Hearing One: Santa Fe, New Mexico

January 30, 2006

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Testifiers' Bios

Topic 1: The Role of Leadership in Promoting Effective State Policies
What should be the role and responsibilities of the Governor and other state leaders?

Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico (testimony)
Pamela Hyde, J.D., secretary, New Mexico Human Services Department (testimony)
Dave Wanser, Ph.D., president, NASADAD; Deputy Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services (testimony)

Topic 2: State Structural and Organizational Models that Provide Quality Prevention and Treatment Services
What state organizational models should be used to address substance-use disorders?

Suzanne Gelber, MSW, Ph.D., managing partner, The AVISA Group, Berkeley, CA (testimony)
Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., professor, Oregon Health and Sciences University (testimony)
Christina Dye, chief, Bureau of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Arizona Department of Health Services (testimony)

Topic 3: Multi-Agency Coordination
Testimony will address and recommend coordinating mechanisms, such as superagencies, drug czars, cabinet-level agencies and/or working-level collaborations. In this context, the testimony will address workforce development, the justice system, prevention, and treatment and measurement issues.

Workforce Development: What can states do to improve the workforce across agencies in order to provide quality care?

Tom McLellan, Ph.D., director, University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Institute

Justice/Public Safety: What organizational structures will help coordinate treatment of substance-use disorders in the criminal-justice system with other state efforts?

Richard Rawson, Ph.D., associate director, Integrated Substance Abuse Program, UCLA (testimony)

Nicholas Bakas, Albuquerque Chief Public Safety Officer; former cabinet secretary of Public Safety, New Mexico (testimony)

Prevention: What can be done to improve coordination of state prevention efforts?

Joe Wiese, MS, LPC, CPS, director of the Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SWCAPT) (testimony)

Harry Montoya, Santa Fe County Commissioner; president and CEO, Hands Across Cultures Corporation (testimony)

Donald Maestas, Chief of Prevention Services, Prevention Services Bureau, New Mexico Department of Health

Allan Wheeler, Santa Fe County DWI Planning Council; representative, Impact DWI (testimony)

Treatment and Measurement: What state organizational structures will help coordinate treatment and improve utilization of current evidence- based treatment models?

William R. Miller, Ph.D., distinguished professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of New Mexico (testimony)

Arturo Gonzales, Ph.D., executive director, Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership Jon Morgenstern, Ph.D., vice president and director of Health and Treatment Research, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University, New York (testimony)