Senior Leadership Team

Lorrie Young, LMSW, CADC

Executive Director
Lorrie specializes in solution-focused therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and in working with patients with co-occurring disorders. She has worked to develop informative programming targeted at fighting the effects of stigma as it impacts patients with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

Larece Bartusek

Data Management Director 
Larece Bartusek is the Director’s Assistant and Office Manager. She has been employed with Prairie Ridge since 1992 after graduating from Hamilton Business College. Larece was extensively involved in the NIATx Project and is a certified Change Leader.

Dr. Shea Jorgensen

Medical Director
Dr. Jorgensen received her undergraduate degree at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA and completed both medical school and psychiatry residency at the University of Iowa, where she served as a chief resident. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is the psychiatrist for the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team and RENEW first episode psychosis team. Dr. Jorgensen is also Director of the Public and Rural Psychiatry track at the University of Iowa. She is passionate about improving care and access for patients in rural Iowa.

Cassandra Galsim, MS

Community Services Program Director

Cassandra has been employed with Prairie Ridge is August of 2017.  Previously, she worked as a supervisor with the Integrated Health Home program and now manages the community services programs.  Cassandra graduated from the University of Iowa in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minors in Human Relations and Human Sexuality.  She then moved to Illinois and spent time working with both adolescents and adults in residential settings.  Upon moving back to Iowa, she attended Buena Vista University and earned a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling.  She has been trained in Motivational Interviewing, Feedback Informed Treatment and Nurtured Heart Approach.