Brenda M. Amodei, MA, CPSS has worked in the field of substance abuse for over 20 years. Her recent accomplishments have been in the area of environmental prevention strategies. She was a lead advocate for successful state legislation, including responsible alcohol server training, social host liability and keg registration. Currently, she serves as the Project Director for a Training, Technical Assistance, and Evaluation Services Center, housed at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE). In addition, she is a member of the RI Board for the Certification of Chemical Dependency Professionals.

Richard M. Bailey, M.Ed., LCDCS, ACRPS is Director of The Providence Center's Long Term Care program, a program specializing in the treatment of chronic relapsers. Mr. Bailey received his Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College in 1992. He is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Clinical Supervisor and Advanced Relapse Prevention Specialist, gaining certification from Terrence T. Gorski and The Cenaps Corporation, an internationally recognized school of Relapse Prevention Training. Serving on the Rhode Island Board for the Certification of Chemical Dependency Professionals as a CPM evaluator, Mr. Bailey tests and evaluates Chemical Dependency Professionals for advanced level certification and licensure.

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 an MSW from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. from Boston College, Graduate School of Social Work. Dr. Broffman 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, with over 30 years of experience in employee assistance programs, mental health, addictions, problem gambling and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Broffman has been a Motivational Interviewing practitioner, proponent and trainer for over 15 years, and he was recently awarded the Social Worker of the Year in Addictions by the RI Chapter of NASW.

Louis A. Cerbo, Ed.D., CAS currently serves as the Director of Psychology for the Eleanor Slater Hospital, Cranston, RI. Dr. Cerbo is an adjunct faculty at the University of Rhode Island and Psychology Department at Stonehill College. He was a forensic evaluator at Bridgewater State Hospital with expertise in substance abuse evaluation among forensic assessments and currently is a consultant to the RI Department of Children, Youth and Families, the US Marshall Service and the Federal Probation Department.

Sandra DelSesto, M.Ed. has been a community planner, master trainer and program developer in alcohol and other drug prevention for over 25 years. She is also a member of the prevention committee of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. In addition, she has developed a number of successful programs including HIV prevention, school health and programs that specifically address the needs of youth at risk.

Alfred L. Forbes, MBA is a Boston-based consultant with A.L. Forbes Consulting Services. He has worked in various roles in the health service field for over 15 years and conducted workshops nationally for the past 8 years.

Karen Friend, PhD, CPSS completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown Medical School, a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland and BA in psychology (honors) from Yale University. She is currently a Research Scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Brown Medical School, the University of Rhode Island Department of Psychology, and the Rhode Island College Department of Psychology. Her research expertise includes environmental approaches to reduce substance abuse and associated harms, tobacco use and smoking cessation, treatment quality and health care access. She has served as teacher, trainer, and mentor for the past 25 years in a variety of academic and community settings

Richard Froncillo, LCDS has worked in the substance abuse treatment field for 25 years and is Executive Director of Discovery House. He is a Certified Advanced Chemical Dependency Professional, Licensed Chemical Dependency Supervisor and a CPM evaluator. Mr. Froncillo has been involved in the certification process since 1977.

Michael Gaudet, LICSW, LCDP earned his undergraduate degree at Bridgewater State College and his MSW from Rhode Island College in 1984. He is currently the Center Director at Arbour Counseling Services, Rockland, MA. He has extensive clinical and supervision experience in substance abuse treatment. Mr. Gaudet trains and consults across the country on clinical and professional growth to/pics, and he is a faculty member of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies since 1986.

Anthony M. Gonzalez, NYS, CASAC, BCRPS has over 20 years experience in the chemical dependency treatment field and provides counseling services to substance-abusing offenders within the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Mr. Gonzalez is also a former Associate Trainer/Consultant for the Gorski/CENAPS Corporation, and he has extensive expertise in supervising and training in a specialized Integrated Criminal Thinking/Chemical Dependency Treatment Model. He is currently a Faculty Member of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Office of Professional Development and the New England Institute of Addiction Studies Summer School.

Barbara Inderlin, LICSW is an independently licensed clinical social worker and is currently the Vice President of Special Services at NRI Community Services (NRICS). From 2000 - 2001, Ms. Inderlin was the Associate Director at the R.I. Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, Division of Behavioral Healthcare for Substance Abuse where she was the designated State Substance Abuse Authority (SSA) for Rhode Island. She has over 30 years administrative, clinical, consultation, training, policy, and advocacy experience in the field of behavioral healthcare and was one of the first professionals in Rhode Island to develop and implement an integrated treatment program within the community mental health system for persons diagnosed with co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance abuse.

J. Philip Kane joined the staff of Thundermist Health Center in July 2004. He currently serves as the Program Manager for the Title HIV Care Program. Philip has worked in the field of HIV prevention for over 20 years. His interest in HIV began in 1987 when he first volunteered at AIDS Project Rhode Island (the Project) as an AIDS Hotline volunteer and a Buddy. He was later hired by the Project as the Rhode Island AIDS Hotline Coordinator and was eventually promoted to Education Coordinator. After leaving the Project in 2000, he joined the staff of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island where he coordinated marketing and communications. Philip is certified in HIV pre-test and post-test counseling. He also conducts HIV trainings for a number of community-based organizations, is a member of the Rhode Island Community Planning Group for HIV Prevention and has served as its Community Co-Chair for five years.

Melanie Koehler, MS, RN, PCNS is in private practice at Angell St. Psychiatry in East Greenwich and is a clinical instructor at the University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing. Ms. Koehler also owns Koehler Consulting, which provides various in-services to area agencies.

Kevin Kretchman, LCDP is the assistant administrator of Phoenix Programs of New England's residential program in Exeter, Rhode Island and has worked in substance abuse services for over seven years. Kevin is a certified crisis intervention trainer through the Crisis Prevention Institute.

Ray McGarty, MS, LADC, LCS is currently the Executive Director of Southeastern NH Services. 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 throughout the United States. He has an extensive background in addiction, holding positions such as Clinical Administrator of the Betty Ford Center, and Executive Director of a number of addiction treatment facilities.

Glenn Miller, MS, CEAP, LCDP has been in the substance abuse field since 1982. Mr. Miller has a master's degree in human services, is a certified EAP and LCDP. He has held various administrative and clinical positions and is on the faculty of the Institute of Labor Studies.

Sharon Morello, BSN, RN is a program administrator at the Providence Center. Formerly the Chief of Treatment for the Dept. of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospital's Div. 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 with extensive experience in the management of acute detoxification in a teaching hospital. Sharon is a CARF surveyor, participating in the CSAT accreditation study of Methadone programs.

Mary-K O'Sullivan, MA, LMFT, LADC, LPC is a licensed professional counselor, marriage & family therapist, and drug & alcohol counselor. She has served as the Director of The Center, a behavioral health and addictions training organization. Ms. O'Sullivan provides consultation regionally and nationally in criminal justice treatment and rehabilitation, co-occurring disorders, women's issues in treatment and program design.

Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D. is a professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work, RI College, where he has been on faculty since 1983. Dr. Reamer is the author of many books and articles on professional ethics and lectures nationally and internationally. He chaired the task force that wrote the code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers.

Elisa Robley, CAGS, MA, LMHC, LCDP, RCS is co-owner of Wellness Within, LLC in Cranston, and provides private practice therapy for mental health and substance abuse. She has 12 years of experience working with co-occurring diagnosis and has been certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy since 2003 through Marsha Linehan's, Behavioral Technology Transfer Group. She is a CMP evaluator for RIBCCDP, has been employed at various local mental health agencies. She has worked with incarcerated population at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and worked as a Clinical Director of a juvenile detention site and a paramilitary youth academy within the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.

Jewel Sommerville, D.Ac., Lic.Ac., M.A.O.M., Dipl.Ac. is the founder of Holistic Health Rhode Island. Dr. Sommerville received her training in Acupuncture from the New England School of Acupuncture, the oldest graduate school for the study of East Asian Medicine (EAM) in the United States. She is licensed to practice EAM in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island and earned the credential of Diplomate of Acupuncture from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. In addition to her clinical experience, Jewel worked in collaboration with Harvard Osher Institute to design and implement research studies which examined the effectiveness of EAM; she treated patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital as part of a study examining the effectiveness of acupuncture with IBS. Dr. Sommerville annually teaches a course on Traditional Chinese Medicine at Brown University as part of an elective examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Prior to her work in Acupuncture, Dr. Somerville worked in community mental health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Frank R. Sparadeo, Ph.D. is a clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice. He specializes in neuropsychological assessment, pain evaluation and management, pre-surgical psychological screening and post-trauma psychotherapy. Dr. Sparadeo previously served as the Neuropsychologist at RI Hospital where he developed the first outpatient cognitive rehabilitation program in RI and conducted research studies on the role of substance abuse in traumatic brain injury. He was the co-founder of the Brain Injury Association of RI as well as co-director of the Concussion Center at RI Hospital. Dr. Sparadeo also served as Chairman of the State Mental Health Plan committee and is presently the Chairman of the Governor’s Permanent Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury. He continues to provide continuing education workshops for psychologists, counselors, social workers and other professionals nationwide.

Gail Taylor has been in the field of prevention and healthy youth development for 15 years. She has delivered a variety of prevention services including workshops and training, curriculum development, prevention systems assessment, effective prevention program development, coalition development for community change, cultural competency and grant making. Ms. Taylor managed the $9 million State Incentive Grant Project for the Governor's Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. Ms. Taylor was also the Manager of Prevention Services for Henrico County Area Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services. She was also responsible for the work of the "Too Smart to Start Coalition" and a Board member of the Regional Drug Free Alliance. Currently, Ms. Taylor is the Regional Services Manager for JBS International, Inc., managing the delivery of prevention systems assessments, training and technical assistance for the SE region of the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Alan Wartenberg, MD, FASM, FACT is the Medical Director of Discovery House Programs, a group of outpatient opioid treatment centers, and is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA. Dr. Wartenberg is a certified addiction medicine specialist and is a fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is well known for his work with substance abuse treatment, pain medicine and maintenance pharmacotherapy.

Brenda Westberry, MS is a Chief Adult Probation Officer for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch . She has over 21 years experience in the field of Criminal Justice working with key community agencies and diverse criminal justice populations. She is also an adjunct professor in the Sociology and Applied Sciences Department at Eastern Connecticut State University as well as an adjunct professor at Mitchell College in the Criminal Justice Department. Brenda is the founder and president of Westberry Consulting which specializes in providing workshops, trainings and diverse course offerings delivered in customizable learning modules.

Donna M. White, RN, Ph.D., CS, CADAC, CARN is the Addiction Specialist for the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Massachusetts. She is the statewide Chairperson of the Massachusetts Nurses Association Addictions Council and has completed her doctoral studies in Human Behavior with her dissertation in Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization in Healthcare Professionals. Donna has lectured at many facilities and agencies and is a recognized leader in the field of Addictions, Impaired Practice and Peer Assistance as well as Healthcare Professional Stress.

James Wuelfing, BA, CPP, NRPP is owner of the New England Center, a company dedicated to quality training and technical assistance services. Jim specializes in community organizing, prevention, spiritual growth, community awareness, curriculum development, peer education, stress management and problem gambling prevention. He has trained professionals around the country and in Europe and has been on the faculty of the New England School of Alcohol Studies for 15 years.