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)