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To fulfill our statutory duty to recommend statewide policies and provide an objective assessment of proposed legislation, the USAAV+ Council works with state, county, and city partners.
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Commissioner Jess Anderson
Utah Department of Public Safety
Judge James Blanch
Third District Drug Court
Nubia Peña, Director
Division of Multicultural Affairs
Brett Peterson, Director
Division of Juvenile Justice Services.
Dr. Mark Foote
Intermountain Healthcare
Physical Health Care Field Rep.
Mary Jo McMillen, Executive Director
Utah Support Advocates
for Recovery Awareness
Statewide Advocacy Organization Rep
Mayor Howard Madsen
Sunset City
League of Cities and Towns Rep.
Ann Williamson
Executive Director
Utah Department of Human Services
Daniel Burton, Director
Communications/Government Records
Utah Attorney General’s Designee
Margaret Olson
Summit County Attorney
Statewide Association of Prosecutors
Chief Tom Ross
Bountiful Police Department
Local Law Enforcement Agencies Rep.
Rob Timmerman
Prevention Director, Partners
for Success Salt Lake Region
Salt Lake County Health Department
Doug Thomas, Director,
Division of Substance Abuse
and Mental Health
Tom Ross
Executive Director, CCJJ
Patrick Fleming, CHAIR
Citizen Representative
Judge Mary Manley
Seventh District Drug Court
Judge Vernice Trease
Third District Mental Health Court.
Mike Haddon
Executive Director
Utah Department of Corrections
Colonel Gary Harter
Executive Director
Department of Veterans
and Military Affairs
Deborah Kreeck Mendez
Trial Attorney
Salt Lake Legal Defender Association
Dennis Cecchini, Resident
Personally affected by a
Substance Use/Mental Health Disorder
Dr. Karen Buchi, Professor and Chief
General Pediatrics Division
University of Utah
Heather Borski, Director
Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health’s Designee
Catherine Dupont
Deputy State Court Administrator
State Court Administrator’s Designee
Kimberly Myers, Administrator
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services
Division of Substance Abuse
and Mental Health
Pending
Director, Division of Indian Affairs
Prevention Professionals Rep.
Licensed Peer Support Specialist
Santiago Cortez
Clinical Consultants, LLC
Sigrid Nolte
Representative
Carlene Walker
Representative
Scott Reed, VICE CHAIR
Assistant Utah Attorney General
Brent Kelsey, Associate Director
Division of Substance Abuse
and Mental Health
Clarissa Stebbing,
Substance Abuse Prevention
& Intervention Specialist
State Board of Education Designee
Dr. Michael Crookston
Representative of Treatment
Professionals
Catherine Dupont
Deputy State Court Administrator
State Court Administrator’s Designee
Diane Moore, Director,
Utah Division of Child
and Family Services
Denise Porter
Board of Pardons
& Parole Designee
Christina Zidow, COO
Odyssey House of Utah
Youth Services Provider Rep.
Rob Wesemann
Executive Director
National Alliance for Mental Illness
Statewide Advocacy Organization Rep.