Teresa Hornbuckle
Executive Director
Teresa has worked with adults and children with developmental disabilities for over twenty years. During high school, Teresa started in this field as a volunteer in Iowa and quickly realized she had the ability to improve peoples’ lives. She turned her true passion of helping others into a career. Teresa has worked with Individuals in preschools, high schools, independent living, day programs, respite, SLS, job coaching, group homes and Host/PCA Homes. She took advantage of every opportunity to gain experience and holds a wide range of trainings and certificates in the field. After moving to Colorado in 2004, Teresa worked as a counselor III at a day program in Denver for three years. There she was able to learn the ends and outs of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing, DI/DD, and the various Community Center Boards. Teresa was responsible for the health and safety of individuals in the community while providing an interactive activity. She worked extremely hard on the office side as well. She attended service plan meetings and prepared program goals for the individuals that attended the day program. In 2007, Teresa became a host home provider and provided care for two or three individuals in her home. Teresa has been joined by Trevor, her longtime partner and together they provide a loving home for three individuals. They live in Arvada and enjoy an active lifestyle with their housemates. In her spare time Teresa loves to host BBQs, birthdays, and holidays for their housemates and their peers. Teresa states “she loves what she does” and contributes her high-level of patience and values to her loving parents.

Dominic Freeman
Quality Assurance Manager
Originally from Iowa, Dominic moved from Madison, Wisconsin, to Denver in 2016. Since moving, he has worked with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through day program, independent living, and providing respite care. While at Lighthouse Residential, Dominic has continued his education in the field by attending many training programs across the state of Colorado. This information helps keep his skills fresh and provide Lighthouse Residential Staff and Providers with creative tools when assisting Individuals with special needs. Dominic is an integral part of the office, assisting with provider communication, state benefits, and Social Security. As an active coordinator, Dominic takes time to get to know the individuals he serves and develop a trusting and friendly relationship with them. He is a great resource for both Individuals and Providers, and has a drive to make sure all are treated fairly and with a high standard of care. This drive helps make Dominic a caring and effective Quality Assurance Coordinator, making sure the people he serves come first. Dominic’s hope is to make a positive difference in the lives of the people around him. In Dominic’s spare time, he enjoys playing video games, working on computers, practicing his photography, and watching movies with family and friends.

Emma Freeman
Residential Coordinator
​Emma was introduced to this field shortly after moving to the Denver area from her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin in 2016. She began as a respite provider for Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, then worked as a PCA Provider for an independent living individual. During this time, Emma also began assisting at the Lighthouse Residential office and learning the administrative side of the field. After two years as a PCA Provider, Emma decided to pursue administration and coordination at the office full-time. As Senior Administrative Coordinator, works closely with Vallene Karamoy, Lighthouse Residential nurse, to assists Individuals with their medical needs, and healthcare facilitation. Emma also routinely works with the Lighthouse Administrative team to ensure that all office needs are being met. Emma is a essential part to Lighthouse Residential to keep office operations running smoothly. Emma hopes to continue to learn and grow in this field, and to be an advocate for those she serves. Outside of work, Emma enjoys writing, drawing, cooking, and spending time with family and her cat, Mocha.  ​

Trevor Gallegos
Human Resource Coordinator
A Colorado native, Trevor has worked in the field for many years and in many different settings. As Human Resources Coordinator, Trevor works with processing new applicants, collecting certifications, and setting up required trainings. Trevor is a certified Safety Care Instructor and offers training classes, both initial courses and recertification's. This experience makes him a valuable part of the Lighthouse Residential team to teach high behavioral interjection methods that not only keeps the Individual safe, but also the Provider. For many years Trevor, has worked as a Host Home Provider, and more recently with an Individual living independently. Trevor regularly provides respite care, and has a gift for making genuine connections with each Individual he meets. Trevor enjoys what he does, and takes pride in both learning from and educating others. In his free time, Trevor likes riding his motorcycle, watching basketball, playing with his two dogs, and spending time with family. 

Vallene Karamoy
Nurse
​Val spent the majority of her life serving individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities. She grew up in Southern California where, starting at the age of 5, she followed her parents around in the group home where they worked as live-in caregivers to individuals with I/DD. She loved “helping” around the home in any way she could, watching closely as her parents provided the love, care, patience, dedication, and advocacy she would later aspire to. She left California to pursue a nursing degree, and after graduating in 2016, she joined her husband Herry in Colorado as a Host Home Provider, entering the field professionally for the first time. In 2017, she left traditional bedside nursing to go back to the field she knows and loves. As the nurse for Lighthouse Residential, Val enjoys collaborating with the team and providing health monitoring and consultation. She is an active member of the Colorado Association of Nurses for the Developmentally Disabled and absorbs all the information she can from conferences and other resources to create quality care plans and navigate various situations. Outside of work, you can find Val watching movies (the same ones, repeatedly!), shopping, spending time with family and friends, or organizing something. Val also loves going on trips and creating experiences for the individuals she and Herry serve. 
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