Our Team

Associate Director

Christa Doyle

Christa serves as the Associate Director at Alston for Athletes. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Performance Coach residing in Houston, Texas. She was raised as a competitive swimmer and continued her athletic career on the Women’s Rowing team at The University of Alabama. Christa holds a Master of Science in Sport and Performance Psychology from California Baptist University and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston State University. Christa uses her sport and clinical background to help athletes reach their peak performance.

Program Director

Chrissy Kyles

Chrissy has worked in Higher Education since 2017 and currently works in the student counseling center at her alma mater. Her educational experience includes a Masters in Counseling from Oklahoma State University and Masters and Bachelors of Education from University of Central Oklahoma. Chrissy currently lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She currently enjoys running but grew up playing basketball, volleyball and cheer and did rowing in college. Chrissy currently serves as the Program Director.

Policy & Advoacy Coordinator

Lisa Devine

As Policy & Advocacy Director, Lisa co-leads AFA’s advocacy for increased mental health awareness in the athletic community. Her unwavering commitment revolves around advancing mental health and wellness, fostering awareness of behavioral and mental distress, and increasing access to mental health services. Drawing from a rich background in community mental health, Lisa is a licensed therapist (LPCC) in the State of Ohio. She is highly skilled at navigating the intricacies of mental health support and has a 15-year career as an account director in marketing and design agencies, underscoring her diverse and adaptable skill set.

Policy & Advocacy Director

Matt Triplet

Matt is currently the head boys lacrosse coach at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, Ohio, has a professional career in commercial banking and is currently the Policy and Advocacy director for Alston for Athletes. Matt played lacrosse for The Ohio State University and has been coaching at DeSales since 2005, winning State Championships in 2012, ’18, ’22, & ’24. Matt has always been passionate about the mental aspect of sports, but his advocacy work began as a result of a troubled player who reached out for help in the summer of 2018. Matt’s experience taught him that he was il-equipped to know what to do when a player came to him for help without formal training.

Matt introduced Ohio HB33 and signed in to law the summer of 2023, the first legislation of its kind in the country…requiring high school coaches to have mental health training to be able to coach high school sports. Matt has helped advise with similar legislation passed in Maryland and Virginia and is currently advising with similar legislation in multiple states.

Executive Assistant

Natalie Morse

Natalie serves as the Executive Assistant at Alston for Athletes. Natalie currently resides on Long Island in New York. She grew up as a competitive swimmer, and swam collegiately at Wagner College in NYC where she obtained her Dual Degree in Childhood Education and Sociology/Anthropology. She continued on to earn her Masters Degree in Health and Wellness Education at American College of Education. She is a certified New York State teacher, but found her teaching skills to be more useful as a Full-Time Swim Coach.

Social Media Coordinator

Taryn Faull

Taryn graduated from California Lutheran University in May 2022 with a degree in Exercise Science. She also played softball her whole life and throughout college. She is from San Diego, California where she has spent the last couple of years coaching 8u, 12u, and high school softball. As of August 2024, she is starting a Master’s program in Applied Sport Psychology at University of North Carolina Greensboro with hopes of becoming a Mental Performance Consultant. She is the Social Media Director for Alston for Athletes and has a passion for mental health awareness.

Social Media Director

Wade Campbell

Wade grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan—and currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and 2 kids. In high school, he ran track and played soccer but his most noteworthy performances were on stage leading the improv troupe. Wade has created award-winning ads, websites, and social media campaigns for Proctor & Gamble, Ford, MillerCoors, and Starbucks Coffee Company. He earned his Masters in Digital Communications at the University of Washington and is now a Content Design Manager at Meta.