueroa serves her community as Clinical Director at ARC. Chantelle has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Arizona, Masters of Addiction Counseling from Grand Canyon University, and is a licensed Substance Abuse Counselor in the state of Arizona. Her professional and educational experience includes conducting research in the Poverty in Tucson Project through the Sociology Department at University of Arizona, working as a Liaison for youth without housing, being of service in recovery community support groups, prevention and harm-reduction, and providing therapeutic services in both residential and outpatient settings.
As a person in recovery and Clinical Director at the ARC, Chantelle has turned her passion for therapeutic work and built a career around meeting the individual needs of clients through empowerment. Her experience has provided her the opportunity to work with at-risk communities, diverse populations, and persons struggling with substance use, providing both an individual and group approach. Chantelle believes every person is worthy of recovery and achieving goals, and dedicates herself to providing the utmost support to clients at every step of their journey.
Magaly Arevalo
Director of Human Resources
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Vance Johnson
Former NFL Wide Receiver and Ambassador for America's Rehab Campuses
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Today, Vance is drug and alcohol free and encouraging others to get sober. As a Recovery Ambassador for America’s Rehab Campuses, Vance participates in speaking engagements across the country, where he recounts his struggles and offers hope that truly anyone can get sober.
Other members of the ARC team include:
- Patients, clients and their families — Your passion to improve your quality of life is the backbone of our practice
- Rehabilitation care coordinators are specialized nurses that will direct your treatment from the time you arrive to the time you go out into the world as a stronger, healthy and sober person.
- Rehabilitation nurses ensure that the skills you learn in therapy and treatment become habit and lifestyle
- Registered dietitians and chefs plan a healthy diet and advise you on a nutrition path to keep you healthy
- Medical social workers provide emotional support, identify economic resources and community agencies and help you make arrangements to leave the hospital and find follow-up care.
- Vocational case coordinators help you build a new foundation for your professional life after your journey through the ARC – key component to staying sober.