California DMC-ODS Evaluation

Presenter Contact List

Lily Alvarez
Behavioral Health Administrator
Kern County Mental Health
3300 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 100
Bakersfield, California 93301
Phone: 661-868-6705
E-mail: lalvarez@co.kern.ca.us

Sheila Barbee
Project Director
Florida Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Building 1, Room 202
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700
Phone: 850-528-2674; Fax: 850-414-7474
E-mail: Sheila_Barbee@dcf.state.fl.us

Rich Bradway
Senior Vice President
Drug and Alcohol Division
California Therapeutic Communities 
9465 Farnham Street
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858-573-2600; Fax: 858-573-2602
E-mail: rbradway@mhsinc.org

Mady Chalk
Director
Center for Policy Research and Analysis
Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building
150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 213-399-0980 x 103; Fax: 215- 399-0987
E-mail: mchalk@tresearch.org

Michael Cunningham 
Chief Deputy Director
California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs 
1700 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: 916-445-1943
Email: MCunningham@adp.ca.gov

Bill Dombrowski
Secretary
California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives (CAADPE)
1127 11th Street, Suite 208,
Sacramento, CA, 95814
Phone: 916-329-7409; Fax: 916-442-4616
Email: bdombrowski@didihirsch.org

José Esquibel
Director
Interagency Prevention Systems
Prevention Services Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, A-4
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: 303-692-2302
E-mail: j.esquibel@state.co.us

Suzanne Gelber
President
The Avisa Group
1576 Fell Street #2
San Francisco, CA 94117-2146
Phone: 415-875-9392 (o) 510-798-5552 (m)
E-mail: sgelber@avisagroup.com

Trip Gardner
Chief of Psychiatry
Penobscot Community Health Center
Co-Director Summer St Community Clinic
34 Summer St Suite B
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: 207-992-2636; Fax: 207-992-2638
E-mail: tgardner@pchcbangor.org

Alice Gleghorn
County Alcohol and Drug Administrator
San Francisco Department of Public Health Community Behavioral Health 
1380 Howard Street, #402
San Francisco, CA 94103-9705
Phone: 415-255-3722; Fax:
415-252-3064
E-mail: alice.gleghorn@sfdph.org

Karen Kane
Substance Abuse Program Manager
Riverside County Department of Mental Health
3525 Presley Avenue
Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: 951-782-2400; Fax: 951- 683-4904 
E-mail: KSKane@rcmhd.org

Scott Kennelly
Senior Program Manager
Butte County Department of Behavioral Health 
107 Parmac Road, Suite 2
Chico, CA 95926
Phone: 530-891-2850; Fax: 530- 895-6549
E-mail: skennelly@buttecounty.net

Victor Kogler
Executive Director
Alcohol and Drug Policy Institute (ADPI)
1127 11th Street, Ste 214, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-290-9398
Email: vkogler@aodpolicy.org

Colleen Labelle
Program Director 
STATE OBOT B
Boston Medical Center
801 Mass Ave Suite 1053
Phone: 617-414-7453 (o) 617-797-6712 (m); Fax: 617-414-4134
E-mail: Colleen.labelle@bmc.org

Bill Manov
Alcohol & Drug Program Administrator
Santa Cruz County Alcohol and Drug Program 
1400 Emeline Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 831-454-4220;
Fax: 831-454-4747 
E-mail: bill.manov@health.co.santa-cruz.ca.us

Steve Maulhardt
Treasurer
California Opioid Maintenance Providers (COMP)
1124 International Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94606
Phone: 510-533-0800; Fax: 510-533-0300
Email: steve@aegismed.com

Elinore F. McCance-Katz 
Professor of Psychiatry
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave, Suite 7M-WD93
San Francisco, CA 94110
Campus Address: Box 0852, SFGH WD93
Phone: 415-206-4010; Fax: 415-206-5569
E-mail: Elinore.Mccance-katz@ucsf.edu

Dave Neilsen
Deputy Director
Program Services Division
California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs 
1700 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: 916-445-1943
Email: DNeilsen@adp.ca.gov

Allison Ober
Research Scientist
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Semel Institute
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles
Phone: 310-267-5331(o) 310-696-1403 (m); Fax: 310-312-0538
Email: ajober@ucla.edu

Brett O’Brien
Administrator
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services
Orange County Health Care Agency
405 W. Fifth Street, Suite 212 
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714-834-2011; Fax: 714- 667-3968 
Email: bobrien@ochca.com

Jim O'Connell
President
California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources (CAARR)
2400 Marconi Avenue
P.O. Box 214127
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: 626-332-3145; Fax: 626-974-4164
E-mail: jimo@socialmodel.com

D.J. Pierce
Chief
Marin County H&HS
Division of Alcohol, Drug & Tobacco Programs
10 N. San Pedro Road, Room 1013
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 415-499-6652; Fax: 415- 499-7008 
Email: dpierce@co.marin.ca.us

Leslie Preston
Behavioral Health Director
La Clinica de la Raza (Northern California)
Oakland, CA 94601
Phone: 510-535-6200; Fax: 510-535-4167
E-mail: lpreston@laclinica.org

Richard Rawson
Professor and Associate Director
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Semel Institute
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Ste. 320
Los Angeles, California, 90025
Phone: 310 267-5311; Fax: 310-312-0538
Email: rrawson@mednet.ucla.edu

Thomas Renfree
Executive Director
County Alcohol & Drug Program Administrators Association of California (CADPAAC)
1415 L Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-441-1850; Fax: 916-441-6178
E-mail: Tom@slgs.org

Al Senella
President 
California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives (CAADPE)
1127 11th Street, Suite 208,
Sacramento, CA, 95814
Phone: 916-329-7409; Fax: 916-442-4616
Email: asenella@Tarzanatc.org

Mark Stanford
Medical and Clinical Services Manager
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
Department of Alcohol & Drug Services
Addiction Medicine and Therapy Division
2425 Enborg Lane
San Jose, Ca 95128
Phone: 408-885-4078; Fax: 408-885-4055
E-mail: Mark.Stanford@hhs.sccgov.org

Kenneth Stark
Director
Snohomish County Human Services
3000 Rockefeller Avenue, M/S 305
Everett, WA 98201
Phone: 425-388-7204
E-mail: ken.stark@snoco.org

Cosette Taillac
Director Best Practices/Outcomes
Regional Mental Health
Kaiser Permanente of Northern California
1950 Franklin St. 4th floor
Oakland, Ca. 94612
Phone: 510-987-3676 (o) (tie line: 8-427-3676); Fax: 510-987-1249
E-mail: Cosette.Taillac@kp.org

John Viernes
Director
Los Angeles County Substance Abuse Prevention and Control
1000 S. Fremont Ave., Bldg. A-9 East, 3rd Floor
Alhambra, CA 91803-4737
Phone: 626-299-4193 x8; Fax: 626-458-7637 
E-mail: jviernes@ph.lacounty.gov

Connie Weisner
Associate Director 
Health Services Research
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
2000 Broadway, 3rd floor
Oakland, CA 94612
email: Constance.Weisner@KP.org
Phone: 510-891-3599 (tieline: 8-481-3599); 
Fax: 510-891-3606
Email: Constance.Weisner@nsmtp.kp.org

Curt Willems
Lead Manager
Substance Abuse Service
San Joaquin Co. Behavioral Health Services
1212 N. California Street 
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: 209-468-8483; Fax: 209- 468-3723 
Email: cwillems@sjcbhs.org

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