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Schedule

7 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Opening Keynote – Recovery Ecosystems  
The Recovery Ecosystem Index: Building and Strengthening a Recovery Ecosystem 
 

Angela Hagaman, Co-Director, East Tennessee State University Addiction Science Center

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

General Session – Recovery Ecosystems Panel    
Regional Recovery Ecosystems in Action  
 
Lee Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Rescue Mission of Roanoke 
Nancy Hans, Executive Director, Partnership for Community Wellness (PCW)  
Bailey Helgeson, C.P.R.S, Interim Director, Roanoke Valley Collective Response (Moderator)

10:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Exhibit Tables

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

General Session – Trauma and Crisis Response 
Law Enforcement Embedded Peer Liaisons

Lata Menon, Chief Executive Officer, First Choice Services 
Shawn Schwertfeger, Chief of Police, Wheeling West Virginia Police Department

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

General Session – Treatment and Recovery Support 
Carilion Clinic’s Holistic Approach to Treatment 
 
Cheri Hartman, Ph.D., Project Consultant, Virginia ED Bridge Expansion Project, Carilion Clinic, Department of Carilion Mental Health and Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine 

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch 

1:25 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Breakout Session 1

Breakout Session Theme: Recovery Ecosystem

Community Approach to Developing a Recovery Ecosystem

Noelle Bissell, M.D., Health Director, New River Health District, Virginia Department of Health
 
Cindy Newman, Resource Coordinator, Southwest Virginia, Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
 
Beth O'Connor, M.Ed., Executive Director, Virginia Rural Health Association

Breakout Session Theme: Trauma and Crisis Response

Harm Reduction and ODMAP

Emma Driscoll, Virginia Public Health Analyst, Overdose Response Strategy, CDC Foundation 

Jostin Holmes, Treatment and Recovery Program Manager, West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy 

Yolanda Sowards, Public Health Analyst, Overdose Response Strategy, CDC Foundation, supporting West Virginia 

Alex Watkins, Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition

Breakout Session Theme: Treatment and Recovery Support

Harm Reduction and Recovery Courts: Paving New Roads for Healing

Justin Jordan, Ph.D., LPC, LSATP, Assistant Professor of Counseling at Longwood University

Courtney Zongrone, Ph.D., LPC, Director of Counseling, University of Lynchburg

2:20 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.

Breakout Session 2

Breakout Session Theme: Treatment and Recovery Support

Embracing Faith in the Recovery Ecosystem

Stephen DiMarzio, Director of Recovery, The Rescue Mission of Roanoke, Inc. 
 
Leigh Stover, Communications and CARA Grant Coordinator, Partnership for Community Wellness 

Lee Clark, CEO, The Rescue Mission of Roanoke, Inc.(Moderator)

Breakout Session Theme: Trauma and Crisis Response

Regional Approaches to Harm Reduction and Recovery

Linda Austin, Executive Director at Appalachian Substance Abuse Coalition for Prevention, Treatment & Recovery (ASAC)
 
Tammy Bise, Program Coordinator, Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program, Virginia Department of Health
 
Sherriff B.C. “Chip” Shuler, Smyth County, Virginia 

Michelle Ward, Coordinator, Smyth County Recovery Court

Nancy Hans, Executive Director, Partnership for Community Wellness (PCW)  (Moderator)

Breakout Session Theme: Research Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned - Polysubstance Abuse

Allison Tegge, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Addiction Recovery Research Center, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion

3:05 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. 

Break

3:20 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote – Recovery Housing                            
An Ecosystems Approach to Recovery Housing

Mike Townsend, Recovery Kentucky Program Director at Kentucky Housing Corporation 
Tony White, Director of Outreach, Fletcher Group Inc.

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Breakout Session 3

Breakout Session Theme: Recovery Housing

Trends in Recovery Housing

Joyce Bronson, CPRS, Director of Admissions, The McShin Foundation

Jillian Fox, Director, Mid Atlantic, CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)

Breakout Session Theme: Recovery Housing

Regional Approaches to Recovery Housing

Robert de Triquet, Director of RCO Division, The Virginia Association of Recovery Residences

Matthew Conner, CPRS, Assistant Director, The Virginia Association of Recovery Residences 

David Moore, PhD, Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships, Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance, TAP Pathway Home Program Director

Christine Wright, Co-founder and Executive Director, Four Truths Recovery 

Breakout Session Theme: Research Lessons Learned

Delay Discounting in Recovery: An Overview

Jeff Stein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Health Behaviors Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion

5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Reception 
Sponsored by Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge      

7 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Exhibit Tables

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Tabletop Exercise

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

General Session – Recovery Workforce  
Renovated Workplaces: Designing and Building Recovery Friendly Workplaces

Kit Roberts, NBC-HWC, Owner, A Renovated Life, LLC, Recovery Friendly Workplaces Consultant

9:55 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Breakout Session 4

Breakout Session Theme: Jobs in Recovery

Regional Workforce Development and Recovery

Morgan Romeo, Executive Director, Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board 

Marty Holliday, Executive Director at New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Area

Breakout Session Theme: Recovery Courts

Lessons Learned from Starting a New Recovery Court

Letitia Hawkins- Beatty, Division Director Adult and Family Services, Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare 

Leigh Lively, Recovery Court Coordinator, Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare 

Chad Simmons, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

Breakout Session Theme: Integration of Peer Services

Katie Askren, PhD, LPC, LSATP, NCC, ACS, Regional Clinical Supervisor, Virginia Comprehensive Treatment Center

Kat Heredia, RPRS, Community Recovery Coordinator, SOAR Local Lead, Piedmont Community Services

Daniel Cox, RPRS, DBHDS PRS Trainer, Conflict Resolution Facilitator, Recovery Housing Coordinator

10:50 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Breakout Session 5

Breakout Session Theme: Jobs in Recovery

Economic Revitalization Through Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Dana Cronkhite, MSW, Economic Development Director, Dickenson County Virginia 


Vanessa Keeton, ARC’s VP of Marketing

Breakout Session Theme: Research Lessons Learned 

International Quit and Recovery Network

Daniel Cabral, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion 

Rafaela Fontes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion 

Tony Nist, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
 
Fatima Quddos, Graduate Research Assistant, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion

Breakout Session Theme: From Crisis to Career

Pending

Christine Wright, Behavioral Health Program Manager, Bradley Free Clinic

Jimmy McMahan, Peer Recovery Specialist Supervisor, HOPE Initiative

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch and Closing Keynote 
Inspiring Community Action in Your Recovery Ecosystem

Philip Cooper, CCHW, CPSS, Executive Director of Operation Gateway and Change Agent 

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