Patricia A. Aniakudo, M.S., LPC
Meta House, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
As Applied Clinical Researcher for Meta House, a position she
has held since January 2001, Ms. Aniakudo is responsible for
the agency’s research and program evaluation activities.
She has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and is
licensed as a professional counselor. Her publications and presentations
have centered on cultural and gender differences, especially
as they affect African-American women, and the effects of violence
on the psychological development of children. Her major publications
stem from her nationwide research with J.D. Yoder on the effects
of race and gender on the experiences of African-American female
firefighters. Ms. Aniakudo has been a lecturer at Marquette
University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Carroll College
and has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her
areas of clinical experience include children and adolescents,
pediatric neuropsychology, trauma, child abuse, neglect, and
sexual abuse.
Rene Andersen, M.Ed.
Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
Holyoke, MA
Ms. Andersen, the Associate Executive Director of the Western
Massachusetts Training Consortium, is the principal investigator
for two CSAT-funded grants: Women and Violence and Peer-to-Peer
Recovery Communities. Both grant proposals were written by women
and men with lived experiences of recovery. Ms. Andersen’s
work is founded on the integration of people served in all aspects
of service planning and delivery as well as the importance of
trauma-informed policies, practices, and programs when supporting
recovery efforts. All Ms. Andersen’s work is based in
the communities in which people live and work. Ms. Andersen
is in recovery from abuse and addiction, experiences that inform
and shape her work.
Geneva Berns, M.A.T.
Sisters of St. Francis Congregational Leadership Team
Rochester, MN
Ms. Berns is currently a member of the Congregational Leadership
Team of the Sisters of Saint Francis, Rochester, Minnesota.
From 1990 to 2000, she was the Supervisor of Pastoral Care at
the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Ms. Berns
is a well-known speaker and educator, with more than 30 years
experience in addressing the issues of today's living. Ms. Berns
has conducted workshops, retreats, and seminars throughout the
U.S. and internationally, teaching addiction professionals as
well as doctors, teachers, coaches, trainers, and counselors.
She presents on issues such as addiction, abuse, self-esteem,
empowerment, spirituality, and grief and loss. She recently
completed three videotapes on grief and spirituality as part
of the Betty Ford Center Series. Ms. Berns is known for her
trademark of humor, sensitivity, and realistic view of wounds
of the spirit. She has appeared on television, and is well known
for the positive impact of her personal appearances. Ms. Berns
holds a master’s degree from St. Michael's College in
Vermont and is a trained pastoral counselor. She also is certified
as an elementary teacher and a chemical dependency practitioner.
Sheila B. Blume,
M.D.
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Sayville, NY
Dr. Blume is a consultant psychiatrist and teacher specializing
in addictions, especially as they affect women, and in pathological
gambling. A Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine
and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association, she is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Blume is a
member of the Council on Addiction Psychiatry of the American
Psychiatric Association and for 9 years chaired APA’s
Committee on Treatment Services for Addicted Patients. She served
as Commissioner for Alcoholism for the State of New York from
1979 to 1983 and retired from her position as Medical Director
of Addiction Services at South Oaks Hospital in 1998. She continues
to be active in the New York Medical Society’s Physician
Health Advisory Committee and consults for many organizations,
as well as several foreign countries (including Israel and Iceland)
regarding their addiction problems. Dr. Blume has received numerous
awards for her contributions to addiction medicine and her advocacy
for women. She has written many scientific papers and many of
the chapters on women’s issues in the standard textbooks
of addiction. Dr. Blume also collaborated with Dr. Henry Lesieur
to develop the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the standard
screening instrument used worldwide for identifying gambling
problems. Dr. Blume was graduated cum laude from the Harvard
Medical School in 1958.
Vivian B. Brown, Ph.D.
PROTOTYPES
Culver City, CA
Dr. Brown is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of PROTOTYPES,
Centers for Innovation in Health, Mental Health and Social Services.
PROTOTYPES is a multi-facility, multi-service agency with services
provided throughout California and Washington, D.C. Dr. Brown
has more than 30 years of experience developing innovative,
community-based services including Community Mental Health Centers,
Community Health Programs, and crisis intervention centers;
residential, day treatment, and outpatient drug abuse treatment
services; HIV/AIDS outreach, prevention, and interventions for
women; specialized services for women, their children, and their
families; mental health treatment and specialized co-occurring
disorders interventions; and trauma and domestic violence prevention
and intervention services. Dr. Brown received her doctorate
in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California.
She is an adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA
and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She
also is a member of numerous Federal, State, and local advisory
committees, including the SAMHSA National Advisory Council and
the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission. Most recently,
she was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner in the National
Academy of Practice in Psychology.
Kenneth Burgdorf, Ph.D.
Independent Consultant/Evaluator
Derwood, MD
Dr. Burgdorf received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from
Northwestern University, after which he served as a Postdoctoral
Fellow at the National Institutes of Mental Health (Bethesda,
MD, campus). Later, in a series of technical and management
positions at Westat, Caliber Associates, and other Washington-area
consulting firms, Dr. Burgdorf led the design and direction
of numerous statistical studies and program evaluations involving
social services, child abuse, science education, and other topic
areas. Most recently, he was responsible for managing a series
of cross-site program evaluations for CSAT, including a multiyear
evaluation of CSAT-funded residential treatment programs for
pregnant and parenting women.
Jacqueline P. Butler, M.S.W., LISW,
CCDC
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Ms. Butler brings 30 years of dedicated commitment to behavioral
health prevention and treatment. Throughout her career, Ms.
Butler has maintained a balance between clinical social work,
teaching and consulting, and professional research and publications.
As a manager of a behavioral health prevention and treatment
center, she is experienced in directing staff; as a researcher
and medical faculty member, she is experienced in methodology
and instrumentation in the social sciences; and as an author
and lecturer, she is experienced in synthesizing knowledge for
presentation to diverse audiences. She has been a member of
the faculty of the University of Cincinnati’s College
of Medicine since 1976 and now holds the rank of Professor of
Clinical Psychiatry and Director of The Crossroads Center.
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.,
CAS, FASAM
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
As Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
Dr. Clark leads the agency’s efforts to provide effective
and accessible treatment to all Americans with addictive disorders.
Dr. Clark’s areas of expertise include substance abuse
treatment, methadone maintenance, pain management, dual diagnosis,
psychopharmacology, anger management, and medical and legal
issues. He is a noted author with many published works in the
topic areas listed above. Dr. Clark has received numerous awards
for his contribution to the field of substance abuse treatment,
including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s
Award for Distinguished Service in 2003 for his leadership in
spearheading a new anti-addiction treatment enabling thousands
of Americans to recover from heroin addiction, along with reducing
the transmission of infectious diseases. He received his medical
degree from the University of Michigan and his law degree from
Harvard University Law School. Dr. Clark received his board
certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
in Psychiatry and subspecialty certifications in both Addiction
and Forensic Psychiatry. He is licensed to practice medicine
in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Michigan. He is
also a member of the Washington, D.C., Bar Association.
Stephanie S. Covington, Ph.D., LCSW
Institute for Relational Development
Center for Gender and Justice
La Jolla, CA
Dr. Covington is a clinician, organizational consultant, and
lecturer. She has more than 25 years of experience in the addiction
field and is recognized for her pioneering work in both the
public and private sectors. Her consulting work ranges from
the design of women’s treatment at the Betty Ford Center
and Hanley-Hazelden in West Palm Beach to the development of
gender-responsive treatment for the Pennsylvania Department
of Corrections. Educated at Columbia University and the Union
Institute, Dr. Covington has served on the faculties of the
University of Southern California, San Diego State University,
and the California School of Professional Psychology. She has
conducted seminars for health professionals, business and community
organizations, and recovery groups in the United States, Mexico,
Europe, Africa, and New Zealand. Dr. Covington has published
extensively and authored three books: Leaving the Enchanted
Forest: The Path from Relationship Addiction to Intimacy, Awakening
Your Sexuality: A Guide for Recovering Women, and A Woman’s
Way Through the 12-Steps. She has authored two treatment curricula
titled Helping Women Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction,
with a special edition for the criminal justice system; and
Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women. Her newest publication
is the curriculum Voices: A Program of Self-Discovery and Empowerment
for Girls. Dr. Covington is based in La Jolla, California, where
she is the Co-Director of both the Institute for Relational
Development and the Center for Gender and Justice.
Daniel Dubovsky, M.S.W., LSW
SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence
Rockville, MD
Mr. Dubovsky has worked for 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. Mr.
Dubovsky also has worked with individuals of all ages as a therapist
in community-based and hospital settings, addressing both medical
and psychiatric needs of those with acute, chronic, and terminal
illness. He has developed and facilitated ongoing groups for
persons with disabilities, as well as groups for residential,
nursing, and social work staffs. He developed an innovative
community program to promote health and has worked extensively
with persons who are HIV infected, providing counseling, support
and education. Mr. Dubovsky has presented regionally, nationally,
and internationally on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD),
focusing especially on interventions for children, adolescents,
and adults. For this work, his 28-year-old son Bill has been
his mentor and best teacher. In his position as FASD Specialist
for the SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence, Mr. Dubovsky provides
training and technical assistance to individuals, families,
programs, agencies, communities, and States on FASD. He has
a keen interest in the development and provision of quality
services to those with FASD, mental illness, substance use disorders,
or developmental disabilities and their families. To this end,
he has provided education in the areas of loss, partnerships,
psychopharmacology, development, mood disorders, violence in
youth, anger management, team building, stress and burnout,
transition, and life span disorders such as attention deficit
disorder, mood disorders and schizophrenia.
Constance Falleaf
White Bison
Colorado Springs, CO
Ms. Falleaf is Lenape (Delaware Tribe of Eastern Oklahoma)
and the great-granddaughter of Charlie Elkhair, the first Delaware
Road Man in Oklahoma. She is the third child of a bi-racial
couple. Her father was full-blood Delaware, her mother of French
and English decent. Mother of one son and one daughter, Ms.
Falleaf worked as a freelance interior designer while raising
her children. She has served as a missionary to the Cheyenne-Arapaho
tribes of western Oklahoma and as a local pastor to the Cherokee
Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and as Spiritual Director for
KAIROS of Oklahoma. She was coordinator for the Native American
Spirituality Group incarcerated at Mabel Bassett Correctional
Center taking the Medicine Wheel/12-Step Program to the women
there; this was not her first experience with the Talking Circle
and smudging ceremony. Ms. Falleaf has presented at a number
of national, regional, and local conferences for American Indian
spirituality, wellness, and recovery. She is now a trainer for
The Firestarter Family Series: Strengthening our Families, Facilitator
Training.
Susan Farah, R.N., RADT II
Second Chances
Statesboro, GA
Ms. Farah has been a registered nurse for 18 years with a strong
background in administration and management. For the past 9
years she has worked in the substance abuse recovery field,
including 5 years as Executive Director of Second Chances, a
12- to 15-month, faith-based residential licensed drug and alcohol
treatment and education program for women. Before heading Second
Chances, she served as staff nurse and Director of Nursing at
Willingway Hospital in Statesboro, Georgia. Susan is also a
registered alcohol and drug technician (RADT II). She is married
and has one daughter who is finishing her doctorate in Psychology
at Kent State University in Ohio and has been accepted for a
2-year post-doctorate at the University of Michigan. Both Ms.
Farah and her husband are licensed ministers. Her husband also
works at Second Chances, as the Intake and Outreach Director.
They both love animals and have a “very spoiled”
cocker spaniel named Tara.
Francine Feinberg, Psy.D., ACSW,
LCSW
Meta House, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
As Executive Director of Meta House, Inc., Dr. Feinberg is
a national leader recognized for her development of integrated
treatment for women with substance use disorders. She created
a coordinated, gender-responsive treatment program for these
women and their children. She is active in the formation of
substance use treatment policy at the Federal, State and local
levels, serving on SAMHSA’s national Advisory Committee
for Women’s Services and its Sub-Committee on Co-Occurring
Disorders; chairing a committee that is writing the latest Treatment
Improvement Protocol (TIP) for substance use treatment of women
(to be published by CSAT); and sitting on the Wisconsin Governor’s
Task Force on Welfare Reform and Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Dr.
Feinberg has authored numerous publications that focus on gender-specific
treatment and helping the children of women who abuse substances
and regularly speaks at national training events on appropriate
and integrated treatment services for women.
Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., LICSW
Institute for Health and Recovery
Cambridge, MA
Dr. Finkelstein is founder and Executive Director of the Institute
for Health and Recovery, a statewide policy/systems development,
training, services, and research organization in Massachusetts.
Before that, she was the founder and Executive Director of the
Women’s Alcoholism Program/CASPAR, Inc., a comprehensive
prevention, education, and treatment program for women who are
chemically dependent and their families. She received her master’s
degree in social work from the University of Michigan and her
doctorate from the Heller School, Brandeis University. Dr. Finkelstein
has been principal investigator and manager of more than 25
public health, mental health, and maternal and child health
grants and contracts. She has been recipient of numerous awards:
the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Association of Massachusetts for
Outstanding Leadership in the Field of Substance Abuse; Mayor’s
Crossing Generations Award, City of Cambridge for support and
commitment to young women’s development; the NAPARE Award
for dedication and commitment to service and research on behalf
of alcohol and drug dependent women; Massachusetts Chapter of
NASW Most Significant Contribution to Social Work Practice Award;
ADPA Outstanding Accomplishments in Alcohol and Drug Programming
Award; and the NCADD New Pioneer Award.
Patrice Gaines
Journalist, Author and Motivational Speaker
Washington, DC
Ms. Gaines was a journalist for 23 years, including 16 years
as a reporter for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post.
She retired from The Washington Post in 2001 and continues to
freelance for several publications. She is also a motivational
speaker at juvenile detention centers, schools, literacy programs,
drug rehabilitation centers, and domestic abuse programs. Before
becoming a successful writer, Ms. Gaines endured emotional abuse,
rapes, beatings, drug abuse, and a jail sentence — a life
she described in the 1995 autobiography Laughing in the Dark:
From Colored Girl to Woman of Color, a Journey From Prison to
Power. The winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’
Award for Commentary and nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism,
Ms. Gaines now delivers her message of survival and triumph
to audiences in prisons as well as universities. She has appeared
on the Oprah Winfrey Show and has been the subject of many features,
including Dateline NBC. Her 1997 nonfiction book is titled Moments
of Grace: Meeting the Challenge To Change.
Joan B. Gillece, Ph.D.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Jessup, MD
As the Director of the Division of Special Needs Populations
for Maryland’s Mental Hygiene Administration, Dr. Gillece
is responsible for developing and sustaining services for Maryland
citizens who have serious mental illness and also may be incarcerated
in local detention centers, homeless, suffering from a co-occurring
substance abuse disorder, or deaf. Dr. Gillece has been successful
in obtaining private, State, local, and Federal funding to create
a patchwork of services for special needs populations. The programs
that have been developed are comprehensive and holistic, providing
a multitude of services both in institutions and continuing
into the community. The Division of Special Needs Populations
has developed partnerships with other agencies resulting in
Federal funding, including Byrne Memorial, three SAMHSA demonstration
grants and numerous HUD Shelter Plus Care grants providing housing
for individuals being served. Dr. Gillece recently has been
involved in the development of Tamar’s Children, a program
for pregnant, incarcerated women and their newborns that is
designed to break the intergenerational cycle of despair, poverty,
addiction, and criminality. She has spoken extensively on developing
model systems of care through partnerships across agencies.
Dr. Gillece also has provided consultation to numerous States
on developing innovative institutional and community-based systems
of care for individuals with co-occurring disorders in the justice
system via GAINS Center and National Institute of Corrections.
Gloria Grijalva Gonzales
San Joaquin County Office of Substance Abuse
Stockton, CA
Ms. Gonzales attended the University of the Pacific, Fresno
City College, and San Joaquin Delta Community College for her
study in social work. She is currently employed as a Certified
Senior Substance Abuse and Family Counselor for San Joaquin
County Office of Substance Abuse— women’s residential
program; part-time Coordinator for the House of Glory’s
Ministry; and an appointed member for SAMHSA Administrative
Committee for Women Services and consultant for other SAMHSA
related projects. She was involved in SAMHSA’s National
Women with Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence study and its
Children’s subset study and continues to stay active with
current projects following the study to continue addressing
women, trauma, and their issues. She is active in the faith-based
and 12-Step communities and is a trauma champion. She is a wife,
mother, grandmother, and sponsor and dedicated to her recovery
and the recovery of women, their children, and families.
Carl Goodman
Multnomah County Department of Adult Community Justice
Portland, OR
Mr. Goodman is currently a District Manager for Multnomah County
Adult Community Justice, Probation/Parole Services. His primary
responsibility is the management of probation/parole supervision
services using a balanced approach of supervision, sanctions,
and services. Mr. Goodman has worked in the criminal justice
system for nearly 30 years and has held positions as a corrections
counselor, probation/parole officer, and program manager for
a variety of programs. In 1996, Mr. Goodman was responsible
for developing and implementing a program designed to engage
partners of women in the treatment and recovery process. This
program was developed as a result of women who were not fully
engaging in treatment programs, prematurely exiting programs,
and engaging in risky and unhealthy relationships with previous
or current partners. Mr. Goodman also has developed and implemented
a transitional program for African American men transitioning
from State institutions to local communities.
Darlene Grossman
Baltimore, MD
Ms. Grossman is 44 years old and grew up in an alcoholic, substance-abusing
family. Because of alcoholism, she lost her mom when she was
10 years old and her dad 2 years later. Her oldest sister died
7 months later, at age 19, from a heroin overdose. Ms. Grossman
was left to raise herself while living with her teenage sisters
who were abusing drugs and alcohol. Despite all of this, Ms.
Grossman graduated from high school, had her first child at
age 19, and attended Baltimore Community College. By the time
Ms. Grossman was 28 years old, she had been working to support
herself, her son, Tabon, and his father. Tabon’s father
and Darlene faced the collapse of a 10-year relationship and
a friend introduced Darlene to cocaine at a party. Within 3
years her addiction led to homelessness and the loss of everything
she had worked for over the years. Darlene regained housing
but again lost everything when she was arrested. Life had become
a vicious circle for her and her children. At 42, Darlene was
unemployed and using her house as a stash house in order to
support her habit and family. When she was arrested she was
3 months pregnant and horrified at the thought of delivering
a child in jail and losing her baby girl. She heard about and
sought help from Tamar’s Children program. Ms. Grossman
overcame her obstacles, graduated from the program, and is now
happily living in a house with Jasmine, her 17-month old daughter,
and Shawn, her 12-year-old son. Ms. Grossman now advocates for
other women who are incarcerated and dealing with issues of
trauma and substance abuse, and has been a speaker at national
and State conferences.
Maxine Harris, Ph.D.
Community Connections
Washington, DC
Dr. Harris is CEO for Clinical Affairs of Community Connections,
a private non-profit mental health agency in Washington, D.C.
She is a national expert on violence against women and children
and the author of numerous articles and books, including Trauma
Recovery and Empowerment, Healing the Trauma of Abuse, The Loss
That Is Forever, and The Twenty-Four Carat Buddha and Other
Fables: Stories of Self-Discovery. She has served as principal
investigator on Federal grants addressing homelessness, dual
diagnosis, women and violence, supported employment, and abuse
among teens.
Gale A. Held, M.P.A.
SAMHSA Model Programs Dissemination Project
Rockville, MD
Ms. Held is currently the Director of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Administration’s Model Programs Dissemination
Project. She has more than 30 years of experience in public
health and social service programs at the national level, including
25 years of Federal service in the Department of Health and
Human Services. During most of this time, Ms. Held has been
involved in program policy development and implementation, management,
and facilitation of health programs, including health planning,
health care financing, and substance abuse prevention. Her last
8 years in the Federal Government were at SAMHSA’s Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention, where she held senior-level
positions directing the creation and implementation of several
new program areas, including community partnerships, the national
training system, and the State systems development program.
Since leaving the government, Ms. Held has conducted management
and organizational reviews of government agencies, literature
reviews, policy and program analyses of substance abuse and
mental health programs for Federal and State agencies, and facilitated
a variety of meetings focused on substance abuse prevention
issues. In addition to her work for SAMHSA, she has consulted
with the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Academy of Public Administration,
and the State of Arizona. Ms. Held has a master’s degree
in Public Administration and Public Policy from George Washington
University.
Patricia Henderson, NCRS
WINR: Women in New Recovery
Mesa, AZ
Ms. Henderson has been working in the field of addiction for
21 years. She is the Founder and 10 year Executive Director
for Women In New Recovery (WINR) and WINR and Kids, residential
recovery programs for women and children. Ms. Henderson serves
on the board of Association of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs
of North America (AHHAP), the oldest association for recovery
community organizations throughout the United States; AHHAP’s
headquarters are currently at WINR. Ms. Henderson has also served
on the board of Casa de Amigas, a renowned treatment program
for women. She has partnered with community agencies such as
St. Luke’s Hospital and New Choices of America to lead
various recovery groups concerning drug and alcohol education,
aftercare, and 12-step support. Ms. Henderson is an entrepreneur,
an expert in peer-driven recovery support services, and currently
serves as Project Director for the SAMHSA grant, Our Common
Welfare, which provides peer-driven services for people in recovery.
Kathryn Icenhower, Ph.D., LCSW
SHIELDS for Families, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Icenhower is Executive Director of SHIELDS for Families,
a private non-profit organization that comprises 17 programs
for families who reside in South Central Los Angeles. Dr. Icenhower
incorporated SHIELDS in 1991 with Dr. Xylina Bean and Norma
Mtume, M.A. The organization now employs 270 staff members and
has a $14.5 million annual budget to provide comprehensive services
to more than 1,000 families annually. SHIELDS’ programs
have been nationally recognized for their innovation and effectiveness,
receiving numerous awards and media exposure, and are used as
models by Federal, State, and local entities. Ms. Icenhower
received her bachelor’s degree in social work from Ohio
State University and her master’s degree in social work
and doctorate from the University of Southern California. She
has worked in the substance abuse field for more than 25 years
in both clinical and administrative positions and has remained
at the forefront of the field as an advocate for comprehensive
and collaborative services for high-risk communities. Ms. Icenhower
has extensive experience managing and administering comprehensive
collaborative services and sits on numerous local, State, and
Federal coalitions and advisory boards, providing direct input
into policy initiatives regarding social welfare issues.
Valera Jackson, M.S.
The Village
Miami, FL
Ms. Jackson has more than 30 years of experience in community,
State, and national services for people with substance use disorders.
She brings to the field a strong prevention, treatment, and
educational background, including a master’s degree in
health science education with an emphasis in alcohol and drug
abuse administration from the University of Florida. Her expertise
spans treatment and prevention, with special interest in women
with children and adolescents. She is a former CEO of The Village,
Assistant State Director, and State Prevention Coordinator;
has coordinated and consulted with the Florida Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Association (FADAA); and represented FADAA as Community
Development Director and Legislative Liaison. Ms. Jackson has
served as a member of the Board of Directors of the FADAA and
the Florida Juvenile Justice Association and serves on numerous
Federal task forces, including CSAT’s National Advisory
Council. She was instrumental in developing a coalition of community-based
prevention and treatment providers and recently was asked to
serve as a member of a statewide council with the University
of Miami to evaluate peer review systems. Ms. Jackson has helped
obtain more than $100 million in Federal funds for non-profit
organizations, many of which serve families and women with children.
She lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for 3 years, training and
assisting communities in coalition building and community prevention,
treatment, and outreach services; she oversees service activities
on St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Johns islands. Ms. Jackson
also is an active member of a statewide group, Keep Kids Drug
Free Foundation.
Kathy Jones, Ph.D., RSW
FASD Specialist, West Region Child and Family Services
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Jones is a Children with Special Needs specialist for West
Region Child and Family Services, a mandated First Nation child
welfare agency serving families in nine First Nation communities
in southwestern Manitoba. She provides clinical and community-based
supports for families affected by FASD, learning disabilities,
and other physical disabilities. She also is the coordinator
of West Region’s annual, Reclaiming Our Voices Gathering,
a 3-day healing event for women who have a history or are at
risk for drinking while pregnant. Each year this gathering welcomes
200 women to talk about the issues that stand in their way of
sobriety. Dr. Jones teaches part-time on the Faculty of Education
and holds an adjunct position in the Faculty of Social Work
at the University of Manitoba and has written many articles
in the area of FAS, ADHD, and learning disabilities. She provides
workshops and training in FASD throughout Canada and the United
States. She is the parent of a child with FAE.
Barbara Kappos, M.S.W.
Bienvenidos Family Services
Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Kappos currently serves as the Director of Bienvenidos
Family Services in East Los Angeles. She has served in this
position for the past 14 years and has organized and implemented
more than 40 community-based programs. Ms. Kappos' work on behalf
of Latino families in East Los Angeles has focused on family
strengthening, preventing child abuse and neglect, domestic
violence, treatment of substance abuse, and community mobilization.
Additional services include health services and fatherhood programs.
Ms. Kappos has dedicated more than 20 years to the field of
social work and continues to facilitate and advocate for children
and families afflicted by poverty. Ms. Kappos has been instrumental
in building an infrastructure for culturally competent, family-focused
programs that build on the strengths of the Latino community.
Rosetta Kelley
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Arthur Krzyzanowski, Psy.D.
Children’s Research Triangle
Chicago, IL
Dr. Krzyzanowski has worked with special needs children and
their families in a wide variety of clinical settings. Currently,
he serves as part of the team at the Child Study Center (CSC)
in Chicago, providing comprehensive assessments for children
ages 4 to 18 who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol and
drugs. Before joining CSC, he served as program director of
a group home for adolescent boys, a clinical psychologist in
the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Therapeutic
Day School, and as a Child and Family Consultant in the State
of Connecticut’s Welfare to Work program. Dr. Krzyzanowski
also has worked in private practice, and has served as a psychological
consultant to a pediatric medical practice. He earned his doctorate
in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional
Psychology, Chicago.
Dusty Miller, Ph.D.
ATRIUM Institute
Northampton, MA
Dr. Miller is an internationally recognized writer, trainer,
and consultant in the area of childhood trauma and subsequent
addictive behavioral pattern, including self-injury, substance
abuse, eating disorders, and other compulsive forms of self-sabotage.
She is an annual speaker at numerous national and regional conferences,
including conferences sponsored by the Renfrew Center Foundation,
the Networker Symposium, the Hazelden Foundation, and various
State and national organizations. Dr. Miller is the author of
bestseller Women Who Hurt Themselves (1994), Addictions and
Trauma Recovery: Healing the Body, Mind and Spirit (2001), and
Your Surviving Spirit: A Workbook of Spiritual Resources for
Coping with Trauma (2003). She has published numerous journal
articles on addictions and trauma, including recent articles
in Psychiatric Quarterly (Vol.73, #2) and Psychotherapy Networker
(July/August 2003).
Janet Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG
Mack & Associates
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Mitchell received her medical degree from the Howard University
School of Medicine and has a master’s degree in Public
Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board
certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She did her residency
at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City in Obstetrics and
Gynecology followed by a fellowship at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (high-risk obstetrics).
Dr. Mitchell has held both academic and clinical positions in
New York and Boston and served as the obstetrical consultant
to New York City’s Department of Health Bureau of Maternity
Services and Family Planning for 10 years. Dr. Mitchell's career
interests have been rooted in her commitment to improve the
health status of women, especially women of color, and therefore
include infant and maternal mortality, adolescent pregnancy,
substance abuse, and HIV disease in women. She has authored
or co-authored more than 50 articles and book chapters. She
sits and has sat on numerous committees and advisory councils
at the local, State, and national levels. Dr. Mitchell is presently
Vice President of Medical Affairs at Mack & Associates Complete
Practice Management Consultants. She also serves as a consultant
for The Greeley Company and for the Addiction Research and Treatment
Corporation.
Kathleen T. Mitchell, M.H.S., LCADC
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Washington, DC
Ms. Mitchell is the Vice President and National Spokesperson
for the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NoFAS)
and a noted international speaker on fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASD). She is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug
counselor, has her master’s degree in Human Services,
and 20 years of experience as an educator, clinician, and lecturer
in the addictions and FASD field. Ms. Mitchell was appointed
to the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol
Effects by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Her FASD
advocacy work includes providing numerous testimonies to the
U.S. House of Representatives and collaborating with the producers
of NBC’s Law and Order to feature a show on FASD. Her
story has been featured in many FASD documentaries, educational
videos, and materials; Glamour Magazine; and on NBC’s
Real Life and the Later Today Show. Ms. Mitchell is the birth
mother of an adult daughter, Karli Schrider, who has FAS, and
authored Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guidebook for Parents and
Caregivers.
Karen Mooney, LCSW, CAC III
Colorado Department of Human Services
Denver, CO
Ms. Mooney is the Women’s Treatment Coordinator for the
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Colorado Department of
Human Services. Her professional background includes 7 years
of county casework practice in the child protection system,
during which time she specialized in working with families experiencing
problems with parental substance abuse and addiction. She worked
for one of Colorado’s managed service organizations (MSOs),
administering a grant aimed at serving women who were difficult
to engage in treatment, and then administered the contracts
between the MSO and the 34 counties in the MSO’s region.
She has served as a consultant to the Child Welfare League of
America on a project to develop an assessment tool to link child
protection and substance abuse issues, and currently serves
on the Community Expert Panel for the National Center on Substance
Abuse and Child Welfare. She provides training through Colorado
Department of Human Services to county caseworkers and provider
staff and has authored chapters in several publications on assessment
and treatment of substance abuse among child welfare clients.
Lisa Najavits, Ph.D.
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA
Dr. Najavits is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School 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
Manuel for PTSD and Substance Abuse (2002) and A Woman’s
Addiction Workbook (2002), as well as more than 90 professional
publications. She received the Chaim Danieli Young Professional
Award of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
in 1997 and the Early Career Contribution Award of the Society
for Psychotherapy Research in 1998. She is past president of
the New England Society for Behavior Analysis and Therapy and
serves on the advisory boards of several peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Najavits is the recipient of four National Institutes of
Health grants, including an Independent Scientist Award from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She is a licensed psychologist
in Massachusetts and a psychotherapy supervisor, and conducts
a psychotherapy practice. Dr. Najavits received her doctorate
in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1990 and
her bachelor’s degree with honors from Columbia University
in 1983. Her major clinical and research interests include post
traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, psychotherapy outcome
research, and women’s mental health treatment.
Susan F. Neshin, M.D.
JSAS Healthcare, Inc.
Asbury Park, NJ
Dr. Neshin is the Medical Director of JSAS Healthcare, Inc.
in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She is also an addiction medicine
consultant to the New Jersey State Child Protection Substance
Abuse Initiative of Preferred Children’s Services in Lakewood,
New Jersey. Certified in addiction medicine by the American
Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), Dr. Neshin served as President
of the New Jersey Chapter of ASAM and is also a member of ASAM’s
Opioid Maintenance Pharmacotherapy Committee. She has served
on a number of local, State and national committees, including
being a contributor to CSAT’s Treatment Improvement Protocol
1, State Methadone Treatment Guidelines. She is a faculty presenter
for the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence-sponsored
Course for Clinician’s and a trainer in the use of buprenorphine
in primary care medical practice. Dr. Neshin currently serves
on the New Jersey Physicians’ Health Program Impairment
Review Committee.
Virginia (Ginny) O’Keeffe, Ph.D.
Amethyst, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Dr. O’Keeffe is dedicated to advocacy for and focusing
on policies and services for women and mothers. She is one of
the Founding Mothers of Amethyst, Inc., an organization established
in 1984 to address the needs of those in recovery from alcohol
and drug addiction, sexual abuse, and trauma, as well as to
meet the needs of women and their children. The Amethyst program—one
of the few programs in the country that allows women to bring
their children to treatment and to stay as long as necessary—is
a nationally recognized best practice model for gender-competent
treatment. It currently has 101 women and 65 of their dependent
children housed in its transitional permanent supportive housing.
Dr. O’Keeffe’s advocacy spans from the field of
behavioral health to the housing arena to human services and
criminal justice and education. In honor of her more than 20
years of commitment to women’s issues and the recovery
community, Dr. O’Keeffe was named a 2003 YWCA Woman of
Achievement. Her own recovery from addiction and sexual abuse
informs and drives her commitment to her work. Her openness
about her own triumphs and struggles in recovery and healing
make her not only a leader for women in recovery but also an
example in which other women can find hope.
Richard Rawson, Ph.D.
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Rawson received his doctorate in Experimental Psychology
from the University of Vermont in 1974. Since that time he has
spent his career conducting research and developing treatment
systems for substance abuse disorders. Dr. Rawson has been a
member of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry for more than 20
years and is currently the Associate Director of the UCLA Integrated
Substance Abuse Programs. In this role, Dr. Rawson oversees
a portfolio of addiction research ranging from brain imaging
studies to numerous clinical trials on pharmacological and psychosocial
addiction treatments to the study of how new treatments are
applied in the treatment system. During the past decade, he
has worked with the U.S. Department of State on large substance
abuse research and treatment projects, exporting U.S. technology
and addiction science to Mexico, Thailand, Israel, Egypt, and
the Palestinian Authority. Dr. Rawson has published 2 books,
15 book chapters, and more than 125 professional papers and
has conducted more than 1,000 workshops, paper presentations,
and training sessions. He is a hopeless Boston Red Sox fan.
Elke Rechberger, Ph.D.
PROTOTYPES
Pomona, CA
Dr. Rechberger is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes
in trauma, co-occurring disorders, and forensic mental health
issues. She is currently the Director for the Systems Change
Center and for the STAR Project at PROTOTYPES, overseeing SAMHSA
research grants. Her work includes developing new access and
retention strategies for treatment provision systems and disseminating
best practices and clinical outcomes for women with co-occurring
disorders and their children. Dr. Rechberger is actively involved
in system change and service integration via developing conferences,
creating training curriculum, constructing new forums and round-table
discussions with community leaders, and presenting at local
and national conferences on clinical, service, treatment, and
organizational issues.
Kara S. Riehman, Ph.D.
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Dr. Riehman is a Research Health Sociologist with RTI International,
in the Center for Integrated Substance Abuse Research, and conducts
research on community-based substance abuse and HIV interventions
among adolescents and young adults who use drugs. Most recently,
she held a position as Associate Social Scientist in the RAND
Drug Policy Research Center after completing a postdoctoral
fellowship at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.
Her specializations include gender-specific substance abuse
treatment, cognitive behavioral HIV and substance abuse interventions
for culturally diverse populations, substance abuse etiology,
HIV risk and health behavior, quantitative and qualitative methodology
and analysis, and juvenile justice populations.
Nancy Roget, M.S.
Mountain West Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)
Reno, NV
Ms. Roget has been with the Mountain West ATTC for the past
6 years and is currently its Co-Director. She is also co-principal
investigator on the CSAT-funded Women’s Alliance for Strengthening
Treatment Access and Retention project, which seeks to implement
effective knowledge-based and quality improvement practices
to positively impact access and retention in substance abuse
treatment services for women. Ms. Roget has more than 10 years
experience as an instructor and trainer, and currently teaches
at the University of Nevada, Reno. She received her master’s
degree in rehabilitation counseling, with a concentration in
counseling individuals with substance use disorders and emotionally
disturbed adolescents. Ms. Roget is a licensed marriage and
family therapist and a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor,
and has worked as a private practitioner since 1992.
William Rubin, M.A.
Synthesis, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Mr. Rubin is founder and CEO of Synthesis, Inc. He has been
active in the field of applied research, consulting, and program
evaluation in Ohio for 30 years. He is the primary developer
of the Cluster Based Planning and Outcomes Management (C-POM)
system currently being used at Amethyst, Inc. Previously, Mr.
Rubin worked for the Ohio Department of Mental Health for nearly
10 years, serving first as a District Children’s Coordinator
and then as a Research Administrator/Research Manager for the
Department. Since founding Synthesis in 1986, he and his colleagues
have consulted with numerous public mental health and substance
abuse provider organizations. They also have conducted major
longitudinal studies of the implementation of mental health
policies. Most recently, Mr. Rubin has collaborated with the
Ohio Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers to establish
the Ohio Cluster-Based Planning Alliance. Alliance agencies
share data on services, costs, and outcomes for established
clusters of adults with severe mental disabilities. The Alliance
has been designated as a Coordinating Center of Excellence by
the Ohio Department of Mental Health.
Frank Scafidi, Ph.D.
The Village
Miami, FL
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Ruth Slaughter
PROTOTYPES
Culver City, CA
Ms. Slaughter is the Divisional Director of Community Outreach,
Prevention and Education Programs at PROTOTYPES, Inc., where
the Women’s and AIDS Risk Network (WARN) was one of the
first national AIDS prevention and education efforts to target
women at risk for HIV infection. The division now has five HIV/AIDS
projects providing outreach services, education, and intervention
to women, as well as research and training. Before joining PROTOTYPES,
Ms. Slaughter spent two decades in community organizing to increase
services to hard-to-reach populations. She researched and wrote
the first government-funded Domestic Violence Program. Her work
has been published in local and national publications. In 1994,
she also was invited to present at the First Women and AIDS
Conference in Midrun, South Africa. Ms. Slaughter has been a
recipient of numerous awards, including the Sabbatical Award
for Community Leadership from the Durfee Foundation and the
1st Vision Award for Leadership in Domestic Violence from the
California Department of Health Services.
Janet Smeltz, M.Ed., CADAC
Institute for Health and Recovery
Cambridge, MA
Ms. Smeltz, Master Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist,
is the Coordinator of the Tobacco Intervention Projects at the
Institute for Health and Recovery. Since 1994, she has worked
with and more recently served as the Project Manager of the
Tobacco, Addictions, Policy and Education (TAPE) Project. The
TAPE Project is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, to address tobacco
use in the statewide substance abuse treatment system through
consultation, technical assistance, and staff training. Ms.
Smeltz has worked in the alcoholism and addictions treatment
field since 1979 as a clinician, consultant, and trainer and
has served as faculty at the Rutgers University Summer School
on Alcoholism Studies and the New England Institute of Addiction
Studies. She has presented statewide and nationally on issues
related to tobacco dependence and substance abuse and is currently
on the faculty of the Massachusetts Tobacco Treatment Specialist
Training and Certification Program.
Melanie Thornton, M.S.W., GSW
Jefferson Addictive Disorders Clinic
Metairie, LA
Ms. Thornton has been in the social service arena for more
than 12 years. She is currently working at Jefferson Addictive
Dually Diagnosed Clinic where she supervises the evening treatment
program, facilitates family group, provides HIV/AIDS testing
and counseling, facilitates Tobacco Recovery and Treatment Program
and Anger Management groups, and provides educational training.
Ms. Thornton jump-started her career at Catholic Charities of
the Archdiocese in the domestic violence field. While at Catholic
Charities, she supervised the evening shift, developed needs
assessments and evaluation tools, provided counseling to survivors
and their children, facilitated group therapy, and held community
educational trainings. She moved to Volunteers of America where
she supervised group homes for persons with developmental disabilities,
worked closely with DHH, and provided educational/CPR training
to staff and community. Ms. Thornton received her undergraduate
degree in psychology and her master’s degree in Social
Work from Southern University in New Orleans.
Kathyleen M. Tomlin M.S., LPC, CADC
III
Kaiser Permanente Addiction Medicine Department
Portland, OR
Ms. Tomlin has been in the addictions treatment and prevention
field since 1974 as a counselor, administrator, educator, and
consultant. She has provided care and managed services in both
outpatient and residential settings. Currently Ms Tomlin works
as a Clinical Services Manager within a large health maintenance
organization in Portland, Oregon. She continues an active private
practice in Portland, Oregon as a writer, trainer, and consultant.
Ms. Tomlin’s most recent involvement includes developing
treatment programs and implementation strategies for the use
of motivational interviewing and stages of change (MI/SOC) theory.
Her current projects include consultation and supervision of
MI/SOC in a Teen Parent Program, Juvenile and Adult Corrections;
implementing ASAM PPC 2-R; and working with Johnson, Bassin
& Shaw, Inc., as well as RMC research corporations serving
Native Americans and homeless populations.
Naomi Weinstein, M.P.H.
Children of Alcoholics Foundation
American Council for Drug Education
New York, NY
Ms. Weinstein is the Director of the Children of Alcoholics
Foundation and the American Council for Drug Education (the
national prevention affiliates of Phoenix House). She has a
long-standing interest in the needs of vulnerable children and
families and has extensive experience developing and managing
education programs for children of substance abusers. Her current
interests include work with the child welfare system, kinship
care, resiliency, and parenting issues. The author of more than
a dozen curricula, manuals, and other educational publications,
Ms. Weinstein earned a master’s degree in Public Health
from Columbia University and has worked with both national and
local non-profit organizations.
Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bethesda, MD
Dr. Wetherington joined the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) in 1987 and has served as NIDA’s Women and Gender
Research Coordinator since 1995. She also serves as Chair of
NIDA’s Women and Gender Research Group and is NIDA’s
representative to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Coordinating
Committee of the Office of Research on Women’s Health.
In these various roles, Dr. Wetherington conducts activities
aimed at promoting and integrating the study of women and gender
differences in all areas of drug abuse. In addition, Dr. Wetherington
serves as a Program Officer in NIDA’s Behavioral Sciences
Research Branch where she oversees an extramural research program
that includes the study of vulnerability to drug abuse, behavioral
effects of exposure to drugs during early development, and sex
and gender differences and issues unique to females. Before
joining NIDA, Dr. Wetherington was a tenured faculty member
of the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte where for 12 years she taught and conducted research
in the field of animal learning and behavior and received grant
support from NIH and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Wetherington
received her doctorate in experimental psychology in 1976 from
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a Fellow
of Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) and Division 28 (Psychopharmacology
and Substance Abuse) of the American Psychological Association
and currently is serving a 3-year term as member-at-large of
Division 28. Dr. Wetherington has served on the board of editors
of The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and
The Behavior Analyst and has conducted guest reviews for various
other journals. She has served on the editorial board of NIDA
Notes since 1988. She is co-editor of three books, including
Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women.
Steven R. Williams
Dorchester County Department of Corrections
Cambridge, MD
Mr. Williams began his career with Dorchester County in 1977
as Deputy Sheriff and in 1992 was appointed Warden of the Dorchester
County Department of Corrections. He has become an outspoken
advocate for meeting the mental health needs of jailed offenders
statewide. Trauma services and specialized programs for women
and their children have now become his focus and a priority
for this correctional facility. As President of the Maryland
Correctional Administrators Association from 2001 to 2003, Mr.
Williams made it a priority to implement enhanced training within
all correctional facilities to provide officers with knowledge
on how to address substance abuse and mental health issues.
Mr. Williams obtained his Law Enforcement Certificate from Chesapeake
Community College and his associate’s degree in Business
Administration. In addition, he has attended specialized training
at the FBI Academy, other Federal Government agencies, and the
Maryland Training Commission Academies. He is a member of the
Maryland Correctional Standards Commission Advisory Board and
the Eastern Shore Hospital Center’s Advisory Board.
Ann S. Yabusaki, Ph.D.
Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii
Kaneohe, HI
Dr. Yabusaki is a third-generation Japanese-American of Okinawan
descent, born and raised in Honolu’lu, Hawai’i.
She has worked at agencies and in psychology graduate programs
for many years. She currently directs the substance abuse treatment
program at the Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii. She is the
lead evaluator of a grant sponsored by SAMHSA’s Center
for Mental Health Services to train mental health providers
working with Asian American and Pacific Island communities.
She spends her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii.
