Hearing Two: Washington, DC

February 13, 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?

• General Arthur T. Dean, chairman and CEO, CADCA (testimony)
• Beverly Watts Davis, senior advisor to the administrator for substance abuse, SAMHSA
• Hope Taft, First Lady, Ohio (testimony)

Topic 2:  State Models
Should substance use disorders be treated as a behavioral health problem, a medical problem, or a separate specialty problem?

• Diane Galloway, Ph.D., CDM group, Inc; former administrator, Department of Health Substance Abuse Division, Wyoming (testimony)
• Kathy Jett, director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (testimony)
• James McDonough, director, Florida Department of Drug Control
• Luceille Fleming, former director of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, Ohio (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.

Financing: How should states coordinate separate funding streams that address similar problems? How should providers be paid to get the best results for patients?

• Janet Zwick, deputy director and Division Director of Behavioral Health and Professional Licensure, Iowa Department of Public Health (testimony)
• Jack Kemp, M.S., director of Substance Abuse Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services (testimony)
• John Daigle, executive director, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association; consultant, Legal Action Center (testimony)

Criminal Justice/Child Welfare: What organizational structures will help coordinate treatment of substance use disorder in the criminal justice and child welfare systems with other state efforts?

• Hon. Jamey Weitzman, associate judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City
• Paul Samuels, Esq, director and president, Legal Action Center (testimony)
•  Uma Ahluwalia, M.S.W., interim director,  D.C. Children and Family Services Agency (testimony) 

Prevention: States spend money on alcohol and drug prevention through a number of agencies. What can the state do to improve coordination of these state prevention efforts?

• Harry Kressler, Director, Pima Prevention Partnership, Arizona (testimony)
• Deacon D. Dzierzawski, MOL, LICDC, Chief Executive Officer, The Community Partnership, Ohio

Treatment and Recovery: What state organizational structures will help coordinate treatment and recovery to utilize current evidence-based models?

• Dennis Embry, Ph.D., president and CEO, PAXIS Institute, Arizona (testimony) (powerpoint slides)
• John Coppola, executive director, Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York; former President, State Associations of Addiction Services (SAAS) (testimony)
• Johnny Allem, president, Johnson Institute, Washington D.C (testimony)
• Lisa Mojer-Torres, Esq, civil rights attorney, Board of Directors, Faces and Voices of Recovery (testimony)