D. Scott Stoner, LMFT - Executive Director

D. Scott Stoner, LMFT,  has been a family therapist for over forty years in Chicago and then Milwaukee, WI His focus is working with individuals, couples, men, and families. He is the co-director, with his wife, Holly Hughes Stoner, of the Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation, and together they have created the Wellness Compass Initiative. The foundation’s focus is creating preventative wellness materials for adults, families, and teens. Scott is also the creator of the national Living Compass Wellness Initiative.  Scott lives in Wisconsin, with Holly, and also has three grown children and two grandsons.

Holly Hughes Stoner, M. Ed., LMFT - Director of the Wellness Compass Initiative and Wellness Circle Facilitator

For almost thirty years Holly Hughes Stoner, M. Ed, LMFT, has been a public school teacher in Illinois and Wisconsin. Additionally, she had a K-12 tutoring practice for over thirty years in Milwaukee and is currently in practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist.  Holly has also co-authored The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook, The Parent Wellness Compass and other wellness materials with her husband, Scott. Together they also co-direct the Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation, and have created the Wellness Compass materials, column, and podcast.  Holly lives in WI and has three adult children and two grandsons.

Carolyn Karl - Program Director and Wellness Circle Facilitator

Carolyn Karl is a trained lawyer who practiced law in IL, and MO. For over 20 years she has also worked with youth and families, with a recent focus on intergenerational connections in Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. Carolyn serves as a facilitator for Teen, Adult, and Parent Wellness Circles, creates and leads training, and helps The Wellness Compass grow by connecting and supporting those who use our materials. Carolyn lives in WI with her husband Steve, who have recently become empty nesters, with three “adulting” children.

Robbin Brent - Director of Publications and Resource Development

Robbin Brent serves as Director of Publications and Resource Development. She also owns and manages R. Brent and Company, which she established in 1993 as a publishing and consulting company, producing and publishing a wide array of books and resources for enrichment, education, and inspiration. Robbin is also a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition, hosts individual and small-group discernment conversations, and is passionate about filming, editing, and writing about life-giving events. She has two grown sons and a grandson, and lives, works, and plays in Tennessee.