The creation of a virtual advisory board served to re-engage leaders from the field, facilitate advisory committee meetings, and summarize virtual advisory committee findings and recommendations. Altarum will facilitate an advisory committee meeting twice per year.
The Peer Recovery Support Services Advisory Council Members include:
Michelle Akers
Executive Director
Logan County Commission
Southwest Regional Day Treatment Center
makers@lccwv.us
Phillip Campbell
Project Coordinator
Project POINT (Indianapolis, IN)
Philip.campbell@eskenazihealth.edu
Kateri Coyhis
Director, Wellbriety Training Institute
White Bison
kateri@whitebison.org
S. Bailey Davis
Director, Community Justice Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
stephendavis@uabmc.edu
Jackson Davis
Director, Recovery Services
Center for Community Alternatives (Syracuse, NY)
jdavis@communityalternatives.orgJessica DeFrees
Project Director, REACH Too Consumer Voices are Born (CVAB) (Vancouver, WA)
defreesj@cvab.org
Neil Campbell
Executive Director
Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
neil@gasubstanceabuse.org
Susan Gottesfeld (invited)
Executive Vice President (Programs)
Osborne Association (NY, NYC)
sgottesfeld@osborneny.org
Joseph Hogan-Sanchez
Director of Programs
Faces and Voices of Recovery
jsanchez@facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Brandee Izquierdo
Executive Director
Safe Project
brandee@safeproject.us
Wendy Jones (invited)
Executive Director
Minnesota Recovery Connection
wendy@minnesotarecovery.org
Jennifer King
Executive Director
Council of Southeast Pennsylvania/ PRO-ACT
jking@councilsepa.org
Tiffany Lombardo
Associate Executive Director, Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services
Butler County (OH) Mental Health and Addiction Services Advisory Board
lombardotr@bcmhars.org
Cheryll Moore
Medical Care Administrator
Erie County (NY) Health Department
cheryll.moore@erie.gov
Jason Merrick
Director of Addiction Services
Kenton County Detention Center
jason.merrick@kentoncounty.org
Kara Nelson (invited)
Haven House (AK)
Executive Director
kara.nelson@boulder.care
Eva Petoski (invited)
Director, Anishnaabek Healing Circle
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
epetoskey@itcmi.org
Melissa Pierson
Deputy Director of Justice Services
Franklin County (OH) Office of Justice Policy and Programs
mspierson@franklincountyohio.gov
Diane Pilon (invited)
Grants Manager
Seattle Police Department
diane.pilon@seattle.gov
Chris Poulos
Executive Director
Statewide Reentry Council
Washington Statewide Department of Commerce
christopher.poulos@commerce.wa.gov
Debbie Rueber
Kenosha County (WI) Opioid Task Force
Division on Aging and Disability Services
debbie.rueber@kenoshacounty.org
Winona Stevens (invited)
Executive Director
Native American Reentry Services
winona@nativereentry.org
Federal Representatives
Matthew Clune
Public Health Advisor
SAMHSA
matthew.clune@samhsa.hhs.gov
Timothy Jeffries
Senior Policy Advisor
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Timothy.Jeffries@usdoj.gov
Staff - BJA COSSAP Training and Technical Assistance Center
Diana Williams
Project Director
Diana.Williams@altarum.org
Elizabeth Burden
Technical Assistance Director
Elizabeth.Burden@altarum.org
Erin Etwaroo
Analyst
Erin.Etwaroo@altarum.org
Sade Richardson
Analyst
Sade.Richardson@altarum.org
Note: Fall advisory meeting was postponed until 2021 (TBD).
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Leaders from the field engaged and invited to virtual advisory meeting.
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