AIMS Board of Directors
Richelle Arsenault, MBA, co-owner of AIMS, graduated from Western Illinois University in 1987 with a B.S. in Accounting and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1992. Her previous experience includes operational auditing for the Air Force Audit Agency, teaching accounting at Wayland Baptist University, and providing accounting services for small businesses. She is currently employed at a private accounting firm in California.
Alex Holland, M.Ac., L.Ac., co-owner and President of AIMS, is an acupuncturist, educator and composer. He was one of the first graduates of the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Seattle in 1985 and did his clinical training in Chongqing, China. He was the Academic Dean of the Northwest Institute from 1992 to 1996 and former Chair of the Board of Directors. He has worked extensively on the national level with the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine to develop and maintain high quality standards of education in Oriental medicine. He has written numerous articles on Chinese medicine, translated two Chinese texts on point location, and is the author of Voices of Qi -An Introductory Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Alex is currently a faculty member of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (www.integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/) and a Commissioner for the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Leslie Romero, L.Ac., co-owner of the Asian Institute of Medical Studies and co-owner of Ancient Ways Acupuncture Clinics in Tucson. She is an acupuncturist, in private practice since 2000, and specializes in women’s health and issues of infertility.
Linda Joy Stone, M.S., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM), (www.lindajoystone.com) co-owner of the Asian Institute, has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture for 20 years. She was trained in both California and Beijing, China. She currently practices at Southwest Integrative Healthcare in Tucson (www.southwestintegrativehealthcare.com), as well as at the University of Arizona Campus Health Sports Medicine Department. She is committed to a heart-centered approach to healing and getting to the core of the matter. She developed CORE/Akashic Acupuncture© for in-depth soul work as well as Acuphoria© for guests of Canyon Ranch Health Resort.
Margaret Avery Moon, BA, NCTMB, (Public) Realtor, has been an entrepreneur since 1982. She co-founded The Desert Institute of the Healing Arts, a dually accredited Massage Therapy and Shiatsu school. She co-founded The Right Touch Massage Therapy in 1984 that is one of the oldest continuing running massage clinics in Tucson. As owner of these businesses, she oversaw the budget, personnel, long term planning, and created policies and procedures. As a school owner, she also developed and maintained the curriculum. She sold The Right Touch Massage Therapy to her partner in 1988 and sold the school in 2005. She also started and ran the massage program at Loew's Ventana Canyon Resort from 1983-1990. She has been a consultant for small businesses, a lecturer and workshop leader, and is now practicing Real Estate working with buyers and sellers.
Lisa Gundvaldson, C.P.A.
Randy Horwitz, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (www.integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/) received a B.S. degree in biochemistry from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Biology from the University of Florida. He received his M.D. from the University of Illinois. He completed a two-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in 2003.
Leslie McGee, MOM, L.Ac., received her bachelor’s degree in nursing, cum laude, from the University of Washington in 1978. She completed a 3-year Masters degree program at the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in Santa Fe, NM in 1993. Since then she has maintained a private practice in Tucson, Arizona. Areas of further study include TCM gynecology with Bob Flaws, scalp acupuncture with Dr. Ming Qing Zhu, and infertility with Dr. Randine Lewis. Leslie is certified by the NCCAOM in both acupuncture and Chinese herbology. She teaches at the Asian Institute for Medical Studies and for Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. She recently served as President of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and received their Acupuncturist of the Year award in 2007.
Mark Pirtle, D.P.T., completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy at the Northern Arizona University. He earned certifications by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), and as an orthopedic manual therapist (COMT) by the International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine in Europe. Mark developed the first ever pain program at Sierra Tucson and is a faculty member for the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. He brings Western science and Eastern meditation together in a program made for people suffering from a variety of stress-related health illnesses he calls “Skillfully Aware™.” Mark gives weekly lectures on Skillful Awareness™ and consults with guests at Miraval Resort. He also sees patients privately and resides in Tucson, Arizona.
