These are the wonderful people you are likely to meet, if you register for a workshop, inquire about training, or enroll in our Certificate Program! We are thrilled that they are part of the EAFI team, and we want you to meet them! Cat Thomas, MAT, is a 2016 graduate of EAFI and currently
works at Moffitt Cancer Center as an Artist in Residence. She is excited about joining the EAFI team as our Student Path Liasion and looks forward to helping guide current and future students along their expressive arts journey. In addition to getting creative whenever possible, Cat enjoys walking her dog, Peanut, hanging out with friends, playing softball, hiking & yoga. Rebecca Orndorff, Online Business Manager, is a native born Oregonian but has lived in Idaho, Colorado, and now has found her forever home in Oklahoma. She comes to us with 20 years of business administration and management experience and a love for health and wellness. Rebecca is systematic and methodical by nature, but she also enjoys the benefits and challenges of
growing in creativity and self-expression through playing the piano, painting, and dancing. Kristy Iris, MFA, BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Kristy started her career designing costumes, sets and lighting in NYC’s Off Broadway theaters. When she isn’t creating “make believe worlds for make believe people”, she collaborates with conscious creatives to connect home and soul through her process Fizome. She lives 10 minutes from the beach, with her 9 year
old, 2 guinea pigs and many, many art supplies, yarn and fabrics. You can find her doing many various things for EAFI but the thing that she loves the most is being their “business growth doula”. Brandy King, REAT®, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, is a current REAT®
co-chair for the IEATA board of directors and a 2017 EAFI graduate. She works as an expressive arts therapist, writer, mentor/practicum supervisor to REAT track students, and an independent REAT® supervisor through Expressionists Counseling. Brandy lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains and enjoys hiking daily with her dog. Her personal practice includes daily intermodal exploration of impressions absorbed from her time in nature and deep listening to emotions as they
emerge. Renee Bhatia, MDiv, is a 2021 graduate of EAFI and works
as a spiritual director and expressive arts facilitator from her home base in Overland Park, KS. She is involved with the formation of spiritual directors and serves as a mentor to students in EAFI. Renee enjoys traveling, dancing, art journaling, playing drums, laughing, and spending time with her family. Susan Paul Johnson, REACE®,
MBA, PhD, is a 2019 graduate of EAFI. She works as an independent facilitator, as a graduate mentor with EAFI students in the REACE® track, and with CreatingMandalas.com. With a background in business combined with her expressive arts training,
Susan is passionate about creating experiences that balance the use of all parts of our brains and allowing people in all walks of life to discover their creativity. Susan is also a Labyrinth Facilitator and a Soul Collage® Facilitator; Susan currently serves as Treasurer of IEATA®. - Tamara Teeter Knapp, MA, NCC, MHC Intern, REACE®
- Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC(S), REACE®, REAT®
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