Cheryl Branch, BS
CSAT Travel Award
Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches, Los Angeles,
California
Cheryl leads a network of
faith & community
providers called African
American Alcohol & Other
Drug Council of Los
Angeles County (AAAOD).
AAAOD has 200 active
members serving 70,000
patients annually. Cheryl is
Executive Director of Los
Angeles Metropolitan
Churches.
Thomas Britton, MA, LPC, LCAS, CCS
CSAT Travel Award
Swain Recovery Center, Black Mountain, North Carolina
Tom directs two primary
centers for residential
substance abuse services for
adults / adolescents,
including piloting an
advocacy model for the
substance user, their family,
the community + the provider
network to improve best
practices. Recently appointed
as a CARF Program Surveyor,
Tom reviews service
providers in process of
meeting stringent clinical
accreditation requirements.
Sharon Chandler, BA, CIT
CSAT Travel Award
Ruston Addictive Disorder Clinic, Ruston, Louisiana
Sharon manages an outpatient
clinic providing treatment,
prevention, education,
assessment + referral services
for individuals suffering from
drug and alcohol addiction. The
clinic provides individual + group
counseling services to adults and
adolescents. It is responsible for
Drug Court assessments, staffing
and counseling for two parishes
in north central Louisiana. It
educates and provides
supportive services for adult
family and friends of addicts, as
well as their children.
Randy Croy, Ph.D.
CSAT Travel Award
Serenity House of Volusia, Inc. Daytona Beach, Florida
Over his career, Randy has
served in a variety of direct
service and supervisory
positions including as Clinical
Administrator of Criminal Justice
Services for at Act Corporation,
a community mental health
center. As Executive Director, he
oversees a comprehensive
substance abuse / mental health
organization specializing in
services to the homeless,
veterans with post-traumatic
stress disorder and the dually
diagnosed.
Anna de Jong, MA, LCADC
CSAT Travel Award
Chase Brexton Health Services, Baltimore, Maryland
Anna is the Addictions
Coordinator at a private,
non-profit FQHC . She is
responsible for the day-today operations of CBHS’
intensive outpatient
addictions clinic and
provides clinical
supervision to all
addictions staff.
Jennifer Eckert, MSW, LCSW, LCADC
CSAT Travel Award
CPC Behavioral Health Care, Eatontown, New Jersey
Jennifer is the Program
Coordinator of the
Addictions Recovery
Services at CPC Behavioral
Healthcare. She is also the
Principal Investigator, Data
Coordinator + Clinical
Supervisor of a 3-year
SAMHSA EAT grant for
early substance abuse
intervention with
adolescents.
Kim Feaman, MA
CSAT Travel Award
Preferred Family Health Care, St. Louis, Missouri
As Program Director, Kim
administers Missouri’s
largest publicly funded
provider of substance
abuse treatment services.
She provides direct
oversight of all adult
services in St. Louis which
includes outpatient and
residential treatment
services as well as adult
corrections.
Amy Fowkes-Cairns, MSEd, NCC, LPC
CSAT Travel Award
Mercy Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Amy is the Prevention /
Intervention Supervisor for
drug and alcohol services at
Mercy Behavioral Health. Her
duties involve managing the
Underage Drinking, SchoolBased Prevention, Driving
Under the Influence,
Parenting Support, Early
Head Start Addiction
Services and Community
Prevention programs.
John G. Gardin, II, Ph.D.
CSAT Travel Award
Adapt, Roseburg, Oregon
John’s current research
interests include use of
buprenorphine / naloxone with
opiate analgesic dependent
individuals, examining the
integration of substance
abuse and mental health
treatment within primary
medical care, and training
and implementation issues
with respect to evidencebased substance abuse
treatment approaches.
Dana P. Glass, LCSW
CSAT Travel Award
Millennium Center, Columbus, Georgia
In her dual Director roles, Dana
assists women and their families
who are in need of services
stemming from an addiction to
alcohol and/or drugs. The
program incorporates the latest
research based principles of
addiction treatment. Due to its
success, she is currently seeking
to implement these practices in a
true outpatient setting in an
effort to develop a program that
is quality-driven, customercentered, and outcome-focused.
Jim Gouveia, LCSW, ACSW
CSAT Travel Award
Benton County Health Dept, Corvallis, Oregon
Jim works with an incredible team
of professionals to provide
comprehensive alcohol and other
drug treatment through several
programs: Drug Treatment Court
for both adults and adolescents,
Corrections Parole & Probation,
and Adult Outpatient. In addition,
he manages a wraparound mental
health program for youth and
families, experiencing mental
health issues to help maintain
youth in their families, schools, and
communities. Jim also is adjunct
faculty at Oregon State University
in the Masters of Counseling
Program.
Ike Grozier, III, B.A., CADCI
CSAT Travel Award
Recovery Connections Treatment Services, San Jose,
California
Ike is the founder and
Executive Director of
Recovery Connections, a 7bed, co-ed Residential drug
and alcohol rehabilitation
program offering a full
continuum of individualized
care. Ike is currently
completing his Masters
degree in Clinical Psychology
at John F. Kennedy University.
Ingrid Hartman, M.Ed., LPCC, NBCC
CSAT Travel Award
The Life Link, Sante Fe, New Mexico
As the Developer, Administrator
and Clinical Director, Ingrid
assists adults who have
substance abuse-dependence
and / or co-occurring diagnoses
to build a foundation for lifetime
recovery. Through a curriculumbased program which
incorporates evidence-based
practices, her goal is to provide
consistency, acceptance, and
encouragement. She also serves
as the agency’s Quality
Improvement Coordinator and
Clinical Internship Supervisor.
J. Keith Kilian, M. D., D.O., L.A.D.C.
CSAT Travel Award
Gateway Prevention to Recovery, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Keith’s statewide focus
initiates a “no wrong door
policy” whereby any client
with a co-occurring
disorder can receive
appropriate treatment.
Primary diagnosis of
mental health or substance
dependence are treated
simultaneously and equally.
Tara Kunkel, MSW
CSAT Travel Award
Twelfth Judicial Court, Chesterfield, Virginia
Tara is the
Administrator of the
Chesterfield / Colonial
Heights Drug Court. As
Administrator, she
oversees the daily
operations of the drug
court which serves
approximately 60
offenders per year.
Wilfred W. Labiosa, MS
CSAT Travel Award
Casa Esperanza, Roxbury, Massachusetts
Wilfred’s research interests
include family + mental health
factors associated with HIV
risk behaviors among Latinos
substance abusers, and factors
associated with residential
treatment drop-out + relapse
rates among Latina/os in a
culturally focused treatment
setting. In addition, he
facilitates implementation
issues of evidence-based
treatment practices in Latino
focused programs.
Nancy Legow, Ph.D.
CSAT Travel Award
Family &Children’s Agency, Norwalk, Connecticut
Nancy’s current focus is on the
treatment of women substance
abusers with a combination of
clinical, research and public
policy. She directs a women’s
substance abuse treatment
program + is a therapist /
consultant in a women in
recovery parenting study. In
addition, she lends her expertise
to Connecticut ‘s Department of
Mental Health and Addiction
Services guide team and best
practices committee that is
developing the standards for
women’s substance abuse
treatment across the state.
Dick Lovell, Ph.D.
CSAT Travel Award
Four Rivers Behavioral Health, Paducah, Kentucky
Dick serves as primary
administrative and clinical
supervisor of the substance
abuse services for a 9-county
community mental health
agency. He supervises 5 site
administrators and their staff
in the provision of addiction
treatment services. Further,
he serves on the corporation
administrative & management
team who plans and develops
evidenced based programs
for the provision of quality
intervention services.
Rommark Manlimos, BS, CPD
CSAT Travel Award
Asian Counseling & Referral Service, Seattle,
Washington
Rommark coordinates and
oversees Community
Service Office (CSO)
Outreach Project activities
and services provided by
out-stationed chemical
dependency counselors at
Department of Social and
Health Services (DSHS)
CSOs in the greater Seattle
area.
Lynn McKnight, ATR-BC, MAC, CCS, LPC/S
CSAT Travel Award
Charleston Center, Charleston, South Carolina
In her dual director roles, Lynn
oversees treatment and clinical
supervision at the Charleston
Center - the County alcohol and
drug abuse commission
responsible for providing detox,
co-ed and women specific
inpatient, day treatment, co-ed,
women + adolescent specific IOP,
outpatient, intensive family
services and therapeutic child
treatment. Lynn is a regional
trainer for Motivational
Interviewing, national trainer for
art therapy + addictions, and
recently published an AITP
curriculum for SC DAODAS.
Susan McKnight, M.P.H., C.A.D.D.
CSAT Travel Award
Lake County Health Department, Waukegan, Illinois
Susan is Program
Coordinator for Substance
Abuse Programs at Lake
County Health Department,
President of The Illinois
Association for Medication
Assisted Addiction
Treatment and the Illinois'
representative to the
American Association for
Treatment of Opioid
Dependence.
Charlie Mishek, MA, LP, LADC
CSAT Travel Award
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
Charlie is presently
Program Manager of
Regions Hospital Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Program,
managing all outpatient
and residential services
and supervising staff, who
are seeking to implement
Evidence Based Practices
to provide quality chemical
health and integrated MICD services.
Ray Muszynski, MS, LADC, LPC
CSAT Travel Award
Wheeler Clinic, Plainville, Connecticut
Ray is Program Manager for
Substance Abuse Recovery
Services, a large SA/MH
agency. Ray also has
oversight of several agency
contracts: The Department of
Children & Families, Court
Support Services Division
(Probation), Latino Outreach
and Older Adults Outreach.
Ray implemented evidencebased programming in
Wheeler’s Adult Programs.
Patricia E. Penn, Ph.D.
CSAT Travel Award
La Frontera Center, Tuscan, Arizona
Patricia directs agency
research and the program
evaluation department,
which she developed. She
has received federal and
state research funding for
her work in co-occurring
disorders. The Center is a
member of the NIDA CTN
and the National Child
Traumatic Stress Network.
Jemece Richard, LAC, CCGC, CCS, SAP
CSAT Travel Award
Dept of Heath & Hospitals, Lake Charles, Lousiana
Jemece is Inpatient
Facility Manager at
Briscoe Treatment
Center, a substance
abuse facility which
contains a
detoxification and
inpatient
rehabilitation
program.
Wrenn Rivenbark, MA, LPC, LCAS, CCS
CSAT Travel Award
North Carolina Dept of Correction, Raleigh, North Carolina
In his role as Clinical Director,
Wrenn oversees the clinical
and administrative operation
of more than 25 intervention
and treatment programs with
the NC Division of Prison
Facilities. He serves on the
board of the Addiction
Professionals of North
Carolina, and is a member of
the Standards Committee for
the NC Substance Abuse
Professional Practice Board.
Erik Stone, MS, CAC III
CSAT Travel Award
Signal Behavioral Health Network, Denver, Colorado
Erik is Director of Compliance
and Quality Improvement at
Signal Behavioral Health
Network, a Colorado managed
service organization. He is
responsible for quality
management activities such as
provider credentialing and site
visits, training and technical
assistance, satisfaction and
access surveys, and review of
critical incidents and consumer
complaints.
Win C. Turner, Ph.D., LADC
CSAT Travel Award
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, White River
Junction, Vermont
Win’s passion is bringing
research into practice
throughout the US. He has
participated on expert panels for
Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP), the New York
Times and Robert Wood Johnson
(RWJ) to develop educational
and briefing documents
concerning youth and substance
abuse treatment and policy
change. He recently coauthored “Taking Charge” A
Guide to Evidence Based
Treatment for Youth in a System
of Care.
Ernie Wilkerson, LCDC, CCJP
CSAT Travel Award
Texas Dept of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas
Ernie is the Clinical
Director for the RRPD
Substance Abuse
Treatment Program. He
conducts Cognitive
Intervention Training and
Therapeutic Community
Experiential Training
Models for TDCJ in several
different states including
Louisiana, Kansas,
Pennsylvania, Colorado,
Utah and Arkansas.