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Greg Williams, award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer, and addiction health strategist
To reserve a room at the conference rate ($299/night), please see the Eaton Hotel link in your confirmation email.
Eaton Hotel – 1201 K Street, Washington DC
Summit Welcome Reception will be on the evening of October 4 with full-day programming on October 5-6. The full agenda is forthcoming.
This agenda is subject to change. Please check back periodically for updates.
6 – 8 pm
8 – 9 am
Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, CNL
University of California, San Francisco
Smith-Bernardin Consulting
Oakland, CA
Sylvia Barnard
Good Samaritan Shelter
Santa Barbara, CA
Shauna Goodman, MPA
National Sobering Collaborative Sacramento, CA
9 – 9:45 am
10 am – 11 am
Hilary Aquino, MA
Exodus Recovery David L Murphy Sobering Center
Los Angeles, CA
Laura Elmore, LMSW-AP
Sobering Center Austin
Austin, TX
Mike Sasser, EMT-P, CHW
Austin/Travis County EMS
Austin, TX
Partnering with Law Enforcement: Creating Community Through Working Together
Jean Sokora, LCSW, CCDP-D, CRPSS, CPS
Preferred Family Healthcare
St Louis, MO
Major Eric Larson, Esq.
Metropolitan Police Department
St Louis, MO
Facilitator: David Heffron
Telecare Corporation
Alameda, CA
Panelists:
Anthony Bass
Horizon Treatment Services Cherry Hill Detoxification Services Program
San Leandro, CA
Rochelle Ramirez, LCSW
Telecare Corporation: Recovery Station
Bakersfield, CA
John Singer
Preferred Family Healthcare Dunnica Sobering Support Center
St. Louis, MO
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Sponsored by
12:30 – 2 pm
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Suzanne Jarvis, MPH Houston Recovery Center Houston, TX
Melissa Perez-Halley, LMSW, MA Harris Health System Houston, TX
Bridging the Gap: Sobering Centers and Managed Alcohol Programs
Devora Keller, MD, MPH
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Sobering Center & Managed Alcohol Program
San Francisco, CA
Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, CNL
3:15 – 4:30 pm
4:30 – 7 pm
Sponsored by Bridgeway Recovery Services
Greg Williams, MA
Third Horizon Strategies
7 – 9:30 pm
8 – 9 am
Third Horizon Strategies
Key Note Address Sponsored by GET HELP
9 – 10:15 am
Arish Narayen, Esq. District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
Washington DC
Robert Holman, MD, DC Fire and EMS Medical Director
Washington DC
10:30 – 11:15 am
Paul Harkin, MA, Jose Rios and Eli Smith, EMT
HealthRight360
San Francisco, CA
Avital Graves, MBA, MHA, NRP
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services
Gaithersburg, MD
Rolando Santiago, PhD, CFRE
Montgomery County Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
11:30 am- 12:30 pm
Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, CNL
University of California, San Francisco
Smith-Bernardin Consulting
Oakland, CA
Sylvia Barnard
Good Samaritan Shelter
Santa Barbara, CA
Shauna Goodman, MPA
National Sobering Collaborative
Sacramento, CA
12:45 pm – 2:15 pm
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Staff Lead: Shauna Goodman
Board Lead: Sylvia Barnard, Good Samaritan Shelter
Staff Support: Kim Balmorez
Volunteer Committee
Jean Harris-Sokora
Dunnica Sobering Support Center
St. Louis, MO
Brian Jarman
Substance Abuse Center Kansas (SACK)
Wichita, KS
Cathy Imburgia
Creative Communications
Albuquerque, NM
Anne Johnston
CODA Inc
Portland, OR
Kisun Peters
Tuerk House
Baltimore, MD
Tim Quigley
South Shore Health
Weymouth, MA
Tina Sentner
Horizon Services
San Jose, CA
NSC provides support to 60+ sobering centers reaching an estimated 121,260 clients annually representing approximately 333,600 visits. The organization offers a forum for national dialogue and provides a platform for providers and stakeholders to engage regarding best practices, policy and programmatic issues.
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