Barry W. Karlin, Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Karlin serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CRC Health Group, the largest for-profit provider of chemical dependency treatment in the USA. In 1995 he co-founded CRC for the purpose of acquiring and operating drug and alcohol abuse treatment facilities. In December 1999, he founded eGetgoing, a subsidiary of CRC, as a means to extend access through online technology to the type of quality treatment provided by CRC to untreated segments of the population. As Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of both eGetgoing and CRC, Dr. Karlin is responsible for strategy and overall performance. He has completed numerous acquisitions for CRC and continues to grow the company by acquiring additional facilities and through the expansion of existing services with new clinical programs and markets.

CRC is now the country's largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment, with 68 facilities nationwide and more than 2000 employees. The Silicon Valley Business Journal in November, 2002 cited CRC as among "the five fastest growing companies in the Silicon Valley". eGetgoing, the only nationally accredited online alcohol and drug treatment program, won the 2002 eHealthcare Leadership Award Gold Medal for best websites, achieving the Gold medal for Best Physician/Clinician-Focused Site.

Dr. Karlin has a diverse background in operating companies, venture capital and management consulting. He has expertise in general management, finance, marketing and strategic planning. He previously founded and served as chief executive officer of two emerging growth high technology companies and served as a general partner at a venture firm specializing in the wireless communications industry. Dr. Karlin was formerly a strategy management consultant; first with Strategic Decisions Group and subsequently with Decision & Risk Analysis, Inc. Clients included General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Chevron and Disney. As a consultant, Dr. Karlin regularly facilitated senior executive retreats and conducted seminars on strategy development.

He received his Ph.D. and M.S. from Stanford University in the Department of Engineering-Economic-Systems in 1981 and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1976.


Kathleen Sylvia
Chief Operating Officer
CRC Health Corporation and eGetgoing, Inc.

Ms. Sylvia, the Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for all day to day operations of CRC, having served as Executive director from 1993 to 1998. During her tenure, client census has grown by 100%; pre-tax margins have consistently exceeded 25%; and services have expanded to include adolescent and outpatient programs at multiple locations. In addition, Ms. Sylvia successfully managed the turnaround of Starlite, delivering a profit almost from the outset. Ms. Sylvia has worked more than thirty years in the healthcare field, the last eighteen years in behavioral health.

Prior to joining CRC, she was the Associate Administrator at National Medical Enterprise Hospitals and Community Psychiatric Centers (national, publicly traded behavioral healthcare facilities) responsible for all clinical, personnel and quality functions. From 1980 to 1988 she was Associate Administrator of the Oklahoma Youth Center, the primary youth and adolescent psychiatric treatment facility for the state of Oklahoma.


Jay Raimondi
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
CRC Health Group, Inc and eGetgoing, Inc.

Jay Raimondi has over 30 years experience technology management, systems integration and product development including eight years in e-commerce related technology including eGetgoing's foundation product suite. Jay also serves as the CTO for CRC Health Group where he is responsible for all systems and infrastructure. Jay was the Co-Founder of Commerce America, a successful Internet auction company. He has managed enterprise class technology projects for Fortune 500 companies including Bank of America, General Motors, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and GMAC. Prior to his e-commerce experience, Jay held technical management positions with Automatic Data Processing, Bell Atlantic and General Electric.

Jay holds undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering (New Hampshire Technical Institute, 1978) and industrial education (State University of New York, Oswego, 1973) and is a graduate of General Electric's Manufacturing Management Program (1980).


Cynthia Reinbach, M.S.
Vice President of Clinical Services and Operations

Cynthia Reinbach has been involved in the mental health field for the past 18 years, where she has specialized in psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment. As Clinical Director and. Prior to joining eGetgoing, she served as the Corporate Director of Clinical Services for CRC Health Corporation. During her tenure she designed clinical systems, implemented administrative protocols, and was responsible for clinical and quality assurance for all CRC facilities. She assisted in the JCAHO licensing; TCADA, and CARF certifications in CRC's newly acquired facilities in California and Texas. In CRC's Starlite facility in Texas, she oversaw the process of de-certification of its psychiatric status, and re- certification as a JCAHO approved Chemical Dependency Treatment facility for both adults and adolescents.

Before joining the CRC management team, she served as the Administrator of the Adolescent Treatment Program managed by Recovery Centers of America, at The Community Hospital of Los Gatos. From 1989 to 1994, she assisted in opening the facility at Community Psychiatric Centers, Fremont. She initially served as the Interim Director of the Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Programs, then designed and implemented the Psychiatric Partial Hospital Programs for adults and adolescents, serving as Director. As Senior Counselor for Comprehensive Care Corporation's San Jose Medical Center site, she oversaw the Chemical Dependency Counseling treatment team.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a Master of Science in Marriage, Family, Child Counseling from San Jose State University. Her professional associations include the International Society for Mental Health Online, and the Association of Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare Providers of Northern California, of which she is a founding member.