About the Linehan Institute
Our Board
Gina Hortillosa
Gina Hortillosa, PE PMP is a Principal at KBA. She has 29 years of professional experience in leading a wide variety of Public Works capital projects from early development to implementation. She is a licensed professional engineer in both Washington State and California. Additionally, she holds a Project Management Professional certification. She graduated from Seattle University in 1996 with a BS in Civil Engineering and obtained a Masters Degree in Infrastructure Planning and Management from the University of Washington in 2023.
She is a Board Advisor of the Seattle University Civil and Environment Engineering Department. In 2023, she was Appointed by the Washington State Capital Project Advisory Review Board (CPARB) to serve a three-year term on the State’s Project Review Committee (PRC). Prior to KBA, she worked at various global engineering firms and local government agencies.
Linda Dimeff, PhD
Linda Dimeff, PhD, is founder and CEO at the Evidence-Based Practice Institute, Inc (dba Jaspr Health), a suicide prevention digital technology start-up based in Seattle, WA.. She is also Institute Director at Portland DBT Institute, Inc., the oldest and largest free-standing DBT clinic in the U.S. with 35+ clinicians serving over 700+ persons at any one time.
Linda has devoted her career to developing and evaluating innovative methods, digital technologies, and treatment manuals for people who are suffering from multiple, severe, and complex behavioral health problems, including suicidal behavior and addictive behaviors. She has provided trainings, consultation, and supervision to people and teams worldwide. Linda has received over 25 federal grants to facilitate the dissemination of evidence-based therapies and has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications and three books. She is currently working on her fourth book, DBT from the Inside Out.
Kitty Moore
At Guilford Press, I have dedicated my career to advancing the field of psychology through impactful publishing. My role has involved collaborating with industry leaders and developing innovative resources, including a clinician app for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which has significantly enhanced therapeutic practices.
In addition, I am responsible for Guilford’s trade division, spearheading publications that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, including Mind Over Mood, The Survival Guide to Bipolar Disorder, The AARP Caregiving Answer Book, and The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook. I had the profound pleasure of working closely with Marsha Linehan in developing her manual and have acquired many other titles in DBT to help further our understanding of this critically important therapeutic intervention.
Ron Baltrusis
With over 25 years of experience in suicide prevention, DBT, and youth mental health, I bring both academic and clinical expertise to my work. A former Associate Professor at Seattle Central College, I taught courses in suicide prevention, intervention, and treatment, and continue to train professionals in CBT and DBT. Mentored by Dr. Marsha Linehan, I have extensive experience counseling justice-involved youth and supporting at-risk adolescents through evidence-based interventions.
My career includes 11 years with Washington State’s Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, where I implemented DBT statewide and developed the state’s suicide prevention curriculum. I am committed to advancing healing, prevention, and positive outcomes for vulnerable youth and those who serve them.
Ronda Oswalt Reitz, PhD
Dr. Ronda Oswalt Reitz has been a leader in the delivery and implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for 25 years. Dr. Reitz is currently the Coordinator for DBT at the Missouri Department of Mental Health. In this role, she is responsible for the training, consultation, implementation, evaluation, and supervision of all DBT services statewide. Dr. Reitz is a highly sought-after international trainer and consultant in DBT for the BehavioralTech Institute. She is a board member and consultant to the Linehan Institute. She is a collaborator in the research and development of a curriculum for the use of DBT skills in coping with cancer.
Dr. Reitz received her doctorate in psychology from the University of Kansas in 1999. She has been a student of Rinzai Zen for over 20 years and studied under Roshi Marsha Linehan and Roshi Alice Cabotaje.
Geraldine Rodriguez
Geraldine Rodriguez serves as Business Development Director at Linehan-DBT Inc., overseeing the development of online DBT training programs and stewarding the professional and personal legacy of Dr. Marsha Linehan.
Passionate about making DBT accessible worldwide, Geraldine is committed to bringing the treatment into diverse community settings and carrying forward Dr. Linehan’s mission to provide compassionate, evidence-based tools that help people build a life worth living. She earned her MBA from the University of Washington in 2008.
Marsha M. Linehan, PhD., ABPP
Dr. Marsha Linehan is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and is Director Emeritus of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for severely disordered and multi-diagnostic and suicidal populations.
Her primary research was in the application of behavioral models to suicidal behaviors, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder. Dr. Linehan also worked to develop effective models for transferring science-based treatments to the clinical community.