OUR TEAM
Annie Lee, Billing Support
Annie Lee (she/her) is a certified medical biller and auditor through the AAPC, with more than 20 years of experience in various medical specialties. She is recognized for her steady, organized style and her dedication to supporting teams with clarity, professionalism, and care. Annie values dependable systems and thoughtful communication, and she takes pride in helping create environments where clinicians and staff can excel.
Annie lives in Northern New Jersey with her family. Outside of work, she enjoys staying active, maintaining a balanced lifestyle, and spending quality time with her children and two adorable miniature poodles. She is always eager to learn, grow, and bring positive energy to the teams she joins.
Hifza Ghurki, Billing Specialist
Hifza Ghurki has Bachelor’s in Economics from Pakistan and have completed medical billing and coding certification from Hunter Business School NY.
Cody Christensen, Operations & Billing Support
Over the last ten years, Cody Christensen (he/him) has worked as a project manager for a large manufacturing company as well as a growing online retail start-up, both in the Hudson Valley. Originally from Columbia county, Cody now lives in Red Hook with his wife and two children. Cody is a martial artist, skateboarder, musician, and recently started a podcast.
Janine Barton, Clinical Coordinator
Janine Barton (she/her) is MPG’s Clinical Coordinator. As the clinical coordinator, Janine serves as a critical liaison between prospective clients, current clients, psychotherapists, and administrative staff to ensure as smooth as possible referral and onboarding processes, and on-going clinical administrative support. She manages incoming client inquiries, assessing clinical and insurance needs, appropriately connecting potential clients to psychotherapists with availability, maintaining awareness of present psychotherapist specialties and referral needs, coordinating referrals internally and externally, and supporting onboarding/offboarding transitions.Janine has Bachelor of Science degrees in both Marketing and Economics. She has worked as both a Retail Buyer and as a Wholesale Senior Account Executive nationwide handling all major department stores. Janine lives in Northern NJ with her husband and 4 Furr-kids (3 dogs and a cat!). When not working, she enjoys gardening, hikes, and traveling as much as she can!
Stephanie Gindele, Administrative Manager
Stephanie Gindele (she/her) received her BA in sociology from Rutgers University. She has a life long interest in spirituality and the healing arts.
Jennifer Grumme, Billing Specialist
Jennifer Grumme (she/her) brings years of experience in healthcare to the MPG team. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.
Kelly Phillips, Billing Specialist
Kelly Phillips (she/her) has lived and worked in the Hudson Valley for most of her life. Prior to joining the team at Maverick Psychotherapy Group, she worked in the veterinary medical field for many years as a licensed veterinary technician. She currently resides locally with her family and enjoys the many outdoor activities we have available in our area.

