Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FASAM, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA
At Boston University Medical Center, Dr. Saitz is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Associate Director of the Office of Clinical Research, Director of the Clinical Addiction, Research and Education Unit, Scientific Director of the NIH Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, and a primary care general internist and health services researcher. He is also Immediate Past President of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. He mentors research trainees and is the associate director of the Boston University K30 clinical research training program.
Tommie Ann Bower, MA
Director of Program Development and Quality
Gosnold, Inc., Falmouth, MA
Tommie Ann Bower is the Director of Program Development and Quality at Gosnold on Cape Cod. Tommie has been running programs for many years. Beginning in 2005, she became a Process Improvement Coach with NIATx, and has coached on several other projects in Massachusetts and Maine. She is a Certified ARISE Interventionist and is currently working on creating a continuum of family services for Gosnold.
Michael G. Boyle, MA
President & CEO
Fayette Companies, Peoria, IL
Michael G. Boyle is President and CEO of Fayette Companies, a behavioral health management firm that provides comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services. Michael is the Director of the Behavioral Health Recovery Management project, serves as a coach to the State of Florida for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Advancing Recovery project, is on the NASADA/NASMHPD National Task Force on Co-occurring Disorders, and is actively involved in the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment and the American College of Mental Health Administration.
Tom Delaney, MSW, MPA
Executive Director
Boston Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, Inc., Boston, MA
Tom Delaney is the Executive Director of Boston Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, Inc., a non-profit outpatient clinic. He is the vice-president of the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery and chair of the DUI/Second Offender committee of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts. Tom is a Massachusetts Licensed Certified Social Worker and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC I). He has a MPA in addition to his MSW degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., LICSW
Executive Director
Institute for Health and Recovery, Cambridge, MA
Norma Finkelstein is founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Health and Recovery, a statewide policy, program/systems development, training, services and research organization. Prior to this, Dr. Finkelstein was the founder and Executive Director of the Women's Alcoholism Program/CASPAR, Inc., a comprehensive prevention, education, and treatment program for chemically dependent women and their families. She received her MSW from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from the Florence Heller School, Brandeis University.
James Harrison, MHS, CADC
Lancaster Site Director
Brandywine Counseling, Inc., Wilmington, DE
James Harrison, process improvement coach, serves as the Site Director for Brandywine Counseling's Opioid Treatment Program in Wilmington, Delaware, and oversees the agency's administrative and clinical services. He serves as the Change Leader for Brandywine Counseling, an early member of NIATx. A licensed and certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor, he holds a Master's in Human Services from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
Michael Levy, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Treatment Services
CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc., Peabody, MA
Michael Levy is the Director of Clinical Treatment Services at CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance and at Harvard Medical School, and he maintains a private practice in psychotherapy. He writes extensively on substance abuse and its treatment.
Donna M. Vaillancourt
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Donna Vaillancourt is the Managing Editor of Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence. She has nearly two decades of experience editing and publishing in the medical and social sciences and has launched publications for a broad range of audiences including oncologists, pain management specialists, recreation therapists, dementia researchers, and hospice clergy and caregivers. Donna has extensive experience in print production and website management, and most recently served as Editor-in-Chief of the independent peer-reviewed quarterly, Journal of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology.
Boston University School of Public Health 
