Jacqui Abikoff, LICSW, LADC is Executive Director of Horizons Counseling Center in New Hampshire. She has been working with substance abusers and their families for over 20 years. She was formerly the Chair of the Ethics Committee for the New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Association and is currently President of that organization. She is chair of the Peer Review Committee attached to the NH Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Professional Practice, and she sits on the Classification Board of the Belknap County Department of Corrections. She has expertise in the areas of confidentiality, professional ethics and the role of the counselor in the legal system. She has an extensive background providing clinical services, forensic evaluation, court testimony and training and consultation in the areas of domestic violence, PTSD, dual diagnosis, women's issues, corrections and forensics. OmiSade' Ali, MA, LCDC, LAC, ADC III, CCS is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in two states and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. She is the Vice President of Programs Affairs for the Cenikor Foundation, Inc. in Houston, Texas. For the past thirteen years, Ms. Ali has been on the faculty of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies. She is a member of the faculty of Brown University's Addiction Technology Transfer Center where she provides education on Culturally-competent Recovery Planning and Working with Indigenous Healers in the Native, African-origin and Latino Communities. Ms. Ali has published her thesis and other articles on culturally competent treatment and its efficacy in the field. She has planned and developed peer services that have drawn national recognition and she has been in the field of Behavioral Health Treatment for 37 years. Ms. Ali holds a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Arts in African Psychology and is presently pursuing a doctorate in Health Psychology. She holds a certificate of Clinical Pastoral Counseling and is an ordained Priest in an African Traditional Religion. Tom Allan, LCSW, LADC, CCS is the Executive Director of a substance abuse treatment agency providing emergency shelter, detox and residential treatment to chemically dependant clients in Southern Maine. Tom has been a direct care provider, supervisor and manager of CD services for more than fifteen years. He is a member of M.I.N.T.: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has served as an adjunct community faculty member to The University of New England School of Social Work. Tom also is the co-director of Kindred Spirits, a week long summer camp supporting recovery and self discovery. Mary Kate Appicelli is the Integrated Viral Hepatitis Coordinator for the Bureau of Health, Maine Department of Human Services. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating viral hepatitis prevention and control activities across three programs in the Division of Disease Control: Immunization, HIV/STD, and Epidemiology. Some of her duties include training and managing 22 hepatitis C testing and counseling sites across the state, providing consultation to medical and social service providers, and conducting case investigations. She originally came to the Bureau of Health in September 2000 as part of a fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mary Kate has a Masters of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Top of Page Laura Basili, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist whose therapeutic work focuses on how children, families, and helping professionals make meaning of illness, suffering, loss, and adversity. Dr. Basili is an inspirational and dynamic speaker. Her workshops are infused with her joie de vivre and heartfelt storytelling. Dr. Basili worked for ten years as a staff psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital and as an instructor at Harvard Medical School. She now teaches in the psychology departments at Middlebury College, Champlain College, and St. Michael's College in Vermont and has a private practice. Dr. Basili trains and consults nationally with mental health centers, hospitals, community service agencies, schools, and hospices on child and adolescent development, illness, bereavement, hope, spirituality, and self-care for caregivers. Top of Page Laura Basili, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist whose therapeutic work focuses on how children, families, and helping professionals make meaning of illness, suffering, loss, and adversity. Dr. Basili is an inspirational and dynamic speaker. Her workshops are infused with her joie de vivre and heartfelt storytelling. Dr. Basili worked for ten years as a staff psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital and as an instructor at Harvard Medical School. She now teaches in the psychology departments at Middlebury College, Champlain College, and St. Michael's College in Vermont and has a private practice. Dr. Basili trains and consults nationally with mental health centers, hospitals, community service agencies, schools, and hospices on child and adolescent development, illness, bereavement, hope, spirituality, and self-care for caregivers. Steve Berk, Ph.D. is Director of Bond and Berk Associates, a private practice group. He has specialized in assessment and treatment of cognitive disorders in children, adolescents, and adults since 1972. He has worked in clinics, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment, and schools. He has provided extensive training in bullying prevention/intervention to schools, pupil transporters, and parents. An enthusiastic presenter with a quick wit, Dr. Berk trains and consults nationally. Mary Bettley, MSW, LICSW is Clinical Director at the Baird Center, a program of the Home for Little Wanderers in Plymouth, Massachusetts and is also an adjunct professor at Lesley University. Having over 20 years of experience working with clients in state hospitals, residential care, outpatient and home-based programs, and schools, Mary specializes in working with youth and families on issues of trauma, attachment, and self-identity development. She is a dynamic presenter who trains and consults nationally and is known for her case examples and sense of humor. In addition to being a clinician, Mary was a classroom teacher for many years and with her partner is an adoptive parent of two daughters. Lori Beyer, LICSW, MSWAC is a supervisory trauma clinician and lead trainer at Community Connections, a private not-for-profit agency providing a full range of human services in Washington, D.C. Ms. Beyer specializes in training provision and ongoing supervision/consultation to agencies and clinicians across the country on trauma-specific and trauma-sensitive treatment services. Ms. Beyer has over 13 years of experience working with adults who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse disorders, and who have histories of homelessness and violent victimization. She was an original member of the Community Connections Trauma Work Group which developed the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM), and has co-led numerous group treatment interventions in areas such as TREM, Parenting Skills, and Domestic Violence. She served as clinical case manager and clinical housing coordinator in two federally-funded research projects before her current position with Community Connections. Judy Bralove, MSW, LICSW maintains a private practice, teaches graduate courses at Cambridge College, and trains nationally. She is a high energy, enthusiastic presenter with a wonderful sense of humor. She has a knack for transforming difficult concepts into practical, hands-on material and weaves lecture with case examples to illustrate her points. Laurie Brodeur, Psy.D. is an Area Director for Northern Human Services in New Hampshire. Trained by Dr. Marsha Linehan more than a decade ago, Dr. Brodeur, as part of a statewide team, initiated DBT treatment programs throughout New Hampshire, and provided training and consultation. She has extensive experience integrating individual, couples, family, and group therapies, working with clients who have suicidal and self-harming behaviors, as well as frequent psychiatric hospitalization. She is an engaging presenter who has a knack for transforming complex information into practical, hands-on material. Thomas E. Broffman, Ph.D., LICSW, LCDP, LCDS, CEAP is an assistant professor at Eastern CT State University, BSW Program. He has a BSW and a MSW from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. from Boston College, Graduate School of Social Work. His doctoral dissertation was Gender Differences in MH & SA Disorders as Predictors of Gambling Disorders. He is the Dual Diagnosis Coordinator at the RI Dept. of Mental Health & Retardation, Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston, RI. He is a regionally known trainer and consultant. He has over 30 years of experience in employee assistance programs, mental health, addictions, problem gambling and co-occurring disorders. He was the President of the RI Council on Problem Gambling. He was a Board member of the National Council on Problem Gambling. He was recently awarded the Social Worker of the Year in Addictions by the RI Chapter of NASW. Richard Brown, MD, MPH Brown is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. His research, teaching, and publications reflect his long-standing interest in alcohol and drug abuse. He has served as a consultant to several managed care organizations providing assistance in the design of alcohol screening and intervention programs for managed health care systems. He is a past president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. He is now directing the HRSA-AMERSA Interdisciplinary Project to Improve Health Professional Education on Substance Abuse. Don Burke, LADC, LCPC has a Master's degree in counseling from State University of New York at Brockport, and has completed the certificate program at the Family Institute of Maine and the advanced certificate program at the Contextual Therapy Training Program, Ambler, PA. Don has had experience working with youth and families since 1973, and currently works as a Clinical Supervisor/Program Manager at Day One, OutpatientProgram. Other work experience includes: Day One, Substance Abuse Counselor, 11/91 to 8/95, Private Practice, Dialogue Center, Portland, Maine, 1993 to present, and Portland West, Sentencing Options and the New York State Division for Youth. Patricia A. Burke, MSW, LCSW is a Board Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, a Certified Clinical Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Social Worker, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor with over 25 years of clinical experience. She has been on the faculty of the Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies since 1989 and the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England since 1999. She has also taught for the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, the North Carolina Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies, the Behavioral Health and Human Services Department at Southern Maine Community College and the Social Work Schools of the University of New England, University of Southern Maine, and Rutgers University. Patricia is the former Clinical Director of the Smith House Addictions Treatment Program. Please visit her website to find out more about her work at www.patriciaburke.com. Top of Page Louis A. Cerbo, Ed. D., C.A.S., is a adjunct faculty member in the graduate school of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island and Psychology Department at Stonehill College. His research and teaching have addressed issues including mental health, substance abuse, and psychology and the law. Dr. Cerbo received his Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1982, M.A. in Personality and Social Psychology from Rhode Island College in 1984, and both his Ed.M. and Ed.D. from Boston University in 1990. Dr. Cerbo has accumulated over 10 years of clinical practice experience in substance abuse. He has worked for CODAC I, CODAC II, CODAC East and CODAC III, in addition to being the staff psychologist at Edgehill, Newport, RI for four years (1989 to 1993). Currently, he is a forensic evaluator at Bridgewater State Hospital with expertise in substance abuse evaluation among forensic assessments and a consultant to the Department of Children, Youth and Families for forensic evaluations with adolescents. He serves as a consultant to a number of community agencies and organizations. Stanley K. Chin, JD is currently the Criminal Justice Program Administrator with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England (ATTC-NE). His past experiences include twenty years of service as a police officer, during which he was promoted to detective and worked with troubled youth. In his current role with the ATTC-NE, he is involvolved in collaborations in the areas of criminal justice, corrections, education, gambling, and substance abuse training for both adults and adolescents. One of Dr. Chin's primary interests is to bridge the gap between the judiciary, corrections, law enforcement, and the addictions field. Jeff Cotton, M.A., MFT has worked with children and families for 30 years. Based in California, he trains and consults nationally for childcare associations, residential programs, foster and adoptive agencies, and schools. Jeff is a trainer with the National Foster Parent Association. He is the author of the training manual, “Skillful De-escalation with Children: Approaching Fear Without Fear.” An enthusiastic and motivational presenter, Jeff has taught for over two decades with energy, humor, and practical realism. Kevin Creeden, M.A., LMHC, has over twenty years of clinical experience with children, adolescents, and their families, working extensively with sexually and physically aggressive youth. He consults with residential programs and schools throughout New England and trains nationally. Creeden has a private practice and is Director of Assessment and Research at The Whitney Academy. Top of Page Wayne Dailey, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of professional experience. During his career he has had extensive involvement in planning, establishing and evaluating mental health programs and service systems at the local, regional and statewide levels. He is a published author and researcher on the behavioral health consequences of disasters and terrorism. In addition to his work as a private consultant, he serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. He is also Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. Wendy H. Davenson is a licensed marital and family therapist, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, a certified prevention professional, certified family life educator, certified grief therapist, divorce mediator, consultant, and trainer/lecturer who has extensive experience lecturing and consulting with school systems. She is ceritfied as a School Counselor in the state of Connecticut. Her depth of experience includes a private therapy practice, the focus of which is working with individuals, families, and couples in the areas of family life issues, marriage and divorce problems, parenting, grief, loss, bereavement, addictions, and mental health issues. She lectures and serves as an adjunct professor at two Connecticut colleges, and provides on-site consultation services for numerous school districts. Ms. Davenson has just published her first book entitled Grief and Growth, A Manual for Counselors and Educators, due out in 2002. She is currently working on her second book, a book on how to travel the life cycle. Daniel Dubovsky, MSW,LSW has worked for over 30 years in the fields of mental health and developmental disabilities. He began his career as a childcare worker in residential treatment. After receiving his master’s degree in social work, he worked as a therapist in a residential setting with children, adolescents and young adults with serious mental illness and other disabilities. Dan has also worked with all ages as a therapist in communitybased and hospital settings, addressing both medical and psychiatric needs of those with acute, chronic and terminal illness. Dan has developed and facilitated ongoing groups for persons with disabilities, as well as groups for residential, nursing and social work staffs. He develped an innovative community program to promote health and has worked extensively with persons who are HIV infected, providing counseling, support and education. Dan has presented regionally, nationally and internationally on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, focusing especially on interventions for adults, adolescents, and children. For this work, his son Bill has been his mentor and best teacher. Bill and Dan have presented nationally and internationally on how best to develop working Therapeutic Alliances. Dan is currently the FASD Specialist for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) FASD Center for Excellence. In this role, he provides training and technical assistance to individuals, families, programs, agencies, communities, and states on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Dan has a keen interest in the provision of quality services to those with fetal alcohol syndrome, mental illness and/or developmental disabilities and their families. David F. Duncan, Dr. P.H. is President of Duncan & Associates, a consulting firm providing consultation on research design and data collection for behavioral and policy studies. He is also Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health at Brown University School of Medicine. His education included an undergraduate major in psychology, with minors in sociology and education at the University of Missouri at Kansas City , and graduate work in criminology at Sam Houston State University in Texas . He earned the degree of Doctor of Public Health from the University of Texas at Houston with an interdisciplinary program in behavioral sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, and program and policy evaluation. He earned a postdoctoral diploma in alcoholism early intervention and treatment effectiveness research from Brown University . He has over thirty yearÌs experience in the substance abuse field, including direct service provision and direction of treatment and rehabilitation services. Top of Page Thomas M. Earley, PhD, LCPC, MAC, CCS has been involved in social services for the last forty years, as an administrator, counselor, teacher, and consultant. He holds M.Ed. and C.A.S. degrees from the University of Maine and a PhD from Capella University in clinical counseling. He is currently the Director of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Counseling Program and in private practice. He has been involved with the provision of substance abuse treatment for the last ten years and has a long-standing interest in the workplace as an important location for substance abuse prevention education, assessment, and assistance in the form of referrals for treatment. Rather than responding punitively, Tom, believes the workplace holds a unique potential to bridge impaired employees to services that can restore them to health and productivity. Dennis Embry, Ph.D., President/Ceo PAXIS Institute, Tucson, Arizona is a national leader in the prevention field. He has researched and written extensively on the topic of brain science and its application to community prevention. He presents and consults for state and national agencies. Dr. Embry is the author of more than 40 books and training materials for science-based prevention of children's injuries, parenting and family difficulties, violence, substance abuse and mental health. Dr. Embry gives frequent workshops and lectures on children's brain development, prevention and social policy using low-cost or non-cost practices. He also gives workshops and presentations on community based approaches to reducing drug endangerment. He has been a keynote speaker for various national and state organizations across the United States and overseas. Justin Engasser, Ph.D. is a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Teaching Fellow at Boston University School of Medicine and currently works in the residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs at VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Enggasser has published several studies in the areas of cognitive vulnerability and substance use. He is currently involved in projects developing and testing new treatment models (a gender-specific cognitive-behavioral treatment protocol for women with substance use disorders) and treatment delivery methods (web-based interventions for problem drinking). Stanley J. Evans, MD, FASAM, PA is the Director of the Outpatient Clinical program at Mercy Recovery Center. From 1965 to 1975, Dr. Evans practiced Internal Medicine. He began his specialty in Addiction Medicine in 1975 at Eastern Maine Medical Center Alcohol Institute in Bangor, Maine, where he developed a comprehensive alcohol treatment program providing care to patients from Fort Kent to Kittery. Dr. Evans was asked to create, develop and manage the Mercy Hospital Treatment Facility in Portland, Maine. Dr. Evans has previously served as Medical Director for St. Mary Hospital's chemical dependency program. He has also served as Jackson Brook Institute's Director of Medical Services, where he oversaw the health of patients admitted to the mental health facility and directed the substance abuse efforts. Dr. Evans teaches medical students and residents in the area of Addiction Medicine, and conducts presentations in the area of Addiction Medicine and Chronic Pain. In 1999, Dr. Evans opened his private practice focusing on Medication Management for Chronic Pain and Substance Abuse patients. Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, CSW-R is the CEO of Albany Health Management, Inc., a multi-task organization that examines global, mental and physical health care concerns. AHMA provides counseling and case management for people with mental and physical illness, consulting and education for their employers, professional training for their clinicians and collaborative research for the international scientific community. She is a clinician, researcher and author of several scholarly and popular books and articles including: The Chronic Illness Workbook: Strategies and Solutions for taking back your life (New Harbinger, 2002), Managing Chronic Illness: The Four Phase Treatment Approach (Wiley, 2003), and The Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Wiley, 2003). She has received numerous professional and community honors and serves on the boards of several national professional and medical organizations. Most recently, Pat was nominated to serve as a scientific advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Health and was asked to participate as a peer reviewer for the American Pain Society. Pat is a dynamic and engaging presenter who trains internationally. Jennifer Frey, Ph.D. received her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in clinical psychology, and is licensed to practice psychology in the State of Connecticut. She obtained additional specialized training in providing Motivational Interviewing Training and possesses a Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders from the College of Professional Psychology. Dr. Frey has published numerous articles about providing community based clinical and rehabilitative services. She has provided extensive training workshops on substance abuse recovery and motivational interviewing. Dr. Frey has been using CBT techniques in practice for over 17 years, applying them to treat a variety of problems including substance addictions and dual diagnosis. Virginia Lynn Fry, M.A. is the Director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont, Bereavement Coordinator of Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, and adjunct faculty to four Vermont colleges. She also consults for the Vermont Department of Children and Families, medical schools, hospitals, drug and alcohol treatment programs, adult developmental services, and hospices nationwide. With over 25 years of experience working with clients and families, Ms. Fry trains and consults internationally and is the author of the award-winning book, Part of Me Died Too. She is an original and dynamic presenter with a wealth of practical knowledge. Top of Page Michael Gaudet, LICSW, LCDC is the Executive Director for the Center for Behavioral Health - RI, an Outpatient Methadone Treatment Program, in Johnston, RI. He is a trainer for DATA (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island), AdCare Educational Institute in both Massachusetts and Maine, and has been a faculty member of the New England School of Addiction Studies since 1986. Mr. Gaudet serves as Vice-chair of the Rhode Island Board for the Certification of Chemical Dependency Professionals, for which he is a Case Presentation Method Examiner. Douglas Gaudette, MA, LMHC is Program Director at Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center. He co-developed and directs the ÏFamily Safety ProjectÓ, a comprehensive domestic violence program servicing men who are violent and abusive, victims of domestic violence, and children who witness violence in the home. The program provides training, supervision, and consultation to in-dividuals and agencies. It is a proactive intervention program taking part in educational and primary prevention activities. Joel I. D. Ginsburg, Ph.D. is a Chartered Psychologist at the Fenbrook Institution, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Ginsburg is an internationally recognized Motivational Interviewing trainer and has been a contributing editor to Dr. Miller's/Rollnick's book. Susan Harrington Godley is a Senior Research Scientist at Chestnut Health Systems in Bloomington, Illinois. She received her doctorate in rehabilitation from Southern Illinois University. She is an author of The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users, one of the five Cannabis Youth Treatment study treatment manuals and also helped write the manual describing Chestnut's approach to outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment. Her research interests include the evaluation of approaches to treatment for adolescents with alcohol and other drug-related problems, therapist's perceptions of manual-guided treatment, the transfer of manual-guided approaches to practice settings, and continuing care following treatment. For the past decade, her work in this area has increasingly including implementing manual-guided and accompanying quality assurance procedures in practice settings. Greg Graves is a Partner with Jamieson, Hart, & Graves Consulting. Mr. Graves has acquired a wide range of social science research and management skills over the past twenty years in both academic and professional work environments. Mr. Graves has experience managing large-scale projects to design substance abuse assessment and treatment infrastructure for offender populations. In addition, Mr. Graves has worked on several applied research and development projects, including: program designs and evaluations, surveys (management, field, and large scale); development of assessment instruments; file and document reviews; and literature reviews. Specific research skills include: questionnaire and interview design, in-person and telephone interviewing (individual and group); file and database reviews; archival data analysis; survey design. Sharon Greenleaf, CRC-MAC, LCPC is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Assistant Agency Director of Northeast Occupational Exchange (NOE). She has helped implement many programs at NOE, including the Incredible Years parent and child programs for which she is a group leader. This program was recognized with an award from the National Mental Health Association. Sharon has over 25 years experience in the mental health field. Mark Griswold is the HIV/AIDS Epidemiologist at the Maine Bureau of Health, a post he's held for the past five years. In this position, he's responsible for gathering and analyzing disease report data about HIV and AIDS in Maine, and disseminating these data in a variety of different formats at local, state and federal levels. From 1998 to 2001, Mark served as Bureau of Health Co-Chair of the Maine HIV Prevention Community Planning Group, a planning body charged with formulating statewide HIV prevention strategies. Mark has coordinated needs assessment studies to explore the HIV prevention needs of at-risk populations and conducted qualitative research concerning the HIV risk assessment and prevention practices of rural primary care physicians. He began his public health career at a community-based organization in Portland, Maine, where he coordinated an anonymous HIV testing site, a statewide AIDS information hotline, and other HIV prevention programs. Mark received a B.A. in American History from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and an M.Sc. in public health from Universit» Laval, Qu»bec, Canada. Stephen Gumbley, MA, LCDP, ACDP II, RCS has been working in human services since 1968. He has specialized in substance abuse prevention, education and treatment since 1988. For several years he served as Executive Director of the state affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Mr. Gumbley has been a counselor and clinical supervisor, and has administered numerous treatment programs, including directing a community mental health center's residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment, and providing clinical and administrative oversight of multi-state opiate treatment programs. Additionally, he has provided clinical care supervision at a multi-service shelter for homeless adults. Mr. Gumbley holds a Master's degree in counseling, and is a licensed chemical dependency professional and a recognized clinical supervisor. He is currently the ATTC-NIDA Liaison for the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England. He has taught at Rhode Island College and Community College of Rhode Island and has been training throughout New England on a variety of substance abuse related topics for more than 10 years. Top of Page Elizabeth Hess, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist with over 20 years of experience in assessment, treatment, and consultation with patients suffering from brain deficits. She has a private practice and also provides training and consultation nationally in this field, as well as treatment of PTSD and adult survivors of childhood trauma. Dr. Hess frequently consults to inpatient, outpatient, and residential programs in cases where brain deficits and psychiatric conditions co-exist. Steven Horovitz, MA is a Rhode Island State licensed Chemical Dependency Professional with over 14 years experience providing Substance Abuse, Violence Prevention, Batterer's Intervention, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health Counseling education and training. Mr. Horvitz maintains strong ties with the substance abuse recovery community. He is the President of Rhode Island CAREs, a community based group of people in recovery from substance abuse; Chairperson of the Rhode Island Division of Substance Abuse Independent Peer Review Committee; A member of the Rhode Island Planning Group Committee for HIV; A member of the Rhode Island Attorney General's Drug Court Advisory Board and Domestic Violence Training Committee; the Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Centers Case Management Training Team; and participates in the Rhode Island Batterer's Intervention Oversight Committee. Mr. Horovitz is currently the Program Director of the NRI Community Services Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Violence Prevention and Intervention programs OmiSade’ Humphrey, M.A., LCDC, CCS is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. She is the Project Director for the SBIRT Project, InSight, a model for screening, brief intervention and brief treatment that seeks to make screening for ATODA an integral part of general health practise. For the past nine years, Ms. Humphrey has been on the faculty of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies. She is a member of the faculty of Brown University’s Addiction Technology Transfer Center where she provides education on Culturally-competent Recovery Planning and Working with Indigenous Healers in the African-origin and Latino Communities. Ms. Humphrey is also a member of the faculty of the Texas (TCADA) Summer Institute. She has published her thesis and other articles on culturally competent treatment and its efficacy in the field. Ms. Humphrey has planned and developed peer services that have recently drawn national recognition and she has been in the field of Behavioral Health Treatment for 35 years. Ms. Humphrey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Arts in African Psychology and is presently investigating a Ph.D. in Ministry. She holds a certificate of Clinical Pastoral Counseling and is an ordained Priest in an African Traditional Religion. Michele Hylen is Crisis Residential Director, Crisis and Counseling, Augusta, ME. Ms Hylen was formerly the Manager of Outpatient Behavioral Health, Addiction Resource Center, Bath, ME. Top of Page Daniel B. Jacobs, Ed.M., Psy.D., M.B.A., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Andover, MA. He has worked for many years with children, adolescents and adults and their families, dealing with mental health and substance abuse concerns. He was previously the Director of the Adolescent and Adult Partial Hospital Programs at Salem Hospital in Salem, MA for over 6 years. He has worked extensively with transition age youth in all different levels of care in individual and group therapy for many years with the goal of helping them learn to become more independent and responsible for their choices as they move into adulthood. Dr. Jacobs trains nationally on a variety of topics related to strategies useful in reducing risk and consults with agencies, programs, and schools on ways to help transition age youth overcome risk, how to best improve program interventions to improve care and about ways to foster effective behavior change. Dr. Jacobs believes hope is always an option. Wanda Jamieson has 16 years experience in consulting to public and NGO sectors on social, health, and justice issues of concern to Canadians. Ms. Jamieson is an experienced analyst and writer on a variety of horizontal issues that cut across traditional boundaries of organizations, sector, and disciplines. These issues include: family violence, violence against women and children, gender-based analysis, population health issues, women-centered health, substance abuse, children/youth at risk, and crime prevention through social development and others. Ms. Jamieson has authored numerous documents for the federal government and for NGO's including: policy papers, program curricula and guidelines, program evaluations, handbooks and manuals, conference and workshop reports, briefs, presentations and reports to senior officials, and strategic plans and frameworks. Jody Kamon is a consultant with the University of Vermont’s Department of Pediatrics’ Vermont Child Health Improvement Project (VCHIP) and a psychologist at Evidence Based Solutions LLC. She currently serves as a coordinator for VCHIP’s integrated family health care systems initiative and also as an evaluator for a System of Care initiative focused on transition-age youth. Recently, she also assisted the Vermont Department of Health’s Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs on a federally-funded adolescent treatment systems improvement initiative. She is an experienced trainer in the use of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and behavioral parent training. Her clinical work has focused extensively on adolescent substance abuse treatment and child and adolescent mental health. Prior to coming to the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, she served as a National Institute on Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry University of Vermont, where she conducted research on family-based treatment models for adolescent substance abuse and smoking cessation. Karen Kelly, PhD, MAC, CCS, CRPS, CCJS serves as President, and CEO of Circle of Recovery, Inc. a for profit education, training, consultation, and treatment program, offering services to substance abusers, their families, and the community. Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, M.A. is a licensed mental health counselor and co-author of Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns. She is the founder of the South Shore Eating Disorders Collaborative, a professional member of the Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association (MEDA), and the National Eating Disorder Association. Formerly, Kathleen served as South Shore Director of MEDA and as a member of the Westwood Lodge Hospital Eating Disorders Team. She has conducted numerous workshops for professionals, parents, and the community on topics related to eating disorders, prevention, and treatment. She maintains a private practice in Massachusetts. Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., J.D. is a forensic psychologist and attorney, is Director of Juvenile Court Clinic Services for the Massachusetts Trial Court. He is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Law, and the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Kinscherff has served as Chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association. He has assisted state agencies in New England to develop risk management programs for persons with mental illness and histories of physical or sexual violence. His practice includes clinical and forensic evaluations and consultations for youth and adults in hospitals, residential and outpatient facilities, and Courts. An enthusiastic presenter, he has taught for over a decade with humor, energy, and practical realism. Top of Page Gerry Lachapelle, LCSW, LADC, MINT has been in the substance field since 1988, working at TriCounty Mental Health from ’92 until his retirement in 2005. He continues to serve as clinical supervisor for DSAT programs (Drug Court and Women’s Center at MCC), and provides supervision for clinicians at Maine State Prison and Bolduc Correctional through TCMH. Gerry was trained as a Motivational Interviewing trainer by William Miller, PhD, who with Stephen Rollnick, PhD developed this model, and enjoys teaching others how to use this framework for helping people change. Amaro Laria, Ph.D. is an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, as well as Director of the Medical Consultation and Multicultural Competence Training Program at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He is also a staff psychologist at the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center and has a private practice in Massachusetts. Katharine Larsson, RN, MSN, CS, Ph.D. candidate teaches and supervises in the Behavioral Medicine Program at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School. She has a private practice with a specialty in behavioral medicine, integrative psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. She is the former Director of the Mind-Body Program at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D. is the President of the International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Associate Editor of the Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York City, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical School, and author or editor of thirteen books including Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy, Practicing Cognitive Therapy: A Guide to Interventions, Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (with S. Holland), Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Therapy Approach (with Newman, Beck, Reilly-Harrington, and Gyulai), Psychology and the Economic Mind, Roadblocks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychological Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (ed. with S. Johnson) and Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioner's Guide. Henry R. Lesieur, Psy.D., Ph.D. is a staff psychologist at the Rhode Island Hospital Gambling Treatment Program in Providence. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Problem Gambling as well as Vice-President of the Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Gambling Studies, as well as author of The Chase: Career of the Compulsive Gambler. He has also written many articles in professional journals on pathological gambling. He is co-author of the South Oaks Gambling Screen, an instrument for identifying pathological gamblers that has been translated into over 35 different languages. He has trained nationally and internationally on problem and pathological gambling. William Lowenstein is Executive Director of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies and Director of Maine Projects for AdCare Maine. He was formerly Associate Director of the Maine Office of Substance Abuse for six years prior to June 2006. Bill has worked in the substance abuse field for over 22 years as a trainer, consultant, and administrator. He is past president of the National Prevention Network, an organization of prevention leaders within single state substance abuse authorities throughout the country. He has worked as a child protective supervisor and caseworker, medical social worker, day care administrator and emergency room technician. Bill is also a founding board member of the Sexual Assault Crisis Center in Lewiston and has facilitated support groups for adult male sexual assault survivors. Bill serves on the Advisory Board for the Maine Alliance of Addition Recovery (MAAR). Top of Page Anita R. Marton is Senior Attorney with the Legal Action Center, a public-interest law firm specializing in legal and policy issues concerning substance abuse, AIDS, and the criminal justice system. Since joining the Center in 1988, she has provided training, policy assistance and legal services to individuals and organizations across the country. Her areas of expertise include such subjects as: the laws prohibiting discrimination against ex-offenders and individuals with drug and alcohol histories or HIV-related illnesses; the confidentiality of substance abuse treatment records and HIV-related information; and issues relating to welfare reform and the criminal justice system. Marton has testified before numerous legislative committees; lectured in more than 35 States; participated in ground-breaking litigation defending the rights of people with alcohol and drug histories, HIV disease and criminal histories, authored a number of publications, and served on numerous state and federal advisory panels. Peter McCorison, LADC, LCSW, CCS Peter McCorison LADC, LCSW, CCS is the Program Director of Substance Abuse Services with AMHC in Caribou. He is a Registered Maine Guide in the State of Maine. He is committed to participating in the Change Process with individuals, families and communities and feels honored to participate in the journey of discovery and creation of healthy productive lives. He believes that most effective interventions include a Co-Occurring perspective. He has been involved in the delivery of SA treatment for over 13 years. Raymond McGarty, MS, LADC, LCS is currently the Executive Director of Southeastern New Hampshire Services, one of the largest public providers of addiction services in New Hampshire. He also has a long-standing private practice, primarily working with issues related to trauma. He provides training, technical assistance, consultation and clinical supervision to organizations through the United States. He has an extensive background in addiction, serving in such positions as Clinical Administrator of the Betty Ford Center, and Executive Director of a number of treatment facilities. David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist and is certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Dr. Mee-Lee is based in Davis, CA and is involved in full-time training and consulting both nationally and internationally. Dr. Mee-Lee is the Chief Editor of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, which includes criteria for co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders. He is a Senior Fellow for the Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Dr. Mee-Lee has over twenty-five years experience in treatment and program development for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Drusilla (Dru) Meyers, LADC is the Owner/Administrator of Food Addiction/Chemical Dependency Consultants. F.A.C.D.C. opened in 1990 based on Dru's experience in the field and her hope and belief that a "healthy well being and balanced life could be restored, or built through a holistic approach to recovery." F.A.C.D.C. now employs 15 treatment team staff and has opened an additional office in Windham, in Maine's Lake Region. Drusilla has worked with substance abusers, and food addicts for over 27 years. She is a reality therapist, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and is a nationally certified Addictions Counselor, level 1. The Center of Food Addiction/Chemical Dependency Consultants stems from Dru's heart and hard work towards her clients' and communities' recovery. Geoffrey B. Miller, M.Ed. Geoff’s career in the prevention field began while working in student services in higher education and continued as his professional career led him to universities in Wisconsin, Virginia, and then in 1995, back to Maine. He received his Master of Education, with an emphasis in Counselor Education, from the University of Maine. Geoff’s interests in substance abuse prevention and the work place began while working in student services. In 2001 he accepted a position as Prevention Specialist with the Maine Office of Substance Abuse (OSA), Department of Health and Human Services. In 2002 he participated in the Workplace workgroup at the Maine Summit on Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, in Portland. A product of the summit was the formation of an ad-hoc Substance Abuse and the Workplace (SAW) workgroup. Geoff has acted as facilitator for the group and now heads up the OSA Substance Abuse and the Workplace (SAW) Program. Rebecca Miller, RN Education Coordinator for the Northern New England Poison Center manages calls from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont as well as providing educational outreach to the State of Maine. She provides informational presentations on poison prevention and inhalant and drug abuse. Kathleen Tavenner Mitchell, M.H.S., L.C.A.D.C is Vice President and National Spokesperson for the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. She is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with nearly 20 years of experience as an educator, clinician and lecturer in the addictions field. In addition to being a noted international speaker on FASD, she was appointed to the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. She has provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives and collaborated with the producers of NBC's "Law and Order" to feature a show on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). She also has shared her personal story of raising a daughter with FAS for use in documentaries, educational videos and media such as Glamour Magazine, NBC's "Real Life" and the "Later Today Show". She also has authored the NOFAS handbook, "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guidebook for Parents and Caregivers". Kathy conducts workshops and provides lectures on the addictive disease process, prevention of FASD, screening and assessment of women at risk, addressing secondary disabilities and many other FASD-related topics. Peter W. Moran holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and an M.S. in clinical psychopharmacology. He is managing partner of Prescott Healthcare, a private practice multidisciplinary group. He is also staff psychologist in the Department of Psychology at Worcester Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Medical School. He specializes in treating mood and anxiety disorders. He has published on mood disorders and psychology treatment strategies in the managed care era . Dr. Moran is an instructor at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, teaching psychology graduate students in clinical psychopharmacology. Sharon A. Morello, RN, BSN is the Director of Behavioral Medicine at Roger Williams Hospital. Formerly the Chief of Treatment for the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospital's Division of Substance Abuse for the state of Rhode Island, she has worked in the field of Addiction Medicine since 1987. Sharon's clinical focus has been on the treatment of opiate dependent patients, although she has extensive experience in the management of acute detoxification in a teaching hospital. She has been active with the Department of Corrections in RI in the development of Methadone treatment within the prison, and recently assisted the newly formed Adult Drug Court with clinical case management. She has been a CARF surveyor for the past two years. participating in the CSAT accreditation study of Methadone programs. Patricia Mulready, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and is board certified in Family Medicine. She holds a master’s degree in counseling with a specialty in addictions from the same institution. In addition to her training in conventional medicine and psychotherapy, Dr. Mulready has spent years gaining knowledge and experience in biochemical medicine, environmental medicine, nutrition, addictions, emotional disorders, energy work and spirituality. While maintaining a private practice, Dr. Mulready has been adjunct faculty at University of Connecticut School of Social Work, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. She is a requested speaker and workshop leader at conferences. Currently, Dr. Mulready maintains an organizational consultation and training practice along with a private practice of wholistic assessment and systemic health restoration for individuals with health issues. Top of Page Lisa Najavits, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) and Director of the Trauma Research Program in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center at McLean Hospital (Belmont, MA). She is the author of Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse (Guilford Press, New York; 2002) and A WomanÌs Addiction Workbook (New Harbinger Press; 2002), and over 60 professional publications. She is recipient of the 1997 Chaim Danieli Young Professional Award of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the 1998 Early Career Contribution Award of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. She is recipient of four National Institutes of Health grants, including an Independent Scientist Award. She is a practicing therapist and psychotherapy supervisor. Michael Nerney is a consultant in Substance Abuse Prevention and Education, with over twenty-four years of experience in the field. As the former Director of the Training Institute of Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc. (NDRI), his responsibilities included the management of a statewide training system which delivered more than 450 training programs to substance abuse professionals annually. Previous to the Director position, Mr. Nerney held a position as a training specialist for NDRI. His particular areas of expertise include Psychopharmacology, Adolescent Chemical Dependency, Relapse Prevention, and Managing Violent Incidents. He has written participant and trainer manuals for the programs mentioned above, as well as a number of others. Mr. Nerney's understanding of adolescent issues is drawn from twelve years' experience as a teacher and coach at the junior high and high school levels. He went on to add four years' experience in the chemical dependency field as a substance abuse counselor and Director of the Drug Abuse Prevention Council in Hamilton County, NY, before joining the staff of NDRI in 1984. He is a certified instructor in violence prevention and management with the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI). Kris Nyrop, MA has been involved in HIV prevention activities with injection drug users since 1988. In that time he has worked as a researcher, outreach worker, public health officer, and program director. In 1997 he became Executive Director of Street Outreach Services, which is a Seattle based non-profit with a mission of reducing the harm associated with substance use through innovative outreach and education. He has helped design, implement, and evaluate HIV prevention efforts both in the United States and internationally (Vancouver, Canada and Togliatti, Russia) and has been a consultant to numerous projects. He has presented papers on HIV prevention, substance use, and sexually transmitted disease in a wide variety of venues. Top of Page Mary-K O'Sullivan, MA, LMFT, LADC, LPC is a licensed marriage & Family Therapist, Drug & Alcohol Counselor and a Licensed as a Professional Counselor. She has served as the Director of The Center, a behavioral health and addictions training organization with a student base of over 5000, after serving as senior trainer at The Center for over 8 years. In addition, she has been a clinician and administrator in the substance abuse and dual diagnosis fields for over 17 years and has worked with populations ranging from adolescents and the chronically mentally ill to criminal justice clients. Ms. O’Sullivan provides consultation regionally and nationally in the specialty areas of criminal justice treatment and rehabilitation, co-occurring disorders, women’s issues in treatment and program design. Ms. O’Sullivan has been the director of inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs for both adults and adolescents with behavioral health and addictive disorders. Michael W. Otto, Ph.D. is Director of the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Otto specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, and has developed clinical-research programs at MGH for the treatment of panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, substance dependence, and medication discontinuation in patients with panic disorder. Dr. Otto's research activities are closely tied to his clinical interests and target investigations of the etiology and treatment of anxiety, affective, and substance-use disorders. Of particular interest to Dr. Otto is the development and testing of new treatments, including the combination of pharmacologic and cognitive-behavioral strategies for treatment-refractory and substance abusing patients, and the modification of treatment packages for novel populations (e.g., Cambodian refugees). He has published over 150 articles, book chapters, and books spanning these research interests. His books include the edited volumes, Challenges in Clinical Practice: Pharmacologic and Psychosocial Strategies, and Social Phobia: Research and Practice, and the Stopping Anxiety Medication treatment manuals for patients and therapists. Dr. Otto serves as a section editor for Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, and on the editorial boards of Behavior Research and Therapy, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal Watch in Psychiatry, and Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. He also serves on the scientific advisory board for the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and the governing board for the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Dr. Otto is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, directs fellowship and internship training in cognitive-behavior therapy at MGH, and has been a regular provider of continuing education and continuing medical education workshops across the US and abroad. Victor Pantesco, Ed.D. is Director of the Psychological Services Training Center at Antioch New England University's Graduate School's doctoral program in clinical psychology as well as a faculty member. He is also in private practice. For eight years. Dr. Pantesco was Chief Psychologist at Beech Hill Hospital in Dublin, NH, an inpatient substance abuse hospital. He pioneered a dual diagnosis unit at this hospital. Dr. Pantesco trains and consults nationally to mental health agencies, schools, and hospitals. He has twice been a speaker at the Harvard Medical School Annual Conference on Addictions. Dr. Pantesco encourages and invites professionals to question and improve in the dimensions of practice and ethics. William J. Pellicio, LICSW, LCDP, William J. Pellicio, MA, is an Assistant Professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, Department of Human Services and an Adjunct Faculty member in the Graduate School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. He is a licensed chemical dependency professional and has had many years of experience working with chemical dependency in hospital and outpatient settings. Dr. David Powell is an internationally recognized trainer and is the most published author and recognized expert on clinical supervision in the alcohol and drug abuse field. He has taught courses on supervision for 25 years around the world. His three books on supervision are the primary texts in the field and are used extensively in the ICRC CCS examination. Dr. Powell is President of the International Center for Health Concerns, Inc. Susan Polyot, M.Ed., LADC, CEAP has worked in social services since 1980 as a clinician, trainer, teacher, employee assistance counselor, and clinical supervisor. Working in both residential and outpatient programs, her workshop presentations include, family dynamics, stress management, DOT substance abuse trainings, sexual harassment, workplace violence, counseling strategies with difficult populations, and twelve core functions of substance abuse counseling. Mark Publicker, MD, FASAM is the Medical Director for the Mercy Recovery Center. Dr. Publicker was the Regional Chief of Addiction Medicine for Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Region, covering the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. At Kaiser, he directed a multi-disciplinary service with an inpatient unit, partial hospital, intensive outpatient programs and methadone maintenance therapy. During his career, he has held a number of administrative positions, including medical director of a health center with 80 physicians, 800 staff and over 40,000 patients. He has a passion for teaching medical students, residents, physicians and other medical professionals in motivational interviewing, chronic pain management and addiction medicine. Top of Page Fredrick Reamer, Ph.D. is Professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. His research and teaching have addressed a wide range of human service issues, including mental health, health care, criminal justice, public welfare, and professional ethics. Dr. Reamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1978) and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration (1978-1981), and the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Social Work (1981-1983). Dr. Reamer has served as Director of the National Juvenile Justice Assessment Center of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1979-1981); as Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of Rhode Island (1987-1990); and as a Commissioner of the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, the state housing finance agency (1987-1995). Since 1992 Dr. Reamer has served on the State of Rhode Island Parole Board. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work Education (1990-1994). In 1995 Dr. Reamer was appointed editor of the Columbia University Press Social Work Knowledge book series. Dr. Reamer has conducted extensive research on professional ethics. He has been involved in several national research projects sponsored by The Hastings Center, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Haas Foundation. He is the author of many books and articles. Steven Ridini, Ed.D. is Vice President of Programs at The Medical Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, an organization which was founded to help people lead healthier lives and create healthy communities through prevention, health promotion, and research. He was a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he taught a course on School Community partnerships: Supporting Healthy Youth. He is the former director of a Massachusetts Regional Prevention Center in Framingham. Steve has a Doctorate of Education and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University, and has over 18 years of experience in public health. He is the author of a book on social change, Health and Sexuality Education in Schools: The Process of Community Change. Steve is also a Northeast CAPT associate. Kelly Roderick, EMS is the Office Manager/Education Assistant for the Kennebec Valley Emergency Medical Services. She has been with KVEMS for 17 years and has been a member of the Maine EMS For Children Committee for 6 years and chair for 5 years. She assists the Kennebec Valley EMS Education Coordinator on program coordination, presentation and development. She has been an active member of the Maine Inhalant Abuse Prevention Work Group since the spring of 2006. J. Nicolas Ruf, M.A., L.A.D.C. has over twenty years in the field. He has coordinated imparied driver programs for the State of Maine, developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses for the University of Maine, taught at the New England Summer School of Addiction Studies, the Advanced School, the Pennsylvania Institute, and has presented workshops to professional, civic, student, community, and other interested groups from Maine to Hawaii. He is former Vice President of the Maine Association of Alcohol an Drug Abuse Counselors (MAADAC), former member of the Board of Directors of NAC-Maine, and former member of the State Licensing Board for Alcohol and Other Drug Counselors. For more information see Addiction Workshop. Thom Rutledge, LCSW was a pioneer in the development of the structured outpatient addiction treatment programs (now called intensive outpatient programs or IOP’s) in the 1980’s. He has worked in and consulted for inpatient and residential addiction treatment programs for more than 20 years. He has also consulted with the St. Thomas Hospital Organ Transplantation Department(Nashville, TN), working directly with staff and patients to address addictions needing resolution to qualify for transplant lists. In addition to his private therapy practice and a busy schedule of presentations around the country, Rutledge is an adjunct staff-member with The Ranch, an extended care residential program treating clients with dual/multiple diagnoses, including addiction; depression; eating disorders; bipolar disorder; personality disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Top of Page Kevin Scheel, MS, MAC, LMFT is the Director of the Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies (www.dlcas.com). He has served as the director of programs in the public sector as well as in private care facilities, both in the profit and not-for-profit arenas. Mr. Scheel has more than 25 years of experience in the chemical dependency field and has been an instructor/trainer for the past 14 years. He has a Master's of Science in Counseling and Guidance with specialization in Addiction Treatment from the University of Nebraska. Florence Seidell, MSW Project Coordinator for the New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition, has over twenty years of experience in prevention, training, and curriculum development in New York and Massachusetts. Cher A. Shannon, MHSA, LADC is a teacher, trainer, and private practitioner in the substance abuse field. She has worked in the addictions field for over 20 years and has extensive experience as a clinician, supervisor, and administrator. She is a former faculty member of Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy and is a part-time faculty member of Gateway Community College in the Drug and Alcohol Rehab Counselor training program. Ms. Shannon provides training in the areas of ethics; family intervention; counseling people with HIV/Aids; counselor wellness; and management and administration of human services agencies. She was education chairperson for the Connecticut Association for Addiction Professionals; and is a former examiner for the Connecticut Certification Board. She has worked with drug dependent and dually diagnosed populations within agency and hospital settings; and maintains a private practice in Norwalk, Connecticut. Gerald D. Shulman, M.A., M.A.C., FACATA is a clinical psychologist, Master Addiction Counselor and Fellow of the American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators. With more than thirty-six years of direct clinical, clinical supervisory and administrative experience, he was an author of the NAATP, the ASAM and the ASAM PPC-2 Criteria, is currently chairing the ASAM PPC-2 Level III revision workgroup and is a member of the ASAM Criteria Coalition Steering Committee. His focus is developing systems to provide chemically dependent persons with appropriate treatment in spite of increasingly restrictive reimbursement, older adults with substance use disorders and he is deeply involved in the development of outcomes-driven treatment. Most of his recently published work addresses these issues. Mr. Shulman is a nationally known trainer, author and consultant. James Siemianowski, MSW, LICSW consults on behavioral health disaster preparedness and is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services where he has shared responsibility for developing and implementing the Department's crisis response after 9-11. As the Department's Disaster Behavioral Health Coordinator, he has managed the crisis-counseling grant funded by FEMA and CMHS to serve Connecticut individuals who were victims of the terrorist attacks. In that role, Jim has also managed the department's activities related to bioterrorism preparedness through a collaborative with the State's Department of Public Health. He has been trained as a disaster consultant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and has provided consultation and training to states in that capacity. Jim has also provided a broad range of disaster related training and technical assistance regarding behavioral health disaster preparedness on the local and national level. As part of an inter-agency team, he has developed and implemented over 15 behavioral health simulations. Jim also serves as an advisory board member for a National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder research initiative chaired by Fran Norris, a leading behavioral health disaster researcher. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut. Betty Jean Singletary, LCDP is currently employed as a Managed Care/Cultural Issues Coordinator of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England, located at Brown University. She is involved in a variety of training events and has made presentations on a wide range of topics including: Relapse Prevention; Current Theories in Addiction Research; and Technology Transfer issues. She also participates on a number of local and national committees devoted to building public support for substance abuse treatment initiatives. Betty has had 9 years experience as a direct service provider, in a substance abuse treatment facility. In this capacity, she was able to observe first hand the evolution and impact of cultural responsiveness in the improvement of patient outcomes. Peter Smith is an organizational consultant with over 15 years of experience working with senior managers, management teams, and other groups in such areas as organizational and team effectiveness, conflict management, work redesign, strategic planning and management, and coaching. His clients include organizations from health care, energy services, engineering, and high technology. He is also an Associcate faculty with the Organization & Management Department at Antioch New England Graduate School, where he has taught for 13 years. His previous experience includes over 13 years in management, including responsibilities as Budget Director for Central Maine Power Co. and President/CEO of BayPort Title Company. He is a graduate of the University of Maine(B.S.), Youngstown State University (MBA), and NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Sciences with a certificate in organization development. He is currently a member of the National Organization Development Network and the Association for Psychological Type. Previously, he was a founding board member of the Institute for Civic Leadership (Portland, ME) and chair of the Consulting sub-committee of the management assistance program for the United Way of Greater Portland. Suzanne Smoller, RCSW, CASAC, CPP, ACSW is an independent organizational consultant specializing in substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. Susanne has worked in a variety of substance abuse settings with positions ranging from line worker to program director. Susanne was named Social Worker of the year in 1998 by the local division of the National Association of Social Workers. Susanne also has experience as a Case Manager and Crime Victim Advocate Dr. Marcella Sorg is a forensic and medical anthropologist who has worked in substance abuse related consulting and research since 1980. Since 2002 she has focused on the epidemiology of drug-induced deaths, particularly in rural populations. She is currently the Director of the Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine, as well as a regular guest researcher with the Community Epidemiology Work Group, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Sorg works closely with the medical examiner community in the study of poisoning deaths. Top of Page Peter Tenore, MD, FASAM is board certified in internal medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is the medical director of the Trailer One Clinic at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Substance Abuse, in New York, NY. This clinic provides full medical care in a methadone treatment setting for some 4000 opiate-dependent patients in the Bronx, a third of whom are HIV positive. Dr. Tenore has conducted clinical research on substance use and HIV and has published a number of articles in this area. He has given substance abuse and HIV treatment presentations to community, medical and government agencies all through the United States, and he is also serving on the medical advisory board of COMPA, which is the New York State Coalition of Methadone Program Administrators. Charles O. Tingley, Ph.D., ABPP is the CEO and Clinical Director of Northeast Occupational Exchange (NOE), a nationally recognized comprehensive mental health and substance abuse agency serving children, adolescents and adults in Bangor, Lincoln, Newport, Dexter and Portland, Maine. NOE was the 2002 recipient of the Lela Rowland Prevention Award from the National Mental Health Association for “research to practice” efforts in the area of prevention. Dr. Tingley is a licensed psychologist in Maine and Massachusetts, a nationally certified School Psychologist, a Master Addiction Counselor and a Certified Specialist and Diplomate in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology for adults and children by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Tingley has over 35 years experience in the mental health and addictions field Michael Torch, M.A., L.A.D.C., C.C.S. is an addiction treatment provider with over 20 years experience. Currently working in Student Assistance, Outpatient Practice, and Behavioral Health consultation. He has been a trainer of alcohol and drug counselors for over 15 years, with extensive experience treating chemically dependent trauma victims in Public Schools, Correctional environments, law enforcement personnel, inpatient chemical dependency programs, and outpatient practice. Mr. Torch has served on the Alcohol and Drug Counselor Certification Review Board in New Hampshire for 15 years, is Chair of the State Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice, member of the Board of Directors for the National Coalition for Juvenile Justice, and Chair of the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Forum. Arthur Trundy, M.Ed., CADAC, ACRPS is recognized as an energetic motivational internationally known trainer who is appreciated for wit, intelligence, insight and humor. He has a Masters in Counseling Psychology, is an Advanced Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor and Certified Clinical Supervisor. Mr. Trundy, who formerly worked with the Gorski/Cenaps Corporation as the Training Director has over twenty five years of human service experience and close to fifteen in Substance Abuse Treatment. In his time with the the Gorski/Cenaps Corporation he ran more Relapse Prevention Certification Schools that any other trainer, including schools in Japan, Panama, Canada and throughout the United States. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Westfield State College and Lamar University Graduate School in Lamar, Texas. Additionally, he is a faculty member of the New England School of Addiction Studies Summer School and Cambridge College. He has taught as well at Addiction Studies Schools in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Illinois and many more. Mr. Trundy has written many articles on addictions, substance abuse and relapse prevention. He is the Co-author of The Relapse Prevention Counseling Workbook with Terence T. Gorski and was a Contributing Author on The Denial Management Counseling Workbook and the Denial Management Counseling Professional Guide. Win C. Turner, Ph.D., L.A.D.C. , a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, is the Youth and Family Treatment Consultant for the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs. He is responsible for the development of a new system of adolescent and young adult substance abuse services throughout the state of Vermont. Win is also on the faculty of the New England School of Addiction Studies and lectures and trains regionally and nationally on evidence based substance abuse treatment for youth and their families. He serves as the clinical psychologist for the Woodside Detention Center, the University of Vermont Wellness Center, and Northlands Jobcorp Center. Larry Tyler, M.Ed., LADC, CCS is the outpatient program director at Wellspring in Bangor. He has worked in the social services field since 1971 in the areas of substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, and sex offender treatment. He has been a counselor, clinical supervisor, trainer, and program administrator, implementing, developing, and supervising several CBT projects. Top of Page Jackie Valley, CPS is the Executive Director and Founder of the Community Diversion Program. She is the Secretary of Prevention for the NH Treatment and Prevention Providers Association. She was an active workgroup member for the creation and implementation of the prevention certification process so that New Hampshire may credential Certified Prevention Specialists. Additionally, Jackie has been a guest lecturer on Juvenile Justice and Prevention at McIntosh College, since 1997. Over the past ten years, Jackie has been responsible for the creation, implementation and evaluation of the Community Diversion Program (CDP) based in Greenland, NH. The Community Diversion Program is a non-profit agency committed to providing services to youth and families Mona Villapiano, Psy.D. has 16 years of experience developing and directing inpatient, evening, and outpatient programs for clients with eating disorders. She maintains a private practice and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Eating Disorders Association. Dr. Villapiano speaks and consults nationally. She is co-author of two books, one for clinicians, Eating Disorders: Time for Change, and a companion publication for clients, Eating Disorders: The Journey to Recovery Workbook. Top of Page Barent Walsh, Ph.D. has written extensively and presented internationally on the topic of self-injury. He is the co-author of the book, Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research, and Treatment (Guilford Press, 1988). He is currently preparing a new book for Guilford, entitled, A Practical Guide for Treating Self-Injury and Self-Mutilation to be published in 2005. Dr. Walsh is the Executive Director of The Bridge of Central Massachusetts headquartered in Worcester, MA. He oversees 30 programs including special education services and residential treatment programs for children, adolescents, and adults. Howard C. Wolfe, MA, LMFT Director of the New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition, began working in the field of substance abuse prevention in 1970. He is the former associate director of the CASPAR Alcohol and Drug Education Program and is a nationally recognized expert in inhalant abuse prevention. Peter Wohl, MA, LADC, CCS is Director for Substance Abuse Services at Crisis & Counseling Centers, Inc. in Augusta providing planning, development and oversight for outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment services. From 1999 – 2005, Peter conducted treatment, supervision and consultation for co-occurring disorders at Riverview Psychiatric Center (AMHI). He was a contributor in the development of Maine's Co-occurring Disorders Curriculum and has presented numerous workshops on these issues across the state. In addition, Peter serves as a Motivation Enhancement trainer and coach. One other note is that Peter created an innovative adolescent treatment intervention called MAATI that blends martial arts with cognitive behavioral therapy , which has been used in a variety of programs. Jim Wuelfing, BA, CPP (Certified Prevention Professional), NRPP is owner of the New England Center, a company dedicated to quality training and technical assistance services. He has many specialties including, prevention, community awareness, curriculum development, peer education, stress management and problem gambling prevention. The New England Center presently holds contracts with the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling and the DMHAS Compulsive Gambling Treatment Program as well several agencies, colleges and universities. Jim has trained professionals around the country and in Europe. He has been on the faculty of the New England School of Alcohol Studies for eight years. Prior to owning his own business, Jim was the Training Manager at the ETP Center in East Hartford, CT and served for thirteen years as an Associate Dean of Students at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA. Top of Page