Our Staff
Sunil Malewar
Sunil is the president and owner of Paramount Rehabilitation Services. He graduated from a university in India in 1981 and owned a private practice there. Before opening...
Manjusha Malewar
Manju serves as the Rehab Director for Paramount Rehabilitation Services. After graduating from India in 1990 as a Physical Therapist, Manjusha worked in an Outpatient Rehab...
Ashley Slater
Ashley loves everything about working in health care. “I like the diverse patient load. I get to see kids here, but I also get to see adults, neuro patients, vestibular...
Sheri Karst
Sheri has spent most of her career at Paramount, joining the team in 2000. She loves the variety of patients she sees and is grateful for a good working atmosphere and...
Lauren Matherne
Lauren works with patients of all ages, but feels a special calling to work with the very youngest children. Before joining Paramount in 2016, Lauren worked with children...
Megan Monroe
Megan joined Paramount in 2013 after completing rotations in a hospital and leading a stroke support group. One thing she values about Paramount is the focus on patients....
Kelly Erdody
Kelly specializes in using hands-on manual therapy to relieve neck and back pain. She also specializes in women’s health. Her passion is helping people regain function so they...
Robert Wright
Robert joined Paramount in 2016 after working in acute care and at outpatient clinics. He finds the variety of clients and techniques at Paramount rewarding. He loves seeing...
Luke Finkbeiner
Luke brings a broad background to his job. He was a massage therapist for 16 years before Paramount Owner Sunil Malewar encouraged him to go back to school and become an LPTA....
Jennafer Groh
Jennafer worked at Paramount during school and felt fortunate when she hired in as an employee in 2016. “I really like the variety of patients we serve,” Jennafer said. “It’s...
Jenni Valley
Jenni is a fitness buff who is passionate about getting her patients back to the lives and activities they enjoyed before aging or injury brought them to Paramount. She joined...
Amber Storey
Amber doesn’t have a lot of contact with patients, but she is your resource if you have a question about your insurance or a bill. She came to Paramount in 2013 and enjoys the...
Amanda Wegener
Prior to joining Paramount, Amanda was a restorative aide in outpatient and skilled nursing facilities for about two years. The people she met there fueled her goal of...
Tiffany Serafin
Tiffany joined Paramount in 2015. She graduated from Central Michigan University with her Bachelors of Communication Disorder in 2004. In 2007, she graduated from California...
Samantha Neil
Prior to joining Paramount in 2019, Samantha worked in homecare for 6 years. She always wanted to work in some area of the medical field and loves fitness. Samantha loves...
Travis McClure
Travis joined Paramount in 2019. He graduated in 2016 and worked for the Saginaw ISD prior to starting at Paramount. He stated, “Paramount has a great reputation and is...
Julie Ricard
Julie Ricard has her Bachelor in Science of Occupational Therapy. She graduated from Western Michigan University in 1984. Prior to joining Paramount in 2019, Julie worked in...
Emily Buchanan
Prior to joining Paramount in 2020, Emily worked at Mid-Michigan for 15 years working with orthopedic patients in the outpatient setting. Emily graduated from Delta College...
Tiana Storey
Tiana joined Paramount in 2020. She graduated from Delta College with an Associate degree in Science. In her free time, she enjoys painting and listening to nearly every genre...
Kari Wendling
Kari WendlingDirector of Autism Services MSW, LMSW, BCBA, LBAKarstin (Kari) joined Paramount in 2021. Kari has a Bachelors from Central Michigan University in Child Development,...
Cori Little
Cori joined Paramount in 2021. She has been employed at Mary Free Bed at Covenant for over a year. She completed her following fieldwork placements at the following practice...
Ashley Kocot
Ashley joined the team in 2021. She was a patient prior and liked the people at Paramount! In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors working in her garden and horseback rising....
Stacey Drzewiecki
Stacey joined Paramount in 2021. She is working toward her bachelor degree in social work at SVSU and then plans to continue on in the ABA field. She loves seeing kids learn...
Matthew Reid
Matthew joined the team in 2021. He was previously a teacher for 19.5 years and has a year of experience with ABA. After teaching for so long, he felt that it was a natural...
Abby Alghulbi
Abby joined the team in 2021. She has two years of experience working as a school OT. She loves seeing kids overcome an obstacle and be proud of themselves. In her free time,...
Mina Robinson
Mina earned an Associates Degree in Applied Science in 1983. She was drawn to this field because she has a strong compassion for people and wants to help them achieve their...
Julia Lewis
Julia joined the team in 2021. She has experience working as a RBT for two years. She loves seeing clients progress, even the smallest accomplishments warm her heart! She...
Allie McGregor
Allie joined the team in 2021. She has completed fieldwork rotations at a skilled nursing facility, outpatient neuro and a school setting. She has some ABA experience from her...
Sarah Anderson
Sarah joined the team in 2021. She has a master degree in Speech-Language Pathology from James Madison University. She has a bachelor degree in communication sciences and...
Shelia Hornak
Shelia joined the team in 2021. She worked at a school district for the past 7 years. She worked with kids with special needs sometimes and really enjoyed it. She loves...
George Kontes
George joined the team in 2021. He has a bachelor degree in business and has over 30 years of management experience. He loves helping people and being arounds kids. He was...
Savannah Rupple
Savannah joined Paramount in 2021. She previously taught dance and helped run children's camps in New York. She has also worked in assisted living. She is very excited to...
Annie Kontes
Annie joined the team in 2021. She is one of the billers that we have at Paramount Rehab. She is married and has two sons named Nick and Zack. She enjoys going for walks and...
Hallie Taylor
Hallie joined Paramount in 2021. She previously worked in an assisted living facility for two years and at a daycare center for a year and a half. She graduated from Birch Run...
Sara Kyllonen
Sara started at Paramount in 2021. She graduated from Garber high school and has previously worked in customer service for over 7 years. She loves talking with patients and...
Brian Freer
Brian joined the team in 2021. He has been a bookkeeper for different businesses and industries since 1984. He enjoys dealing with numbers and being a good team player. In his...
Riley McDougall
Riley joined the team in November 2021. He has his Associates Degree in Arts from Delta College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology from Saginaw Valley...
Amber Tanney
Amber joined Paramount in December 2021. She previously worked in assisted living homes for the past 7 years. She loves children and helping people. She is the youngest of...
Mark Laciak
Mark joined the Paramount team in 2022. He graduated from Mid Western University in 2008. Mark has been working in an outpatient physical therapy setting since graduating in...
James Matherne
James worked as a lead pre-k1 daycare worker and behavior technician at other ABA centers before joining Paramount in 2022. He is married with one cat. In his free time he...
Eriella Burns
Eriella joined our team in March 2022. She has worked in the ABA field for a year now prior to coming to Paramount. She enjoys being able to see children smile everyday and...
Breanna Tacey
Breanna joined Paramount in 2022. She has her Masters of Science: Psychology with focus in ABA. Breanna has been a licensed BCBA for 2 years and has 7 years experience in the...
Elise Nasser
Elise joined Paramount in 2022. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in 2020, and recently graduated with her Master's degree from Western...
Alana Wendling
Before joining the Paramount team in 2022, Alana worked at a daycare since she was 15 years old. As a behavior technician, she loves seeing kids accomplish their goals and...
Grace Smith
Grace joined Paramount in 2022. Prior to Paramount, she worked at a residential treatment program for young boys. As a behavior technician, she enjoys working with children...
Tosha Ustishen
Tosha joined the Paramount team in 2022. She has a masters in education from SVSU; she has Board Certified Behavior Analyst Coursework completed through Florida Institute of...
Brittany McLean
Brittany joined Paramount in 2022. She loves that her job as a Behavior Technician allows her to work with children, teaching and learning with them. She is getting married in...
Venesa Zerod
Venesa joined the Paramount team in 2022. She has previously worked in the medical field for 22 years with the last 5 years at a DME clinic. Venesa enjoys making people smile....
Grace Dorion
Grace joined Paramount in 2022. She graduated from Garber High School and attended Delta College's Child Development Program. Before joining our team, she was was a crew...
Macie Bruff
Macie joined the Chesaning Paramount team in 2022. She currently attends Saginaw Valley State University. The opportunity to learn ad grow while being able to work with...
Natalie Gillespie
Natalie joined our team in 2022. She has prior experience as a CNA in a skilled nursing home for 6 years and as a special needs paraprofessional at an elementary school....
Jordyn Paul
Jordyn joined the Paramount team in 2022. She currently attends Saginaw Valley State University for neuroscience and biology. Prior to becoming a behavior technician, she...
Christopher Elston
Christopher joined Paramount in 2022 and is a WQHD School Graduate. He has worked with abused and neglected children ranging from 5-15 years old in a residential setting....
Claire Economou
Claire was a nanny for 13 years prior to joining Paramount in 2021. Claire was looking for a change, so she decided on ABA. She loves watching patients learn and grow and it...
Leah Palm
Leah joined Paramount in September of 2022. She has worked as a behavior technician for 6 years and has been a BCBA for over 2 years now. Leah is married with 3 kids. She...
Laura Bringer
Laura has an associates degree in Applied Science from Delta College. For the last 13 years, she worked in a nursing facility in Mt. Pleasant. Laura joined Paramount in August...
Lauren Bendel
Lauren has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice. Before joining Paramount in 2022, she worked at McDonald's for almost 9 years and did an internship as a Juvenile Probate...
Noelle Conley
Noelle Conley joined Paramount in 2022. She was a SNF for 2 years, worked in home health, and a school district for 1 year. Noelle loves that she gets to work with patients of...
Abby Hoover
Abby Hoover joined Paramount in 2022. She worked in a GSRP preschool program for 5 years and at local banks for 10 years before that. Abby is married with 2 sons and 2 dogs....
Christina Warby
Christina joined Paramount in 2022 and is currently working on her Associates Degree in Accounting, youth services. In the past, she worked at a nursing home for almost 7...
Travis Indlekofer
Travis joined Paramount in 2022 and is currently in the process of obtaining his degree in Sports Managment. He has experience working with kids through coaching and sport...
Emily Thiel
Emily joined Paramount in 2022 and has a B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She will be pursuing her M.A. in Forensic Psychology in January 2023. In her free time, she...
Julia Tacey
Before joining Paramount, Julia worked for a different ABA Center and grew a huge love for the career. Julia loves helping people, especially little ones, needing the extra...
Arielle Kipfer
Arielle has her CNA license and has worked in a nursing home in Midland until she switched to doing in-home care before she joined Paramount. It means a lot to her to be able...
Katie Osborne
Katie is a newly graduate from MidMichigan College and completed clinicals at My Michigan in the Midland Hospital. Since it is just her and her grandma, she always enjoyed...
Eileen Card
Eileen worked in Home Care for numerous agencies from all over Michigan. She is single with two grown children and two grandsons. In her free time, she loves to garden. Each...
Maranda Toporski
Maranda joined Paramount in 2022. Before joining our team, she worked in a billing department for hospice for 2 years. She also has experience with kids and loves being able...
Andee Lefler
Andee joined Paramount in 2022. She is a licensed SLP for about 2 years now. Andee has experience working at a school and chose to join Paramount because she loves seeing her...
Mark Kloha
Mark joined our team in 2022. He has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from CMU with a concentration in Human Resource Management. He has 27 years of experience...
Allisyn Dorion
Alli joined Paramount in 2023. She graduated from Garber High School. Before joining our team, she was a crew member at Little Ceasars and also worked at Farm Bureau. Alli has...
Alliah Bryan
Alliah has worked as a Behavior Technician for a little over a year in the Bay City, Auburn, and Midland areas. She decided to join the Paramount team in 2023 because she...
Emilee Ayala
Emilee joined the Paramount team in 2023 because she loves helping people learn skills, they use every day. She has her masters in ABA and worked as a Behavior Technician for...
Grace Lock
Before joining Paramount in 2023, Grace worked in the YMCA daycare for about 2 years. Then, she got her RBT and worked for NorthShore's ABA center for about 2 years. She chose...
Kim Koroleski
Before joining Paramount in 2023, Kim worked in various skilled nursing homes in New Hampshire, Florida, and Michigan for 13 years. She was attracted to this field because...
Kaitlynn Burgess
Kaitlynn has worked in ABA for about 2 years now. She has 2 horses and a beagle. In her free time, she enjoys horseback riding, arts and crafts, rollerblading, and spending...
Jessica Schaefer
Jessica is currently working towards a degree in elementary education. She previously worked in childcare at the YMCA before coming to Paramount in 2023. Jessica loves...
Allison Ferry
Allison joined Paramount in 2023. She previously worked as an X-Ray Technician as well as other jobs in the medical field for 25 years. She is married with 3 children. Allison...