Board of Directors
Robert Schnur
Robert Schnur is most importantly known as Kenza’s Father. While he became a respected, honest, and successful Real Estate Entrepreneur and Developer for over 35 years, his purpose and blessings were to be a father and husband. While Soumaya and Robert are no longer physically together with their daughter Kenza, they will remain together spiritually for eternity. They remain in their blessed marriage with tremendous mutual empathy which allows them to hold each other up with the greatest of love.
He began his business career in 1982 with Walter and Samuels, a prestigious old-world N.Y. firm where he remained for ten years, nine of which as Vice President. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992, where he met Dan Blatteis, where the two have been partners for 29 years, and together formed Blatteis & Schnur, Inc.
Their firm grew with National and International representation of many prestigious World Class Tenants such as The Cheesecake Factory. They ventured into the Principal Ownership and Development side of the business over 20 years ago while maintaining their trusted and unique relationship with The Cheesecake Factory to this day.
Blatteis & Schnur, Inc’s last major development was completed in 2018 and is highly respected and successful. ATMATEO is a two hundred thousand square foot development in Los Angeles’ Arts District, spanning two blocks. They are currently re-developing the former Macy’s Men’s department store on Stockton Street in San Francisco.
Robert and Soumaya lost their daughter Kenza during this time period after spending many years battling the ruthless disease of Addiction that ravages millions. Today the only goal is to honor their daughter Kenza and help save the lives of those fighting addiction and their loved ones.
Lynn Marie Saso
Lynn Marie has been working in the field of behavioral healthcare since 2006. She began her career as a mental health professional within a hospital setting at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, working with children and adolescents in recovery, terminal illnesses, and their family systems. After completion of graduate school, Lynn Marie moved on to working in acute county mental health facilities working with severe mental health, thought disorders, trauma survivors, personality disorders, and co-occurring mental health/addiction disorders. It was this experience that solidified Lynn Marie’s passion for providing compassionate, patient-centered care in the mental health, addiction, and co-occurring treatment field. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist trained and certified in expressive art therapy and behavioral and narrative approaches to support a whole person and their chosen family through life’s trauma. She has a specialization in trauma-informed care specific within the creative arts, integrating a cognitive behavioral approach to trauma.
Lynn Marie has an extensive history working in Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient and residential dual diagnosis programming in the westside of Los Angeles. Throughout the years, Lynn Marie has worked as both a primary therapist, case manager, Clinical Director, and program director of clinical services. Lynn Marie has also supported the creation and development of programming, curriculum and provided clinical excellence within her role as a clinical director. She believes in a family system approach including all members of that system (therapist, sponsor, parents, friends, housing professionals, etc.). Lynn Marie has developed the curriculum of countless closed and open groups in addition to providing teaching and coaching tools to her various interns throughout the years. Her specialization in Art Therapy has guided her creative mind in the development of these skills. Her interns have moved on to develop within the field as psychologists, case managers, and primary therapists all with the skill set to provide true trauma-informed, co-occurring care.
In addition to having a passion for building strong clinical programs utilizing evidence-based practices for clients and families, Lynn Marie has done extensive work providing direct client care as a facilitator of individual, group, couples, and family therapy. These experiences of providing direct client care as well as program development, program leadership, and clinical supervision have culminated in her current role as a founder and creator of the practice of clinicians working alongside one another to support the community in building healing strategies in patient-centered care.
Lynn Marie and long-time friend Dr. Sheila Khaleghian founded The Lifestyle Collective whose mission of wellness and long-term accessible mental health services is hoping to break the stigma and painful recurring treatment cycle.
Lynn Marie obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Chapman University and Master of Psychology (MFT) with a secondary focus in art therapy from Phillips University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT) and Registered Art Therapist (ATR)
Marc E Schreck
Marc Schreck has comprehensive experience managing development and operations, as well as training and overseeing high-performing teams of professionals. His experiences have allowed him to provide a vital role in the growth of this charitable organization. From leading strategic planning efforts and analyzing market opportunities to improving community relations and developing internal policies and procedures, his background has consistently been characterized as a steadfast dedication to managing fiscal responsibility and achieving corporate growth and development objectives. Marc’s ability to strategically define and meet program goals, along with his communication and time management capabilities, position him to excel in this role.
His career in public accounting began in 1972 where he began with a firm that employed five staff members. When he left the firm nine years later, the staff count was forty-five. Upon exiting the firm, he opened his own shop which has continued uninterrupted through the present day. The core staff stands at eight professionals. The firm maintains a specialty in the world of construction accounting although they perform engagements for most industries with the exceptions of broker-dealers, healthcare-related operations, and SEC engagements. The broad exposure to varied economic fields, as well as the many different levels of individual economic achievements, provide invaluable and enormous insight into the current economic activities at any particular point in time.
Marc also managed and mentored entry-level professionals, and recruited and hired additional members to the team. He is responsible for all aspects of project management, including client negotiations, contracting, budgets, invoicing, workload distribution, and business development in the construction field group, including proposal/presentation preparation, marketing budgets, and sales goals.
Marc developed both marketing strategies and quarterly business plans for various clients with a target on retail, commercial and residential development in various markets. He is also responsible for maintaining training in all new aspects of taxation and financial reporting changes while previously serving on several charitable and trade boards.
Marc is happily married with two grown children and five grandsons.