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Last Modified: 4/6/08
Scientific Advisory Board Members | Advisory Council Members
NSAA Board of Directors
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Deidre Anderson, (MO) is the Chairperson of
the Jackson County Schools Collaborative near Kansas City, MO.
She is also the President-Elect of NSAA. Deidre provides SAP training to local educators and non-profit
agency staff and is responsible for coordinating the efforts of
the SAP teams in the Hickman Mills School District. deidrea@hickmanmills.org |
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Patricia Berry, (IL) is the Student Assistance Center Director for Prevention First, Inc., and is the President of NSAA. She coordinates SAP training
and technical assistance to schools throughout Illinois.
Additionally, she conducts a variety of SAP trainings nationally.
Pat has served as president of the Illinois Association of Student
Assistance Professionals. She has been published in the Student
Assistance Journal and Prevention Forum. She is an Illinois Certified
SAP Professional, a Certified Senior Alcohol and Other Drug Preventionist,
and a Certified True Colors trainer. pat.berry@prevention.org |
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Jo Ann Burkholder, (VA) MS, CPP, CAC,
is the Past-President of NSAA and is a Specialist with the office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in the Virginia Department of Education.
She is the former President of the Virginia Student Assistance Association
and has been appointed or elected to numerous youth prevention
boards and councils. Recently she served as a consultant to the
New York Times “Newspaper in Education,” while continuing
to provide presentations on a variety of topics germane to Student
Assistance Programming nationally and internationally. |
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James Campain, (CO) NSAA Secretary, is the Coordinator
of Student Assistance Services for the Poudre School District in
Fort Collins, CO.
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, coordinating mental health services, drug and alcohol services and crisis response teams for school district. He also supervises field placement students for the School of Social Work at Colorado State University and the University of Denver, conducts child custody evaluations for family court. Jim is also a co-founder of ACTUALITY, providing training and managementforsocial norms marketingcampaigns in over 25 sites in 15 states. |
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Rodger Dinwiddie, (TN) is the Executive Director
of Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS) based in Nashville, TN. He serves
as a trainer and consultant to the national affiliate of STARS,
the Center for Youth Issues (CYI), Inc. Rodger is a national trainer
in the areas of student assistance, substance abuse prevention/intervention
and violence prevention for Hazelden. Rodger is a Past President
and an Ex-Officio member of the NSAA board. prdinwiddie@studentstakingarightstand.org www.studentstakingarightstand.org |
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Beth Hicks, (KY) is the Student Assistance Counselor for Assumption High School in Louisville, KY. She is also the President of the Kentucky
Association of Student Assistance Counselors, a NSAA chapter. She
has been a student assistance counselor at the high school level
for fifteen years. She has also consulted with others in merging the
strengths of student assistance into the most effective intervention
for drug and alcohol programming for each particular situation. bahicks_47@yahoo.com |
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Lori Hulle, (NY) is a Student Assistance Counselor for Washingtonville Middle School, in Washingtonville, NY. She is a member and past chair of the Orange
County Student Assistance Counselor's Association and current chair
of the New York State Coalition of Student Assistance Professionals.
Her background includes twenty-four years in the field of psychiatric and
substance abuse treatment; including twenty years with adolescents; fifteen as a Student
Assistance Professional. lhulle@ws.k12.ny.us |
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Renee Mello, (CA) is the Supervisor for Student Assistance Programs for the San Juan Unified School District, in Carmichael, CA. She
provides leadership and technical assistance to high school SAP Specialists and is an advocate for all K-12 SAPs throughout the district. She has been recognized for her significant contributions in the field of education by the National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), is currently a representative to a statewide SAP work group at the California Department of Education. Renee has also earned certificates in the filed of Chemical Dependency, Human Service as well as a Family Development credential |
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Carol Nixon, (TN) is Director of Evaluation and Grants for Students Taking a Right Stand, (STARS), based in Nashville, TN. She has seventeen years of experience in program evaluation, services research, and quality improvement related to prevention, intervention, and treatment services in school and community settings. Her work has been funded by federal agencies, such as the DOD, HRSA, and SAMHSA, as well as by state agencies, managed care organizations, and nonprofit organizations. She has authored numerous publications and reports and has presented evaluation findings nationally. |
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Mary Ann Solberg, (SC) is the former Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Mary Ann formerly served as the Executive Director of the Troy Community Coalition, (MI). The Troy Community Coalition won the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA) Coalition of the Year Award. She has trained hundreds of community groups and served as a trainer for CADCA and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). In 1998, Ms. Solberg was appointed to the President's Commission on Drug-Free Communities and was elected as co-chairperson. Confirmed by the United States Senate as the ONDCP Deputy Director in 2002, she served in this postion until 2007. |
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Robert Vincent, (WA) is the Director of True North- Student Assistance Training & Treatment Services, of Educational Service District 113 in Olympia, WA. He is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of a forty-five school district consortium addressing Substance Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment programs within schools. He is a nationally certified clinician, and was previously the Director for Counseling and Assistance Programs for the U.S. Navy. He is the principal investigator of the Olympia Effective Adolescent Grant, and has served as a consultant specializing in the implementation of schools-based treatment programs for several states looking at implementation of school-based treatment services and with the Center of Substance Abuse Treatment. |
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Gina Woodward, (IN) is a Guidance Counselor for Clark Pleasant Middle School, in Indianapolis, IN. She also coordinates Project PEACE Peer
Mediation training, and is a certified Olweus Bullying Prevention trainer. Gina
is an Adjunct Faculty member with Indiana University – Purdue University – Indianapolis
School of Education. Gina is a former teacher and school counselor
who brings nine years of public school experience to her current position.
A passion for meeting the educational and developmental needs of
all children drives her passion for delivery and advocacy of best
practices in student assistance and elimination of student barriers
to learning. gwoodward@cpcsc.k12.in.us |
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Lee Rush, (PA) is the Executive Director of
NSAA. He also is the Executive Director of justCommunity, Inc.,
a non-profit company offering technical assistance in the areas
of student assistance programs, community building, youth development and restorative justice
practices. Lee has worked with youth and youth serving organizations since 1976. He also directs Project
CARE, a state-approved provider of Student Assistance Program training and consultation. |
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