Brandon Jones

MAPC, TAD, LAC, TBRI® Educator

Brandon brings 15 years of experience in the behavioral health field serving in various clinical roles. Brandon is an independently licensed therapist and holds a Master’s in Professional Counseling with a concentration in trauma, abuse, and deprivation. Since joining CFC in 2012, Brandon has held roles as a Licensing Specialist, Foster Care Supervisor, Family Coaching Supervisor, and Child and Family Therapist. He has been a foster parent and is an adoptive father.

Michelle Lunka

MS, LAMFT, TBRI® Practitioner

Michelle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been working with children and families in the child welfare system since 1999. She is a TBRI Practitioner and has served as a foster parent herself. Currently, Michelle oversees the Pregnancy Counseling Program, Infant and DCS Adoptions, Safe Families for Children Arizona Chapter, and Family Empowerment Services at Christian Family Care.

Samantha Blanchard

Pregnancy and Adoption Supervisor

Samantha is the Pregnancy and Adoption Supervisor at Christian Family Care. She has her Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Northern Arizona University. Samantha was an infant adoption specialist at CFC before moving into her new role as the Supervisor of CFC's ministry, Hand in Hand Pregnancy & Adoption. She was also a foster mother for eight years and is currently an adoptive mother of five children.

Shelly Utzke

Foster Care Program Manager

Before becoming the Statewide Director of Foster Care, Shelly served as a Foster Family Specialist, Coordinator, Supervisor, and then the Program Manager at Christian Family Care. Before her employment with CFC, she spent 14 years at A New Leaf serving youth and families. Shelly and her husband fostered children for 25 years and have adopted two children. Shelly earned her associate’s in Early Childhood Development, a bachelor’s in Psychology, and is close to completing her Master’s in Management.

Anna Diaz

Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Trauma Professional

Anna Diaz is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Trauma Professional. She specializes in couples, family, and individual therapy. She loves working with teens and worked with foster and adoptive families at Christian Family Care before moving into private practice.

Josette Kehl

LCSW, TBRI® Practitioner

Josette has more than 10 years of experience in Child Welfare and is a Family Coach. She has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2004 and a TBRI® Practitioner since 2019. She specializes in providing practical and compassionate guidance to parents who are fostering or who have adopted.

Lucy Parkes

BA, TBRI® Practitioner

Lucy is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) practitioner who helps with child development, trauma & attachment, foster and adoption-related issues, and parenting strategies. She chose to work in this field after searching for how to help her own children heal from their difficult pasts. She has worked in the field of foster care and adoption for over 5 years. She is an adoptive mother of two children.