SPEAKERS

All Sessions by Anthony Folland

• Day 3 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    Incorporating the Department of Corrections into Vermont’s MOUD System of Care

Julia Harrison is a Program Manager with the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Substance Use Programs. In this role she oversees part of Vermont’s system of care for individuals with substance use disorder and works directly with treatment providers statewide. She completed her undergraduate degree and received her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Vermont. Prior to working with the State of Vermont, Julia spent over five years working with individuals at risk for and with addiction and mental health challenges, including in outpatient, withdrawal management and residential treatment settings. She is passionate about in the intersection of substance use disorders and the criminal justice system and has worked in collaboration with the Vermont Department of Corrections to improve care for incarcerated individuals.

All Sessions by Julia Harrison

• Day 3 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Incorporating the Department of Corrections into Vermont’s MOUD System of Care

Laura Hinds is the founder and Principal Partner of Hindsight Consulting Group, LLC. With a focus on clients’ needs and experiences, Laura engages with many non-profits to support their mission alignment, training, and organizational development needs. Focused on improving the services being offered to vulnerable populations and increasing racial equity in social services, Laura dedicates herself to creating empowering educational experiences for providers that positively impact client outcomes. In addition, Laura provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and expert testimony in service of special populations.

An alumna and Part-time Instructor at The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2), Laura has taught core and elective courses since 2007. Committed to the greater community, Laura has also served on various boards and committees that work to support the well-being of marginalized communities. Laura is proud to have curated and instructed Bryn Mawr’s Post-Graduate Certificate in Trauma for the last five years. Laura served 9 years as a member of Pennsylvania’s State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, the last 3.5 years as Chair. She currently serves as an Expert Witness for the State Board, offering a review of regulatory cases with a focus on fairness and the protection of the public. Laura is humbled at the honor of being invited to instruct nationally offered trainings for providers and supervisors on the principles of Trauma Informed Care, Racial Equity, and Best Practices re: Supervision and Clinical Interventions.

All Sessions by Laura Hinds

• Day 3 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Racial Disparities in Substance Use Prevention

Christina Love is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (Aleut) woman from Egegik village who was raised in Chitina, Alaska. She is a formerly incarcerated person in long term recovery who currently works as a Specialist for the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA), the state’s coalition of domestic and sexual violence programs. Christina has dedicated her life to systems change for targeted populations in Alaska. At ANDVSA, Christina works with programs, agencies, and communities nationwide to address the roots causes of trauma, continuum of care for support services through strategic initiatives, equity and inclusion, organizational transformation, training and technical assistance, community-based organization, integrated services, curriculum development, evaluation, assessment, and community healing.

Christina is a well-known civil and disability rights activist. Christina has given hope and voice to those affected by addictions, helping to create a movement that changed the public conversation on recovery. As an advocate for change, she has worked skillfully within government to address the opioid epidemic, ensuring desperately needed investments are being made in treatment and recovery supports. Christina’s experiences inform her efforts to assist other people, making her more understanding and approachable. She served as the coordinator for Alaska’s DART Program (Disability Abuse Response Team). Christina focused on enhancing services for victims of domestic/sexual violence who experience disabilities. In recognition of the multiple systems that each victim is required to navigate, Christina’s collaboration provided a road map for participants, staff, and community members who are seeking assistance.

Christina is an expert in providing technical assistance, training and support to crisis intervention services, acute care, primary care and behavioral health providers on integrated care initiatives. Christina has more than 10 years of experience in the field of behavioral health services, with an emphasis on the treatment of substance use, workforce training development, and the use of evidence-based-practices in clinical and community settings.

As a Recovery Advocate, Christina has been a longstanding member of the Juneau Homeless Housing Coalition, Juneau Reentry Coalition, Juneau Coordinated Entry for Housing, Alaska State Opioid task force, and Alaska BRSS TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy) Policy Academy. She is a volunteer and Vice President of the board for Haven House Juneau, and Juneau’s Recovery Coach Advisory board. She is also a volunteer Chaplin for her local correctional center.

Christina is active on multiple local, state, and national panels and at informational gatherings. Her activism regularly engages with local and state legislators and law makers regarding addiction and incarceration policy. The city of Juneau and State of Alaska recognize Christina’s commitment to authentic change and support. Justice for Victims awarded her the 2016 Advocacy Award. Senator Dan Sullivan honored her and other colleagues in 2016 at the Wellness Summit as a pioneer for change and as a face and voice for recovery.

Christina’s vision is to serve Alaska’s most vulnerable population, to bridge the gaps in Alaska’s systems of care ultimately making access to services accessible, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.

All Sessions by Christina Love

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Intersections of Trauma & Substance Use

• Day 3 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
  • 10:30 AM – 10:35 AM
    Resilient Journeys

Mr. Parrino has been involved in the delivery of health care and substance abuse treatment since 1974. He received both a Baccalaureate in Psychology (1974) and a Masters in Health Policy, Planning and Administration (1982) from New York University. Mr. Parrino served as the Director of the Gramercy Park Medical Group, an outpatient methadone treatment program, from 1980 to 1994. He also served as President of the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI). Mr. Parrino served as the Chair of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Consensus Panel for State Methadone Treatment Guidelines, the first Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) published for national distribution. Currently, Mr. Parrino is the President of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) and continues to be responsible for the development and implementation of the Association’s organizing initiatives. He also serves as the Vice President of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (WFTOD).

All Sessions by Mark Parrino

• Day 2 – Wednesday, September 14, 2022
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Opioid Epidemic in the United States – Clinical Issues and Policy Perspectives

Jennifer Shaw is a medical anthropologist (PhD, 2013) and Senior Researcher at Southcentral Foundation (SCF), a large Tribal health organization serving 65,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, and 55 rural villages. Originally from Kansas (Rock Chalk!), Jennifer has lived in Alaska since 2003. She spent several years in the Iliamna and Lake Clark region, where she completed her dissertation research on the role of subsistence in the perceived well-being of Dena’ina Athabascan youth. In 2010, she joined the SCF Research Department, where she leads community-based, participatory, health services research on topics of priority to the Alaska Native Community. Her research focuses heavily on the cultural adaptation and testing of health interventions for use with diverse Alaska Native and American Indian people. Her primary research interests are in substance and alcohol prevention and treatment, child and adolescent health, suicide prevention, and palliative care communication.

All Sessions by Jennifer Shaw

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Contingency Management in AK

Kamilla L. Venner, Ph.D., (Ahtna Athabascan) is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Her research aims to reduce the substance use related health inequities American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people experience. She explores ways to culturally tailor evidence-based treatments (EBTs) to improve acceptability, engagement, retention, and outcomes for AI/AN people. Her expertise in motivational interviewing with Indigenous populations has been shared nationally and internationally. Most recently, she is testing culturally centered implementation models to improve adoption of EBTs, such as medication treatment for opioid use disorder, in AI/AN programs and communities.

All Sessions by Kamilla Venner

• Day 2 – Wednesday, September 14, 2022
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM
    Culturally centering medication treatment for American Indian/Alaska Native people with opioid use disorder

Daniele Zullino is Head of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at the University Hospitals of Geneva and Professor of Addiction Psychiatry at the University of Geneva. He is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy with additional specialization training in addiction psychiatry. The Division of Addiction Psychiatry (WHO Collaborating Center) covers the entire spectrum of addiction psychiatry with outpatient, day-care, inpatient and outreach services ranging from therapy for non-pharmacological addictions to diacetylmorphine-assisted (medical heroin) treatment. The main research topics of Daniele Zullino’s research group concern impulsivity, behavioral addictions, psychedelic-assisted treatments and drug policies. Daniele Zullino is, among others, vice president of the Swiss Society of Addiction Medicine, editor in chief of the Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and has been member of various national expert-groups who have accompanied Opiod-assisted treatmet in Switzerland. He has authored more than 240 scientific papers and book chapters.

All Sessions by Daniele Zullino

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 9:15 AM – 10:30 PM
    Treatment for OUD in Europe: From Abstinence- to Existence-Oriented

All Sessions by Tim Easterly

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 12:30 PM – 12:35 PM

    Resilient Journeys

All Sessions by Matt Lamb

• Day 2 – Wednesday, September 14, 2022
  • 11:30 AM – 11:35 AM
    Resilient Journeys

Christina Love is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (Aleut) woman from Egegik village who was raised in Chitina, Alaska. She is a formerly incarcerated person in long term recovery who currently works as a Specialist for the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA), the state’s coalition of domestic and sexual violence programs. Christina has dedicated her life to systems change for targeted populations in Alaska. At ANDVSA, Christina works with programs, agencies, and communities nationwide to address the roots causes of trauma, continuum of care for support services through strategic initiatives, equity and inclusion, organizational transformation, training and technical assistance, community-based organization, integrated services, curriculum development, evaluation, assessment, and community healing.

Christina is a well-known civil and disability rights activist. Christina has given hope and voice to those affected by addictions, helping to create a movement that changed the public conversation on recovery. As an advocate for change, she has worked skillfully within government to address the opioid epidemic, ensuring desperately needed investments are being made in treatment and recovery supports. Christina’s experiences inform her efforts to assist other people, making her more understanding and approachable. She served as the coordinator for Alaska’s DART Program (Disability Abuse Response Team). Christina focused on enhancing services for victims of domestic/sexual violence who experience disabilities. In recognition of the multiple systems that each victim is required to navigate, Christina’s collaboration provided a road map for participants, staff, and community members who are seeking assistance.

Christina is an expert in providing technical assistance, training and support to crisis intervention services, acute care, primary care and behavioral health providers on integrated care initiatives. Christina has more than 10 years of experience in the field of behavioral health services, with an emphasis on the treatment of substance use, workforce training development, and the use of evidence-based-practices in clinical and community settings.

As a Recovery Advocate, Christina has been a longstanding member of the Juneau Homeless Housing Coalition, Juneau Reentry Coalition, Juneau Coordinated Entry for Housing, Alaska State Opioid task force, and Alaska BRSS TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy) Policy Academy. She is a volunteer and Vice President of the board for Haven House Juneau, and Juneau’s Recovery Coach Advisory board. She is also a volunteer Chaplin for her local correctional center.

Christina is active on multiple local, state, and national panels and at informational gatherings. Her activism regularly engages with local and state legislators and law makers regarding addiction and incarceration policy. The city of Juneau and State of Alaska recognize Christina’s commitment to authentic change and support. Justice for Victims awarded her the 2016 Advocacy Award. Senator Dan Sullivan honored her and other colleagues in 2016 at the Wellness Summit as a pioneer for change and as a face and voice for recovery.

Christina’s vision is to serve Alaska’s most vulnerable population, to bridge the gaps in Alaska’s systems of care ultimately making access to services accessible, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.

All Sessions by Christina Love

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Intersections of Trauma & Substance Use

• Day 3 – Thursday, September 15, 2022
  • 10:30 AM – 10:35 AM
    Resilient Journeys

All Sessions by Matt Wright

• Day 1 – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
  • 2:30 PM – 2:35 PM
    Resilient Journeys