ONTRACK Program Resources, Inc.

Robert Alkire

Over thirty eight years successful experience planning and managing large scale comprehensive alcohol and other drug treatment and prevention programs in California. Developed and maintained an extensive and comprehensive county prevention system for a large southern California county. Helped design, implement and sustain the largest youth prevention program in California history. Secured in excess of $15,000,000 of competitive funds to expand and enhance prevention services for residents of Riverside County. Planned and managed 100+ large scale prevention conferences and events throughout California.

Darnell Bell

Darnell Bell is the Director of Prevention Services for Avalon Carver Community Center and has been with the organization since 1973. Additionally, he has served as Prevention Program Director for SHIELDS for Families' Heros & Sheros Program from 1992 - 2006 and now is their Director of Evaluation & Research. Mr. Bell's involvement in culture-based, alcohol and drug prevention services spans more than 30 years, having previously directed programs, or being affiliated with programs, at the Central City Community Mental Health Center and the Watts Health Foundation. Affectionately called the "grandfather of prevention", Mr. Bell has presented at a number of local and national conference on his culturally- specific curriculum, "Winners"', and on the importance of culture-based, and culturally specific service models.

John Black

John Black is the Executive Director of The California Sports and Education Foundation, an after school youth program providing mentoring and team sports recreation to youth in Sacramento. He has provided more than eighteen years of service to some of Sacramento's most visible non-profit agencies serving as the Program Director for St. Hope Academy and Roberts Family Development Center, Assistant Director for Salvation Army and Executive Director for Assist One Foundation. He is currently the President of JB Black & Associates, a Community Relations Consulting group that provides technical assistance and consulting services to community and faith-based organizations. In addition to providing plans for program and resource development, Mr. Black also specializes in developing Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, State and Federal [501 (c)(3)] Tax Exempt Applications, and strategies for Board Development.

Kevin Brown

Dr. Kevin L. Brown is a policy consultant for the California School Boards Association (CSBA) in West Sacramento, California. In that role, Mr. Brown drafts and edits CSBA sample policies used by school board members, superintendents, and senior administrators across the state of California. He also facilitates policy development workshops for California school districts. Prior to his employment with CSBA, Dr. Brown was the chief compliance officer for the Sacramento City Unified School District. He also served as Headmaster of St. HOPE Academy, a comprehensive youth development organization serving disadvantaged children in the Oak Park section of Sacramento, California. Dr. Brown has a successful and diverse background in the field of education. As Special Assistant to the Superintendent at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, Dr. Brown served as the Superintendent's liaison to the U.S. Attorney General's Office, and the Virginia State Attorney General's Office. In that role, he was one of the principle architects that developed strategies to integrate the Virginia Military Institute with women. He also served as an adjunct professor in the VMI History Department, and as the Institute's Rhodes, Marshall, and Truman Scholarships Representative.

J. Alton Byrd

Alton Byrd is an organizational and leadership development coach, specializing in assisting agencies with networking to build alliances and strategic partnerships. With over 20+ years of experience, Alton's marketing and strategic planning abilities have led to success in both the United States and the UK; including being the International Ambassador for Prince Charles Youth Trust Charity and the Community Liaison for Sacramento's Maloof Sports and Entertainment. He has developed and facilitates training for non-profit directors that focuses on leadership and resource development strategies.

Hau Cam

Hau Cam is currently an Accounting Officer at the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS). His experience also includes working in the Budget Office as a Budget Analyst at CalSTRS. He was the former Executive Director at the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA). His experience also includes providing direct social services for at-risk youth, homeless families, and persons with disabilities in program operations and supervision. He also works with county agencies, state government, non-profit organizations, underserved communities, and consultants with technical expertise. With a strong desire for systematic changes and community engagement, he was involved in the organizational capacity building for statewide agencies in coordinating substance abuse and problem gambling prevention training and consulting services.

Roderick Campbell

Roderick Campbell is the principal consultant at the Capitol Intercession Group, where he advises clients on intergovernmental affairs, non profit management and strategic planning and public affairs. He has served as a chief consultant on statutory matters of public utilities, postsecondary education, workforce planning and strategic planning for the California Electricity Oversight Board, the California Public Utilities Commission, the California State Senate and the California State Assembly. Prior to moving to Sacramento, he served as an analyst at the California Public Utilities Commission where he specialized in financial and regulatory ratemaking. Mr. Campbell holds a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs, and a degree in Social Science from the University of California, Berkeley. In his next life, he plans to travel the world mastering multiple languages and wondering in the ethonography of the world's musical tapestry.

Lynne Cannady

Lynne Cannady has been conducting evaluation research since 1978. Her experience includes both survey and evaluation research, needs assessment, and strategic planning for government agencies, community based organizations, and private foundations. Her work has focused on evaluations of prevention and innovative program initiatives that address: child abuse and neglect; domestic violence; tobacco use; foster care and adoptions; teen pregnancy; high risk youth; juvenile delinquency; alcohol and drug abuse; HIV/AIDS service needs; community based collaborations; and systems change. Ms. Cannady also provides workshops for board development in the nonprofit sector, strategic planning, needs assessment and planning, designing simple evaluations, and developing volunteer programs. She is also a consultant to the Center for Health Improvement, the technical assistance contractor to the California Children & Families Commission.

Rosa Della Casa

Ms. Della Casa's over 20 years of experience and qualifications include a record of professional accomplishment in all phases of human resources; focusing in the areas of workforce and organizational development, training, employment and program development, and meeting business needs. Possess proven abilities in problem solving, special team leadership development and management, strategic planning and implementation, and community relations. Have accumulated a background marked by achievement, diligence, and attention to detail; able to provide excellent references attesting to professional capabilities and personal attributes. Specialize in using innovative approaches in creating successful partnerships between multi-cultural and other diverse associations, education, government, and both private and non-profit businesses. My personal and career objectives are to utilize my skills and experience to promote the quality of life for our society.

Alona Clifton

Alona Clifton has many years of activism and engagement in political, social and economic grassroots efforts. Her activism was shaped in the movements of the 1960s in Berkeley, California, her hometown. Her lifelong commitment to social justice has led her to work with a very eclectic group of community organizations ranging from Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency to Black Alliance for Just Immigration to the Jack London Aquatic Center. Alona has honed her communication skills in her work with a diversity of adults, youth and young adults and has earned a measure of respect for her relentless advocacy in behalf of historically underserved communities. Much of Alona's professional career has also provided synergy for her activism. She has been an elected trustee at a community college, chief of staff to a county supervisor, and grants director for a public foundation. Currently, Alona serves as a consultant with an emphasis on infrastructure and capacity-building for non-profit organizations.

Jamila Crockett

Jamila Crockett :Ms. Crockett started JS Crockett Consulting services while attending the University of California, Davis and studying community and regional development. Prior to graduation, she worked in various areas:nonprofit start-up, grant writing, and marketing. Upon graduation, she accepted a position with Shell Oil as Territory Manager in SORO Sales, which gave her intense, yet gratifying experience managing all aspects of the business from human resources to financials, including $2 million in assets per month.

Ms. Crockett enjoys helping organizations define conceptual ideas into concrete strategic plans and quantifiable results.

Stephanie Edwards

Ms. Edwards has earned two Masters Degrees; one in Public Administration and the other in Hospital Administration from the University of Southern California. She earned her Bachelor of Science from California State University, Northridge. She continued her studies in the field of fundraising at the Indiana University Center of Philanthropy.

Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in fund development and working within nonprofit environments, Ms. Edwards founded Community Resource Fundraising Group, of which she is president. Her acclaimed fundraising and managerial skills have supported numerous nonprofit organizations seeking to strengthen both their management and financial practices. A proven grant writer, Ms. Edwards has assisted nonprofit organizations to secure more than $4.8 million for organizations in foundation support and corporate sponsorships. An Adjunct Professor for Springfield College's school of humanities, Ms. Edwards teaches Legal and Ethical Aspects of Non-Profit Management, Grant Writing and The Basics of Fundraising.

Ira Einhorn

Ira Einhorn, Certified Public Accountant, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Einhorn is a former Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 company subsidiary. He completes 80 hours of continuing education every year and is a guest speaker for the State of California for start up business organizations. Mr. Einhorn started and administered a successful accounting firm through the complete business life cycle. He also recruited clients and supervised office of four employees, scheduled workflow and performed necessary tasks as expected of a business owner. He has provided technical assistance in financial and accounting functions to organizations within the State of California. Mr. Einhorn holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at California State University at Sacramento and has a California Certified Teaching Credential. He is also a teacher at Roseville Adult Education High School.

Yvette G. Flores, Ph.D.

Professor Flores obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at U.C. Berkeley in 1982. Her postdoctoral work focused on health psychology and the treatment of addictions. Her recent research and publications address the prevalence of intimate partner violence among Mexican nationals and Mexicans in the United States, the relationship between depression and IPV in rural Mexican women, and caregiving patterns of spouses and adult children of elderly with dementia. Professor Flores is part of several collaborative, binational research teams. A Fulbright fellow (Panama 1994), she has taught at the Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua, in Panama City; she has also guest lectured and supervised doctoral and master thesis students at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico (UNAM), Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario Sur and the Universidad de Costa Rica. She has taught graduate students from humanities and social sciences, undergraduates in Chicana/o Studies, Sociology and Psychology, and professional school students in Law, Psychology and Medicine. Doctor Flores is an international consultant and trainers in the areas of illness prevention, program development, mental health and substance abuse problems affecting Latinas, and cultural competency.

Carrie Frazier

Ms. Frazier is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years experience teaching parenting and life skills classes for parents and youth in schools, community organizations church and businesses. She is an experienced case manager and serves in social service organizations and hospitals. Ms. Frazier is a psychotherapist, community service chaplain, author and public speaker. Additionally, Ms. Frazier has expertise in organizational development, administration program design, proposal writing, budgeting, project management, supervision, staff development and training, grant writing, fundraising, marketing, research, employee assistance programs, cultural diversity, and consultation.

R. Michael Gonzales

Michael Gonzales works with school districts and county offices of education to facilitate reform practices that lead to alignment of instructional practices with the California Department of Education's framework for grades K-12. He serves on several School Assistance & Intervention Teams (SAIT) developing guidelines, implementing and evaluating corrective actions for under-performing schools. Michael's expertise is developing programs that address under-achieving students at highest risk for school failure, delinquency and substance abuse and working to increase parent and community involvement in the educational process.

Gabriella Grant

A native of California, Gabriella is the former project manager for the mental health/substance abuse project. After earning a master's degree in policy studies at the Johns Hopkins University, with an emphasis on criminal justice policy and women, she worked for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Division of Parole and Probation. She wrote and won a grant to fund DV advocates in probation offices across the state, the first victim program in a community corrections setting. Expanding to serve all crime victims, the program became a model, recognized for innovation on the local, state and national levels. Through working with victims and victim advocates, she became increasingly aware of how the integration of the victim's voice throughout the criminal justice process ensured better outcomes for victims, offenders and staff. Gabriella has worked on strategic planning, fundraising and training for nonprofits for nearly 10 years. More recently, she has been working on trauma-informed approaches to human service delivery systems and is currently a consultant for ONTRACK Program Resources, Inc.

Dr. Rivka Greenberg

Rivka Greenberg's work encompasses the areas of substance abuse and family focused treatment; children at risk and children with special needs and children of incarcerated parents. As a specialist in infant mental health, she brings a family focus and interdisciplinary emphasis to her work with educational, social services and health care programs in the United States and abroad. She has published in the areas of substance abuse, incarceration and families. She is an independent consultant and teaches at the University of California, Davis.

Susie Hess

Sabrina Johnson

Sabrina Johnson has over 14 years of experience designing and implementing applied research and evaluation studies for government (county, state and federal) and nonprofit agencies. Ms. Johnson is an experienced manager and developer of research teams, including budget oversight, grant writing, and RFP review for multiple projects. She is adept at gathering information from and communicating with diverse audiences. Ms. Johnson's is experienced in individual/group counseling, interviewing and conflict resolution. Sabrina has authored or coauthored more than 30 technical reports for State and local governments and private nonprofit corporations. These have included evaluation studies, feasibility studies, requirements definitions reports, and user training manuals. Ms. Johnson earned her Master of Arts in Community Organization, Planning and Administration at California State University Sacramento in 1992. and her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and Child Development at California State University Sacramento in 1990.

David Mee Lee

David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist and is certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He is based in Davis, CA and is involved in full-time training and consulting both nationally and internationally. Dr. Mee-Lee has over thirty years experience in treatment and program development for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. He is Chief Editor of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, which includes criteria for co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders. Dr. Mee-Lee is a Senior Fellow for the Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); and a Senior Advisor to The Change Companies.

Veronica Lewis

Veronica joined Special Service for Groups/Faith In Communities (SSG FIC) in 2003. She is the Project Director for the FIC Capacity Building and Technical Training Program that helps strengthen community and faith based organizations in Los Angeles County District II. Veronica has been the coordinator of the Los Angeles Al-Impics- a 5,000 participant, 35-year-old Olympic event for the substance abuse recovering community- for the past 5 years and continues to take the annual event to new heights. She also headed up the Re-Entry Employment Options Project- an intergovernmental demonstration program for inmates and parolees- a partnership with the City of Los Angeles and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Veronica is the Assistant Division Director of the Homeless Outreach Program/Integrated Care System Division which provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment. She is also the Administrator for the African American Alcohol and other Drug Council of LA County (AAAOD). Ms. Lewis manages the substance abuse service component at the LA County Probation Department's first Day Reporting Center- for transitional age youth males.

Nena P. Messina

Nena P. Messina, Ph.D., is a Criminologist at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and has been involved in substance abuse research for over fourteen years. Dr. Messina's areas of expertise include the association between crime, psychiatric disorders, and substance abuse, and the specialized treatment needs of drug-dependent women offenders. Recently, Dr. Messina was appointed as a Special Consultant to act as a Governor's Rehabilitation Strike Team Member. To create a strategic plan to reform the California prison system in response to Legislative bill AB 900 - The Public Safety & Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007. Dr. Messina has also focused her efforts toward identifying the long-term outcomes of drug-exposed children. Dr. Messina is currently the Principal Investigator of the Children Exposed to Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture Study, a two-year pilot study to assess the medical, developmental, and placement outcomes of children removed from methamphetamine labs in Los Angeles County. Dr. Messina is also the PI of several NIDA-funded grants assessing the effectiveness of gender-responsive treatment for women offenders (on parole, in prison, or under community supervision such as drug court and Prop 36). Dr. Messina has collaborated on numerous publications on the psychosocial correlates of substance abuse treatment outcomes and has contributed a great deal to the understanding of co-occurring disorders, specifically Antisocial Personality Disorder and treatment responsivity for women offenders.

Alissa D. Nelson

Alisa holds a Master degree in Social Work, with concentration in Marriage, Family and Child, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and concentration in Mental Health. She has received numerous letters of appreciation from the Deputy Directors of State Agencies and the Center of Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), along with awards from the AOD Prevention and Treatment field.

Van Nguyen

Mr. Nguyen immigrated from Vietnam in the early 1980's as a young child with his parents. Their first stop over was in Minnesota, but eventually moved to Sacramento, CA, where Mr. Nguyen grew up and attended the University of California Davis, where he earned a BS in Managerial Economics. He currently works at the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, Sacramento, as a Housing Representative, in which he is involved in various aspects of community development, administration of various assistance programs, and policy development.

Isabel S. Perez-Yanez

Ms. Perez-Yanez has 20 years of direct and administrative experience in public health, education, and social services. She has worked with diverse communities, professionals, families and adolescents in violence, gang violence, and substance abuse prevention, adolescent pregnancy and prevention, domestic violence, intervention, and training. She has done extensive collaboration and networking building and grass-roots community organizing. Training expertise includes prevention and intervention in addiction, family and addiction, perinatal health, case management, counseling, group facilitation, and training of trainers. For diverse school districts she has provided teacher training, student, and parent education in prevention topics.

Carol Redding

From 2003-2006, Carol Redding served as a Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, assigned to the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she designed an outreach and marketing program for The Study. At the end of her fellowship, Carol formed Health Presentations, a non-profit organization, to continue the work of sharing information about the ACE Study findings. A survivor of childhood trauma, she is dedicated to bringing information about the long-term impact of child abuse to the public-at-large. Carol has over twenty years of experience as a project manager, IT consultant, and trainer with San Diego State University. She holds a master's in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, a bachelor's in Art History from San Diego State University, and has been a licensed private investigator in the State of California since 1992. She is a published writer and member of the American Medical Writers Association.

Heriberto Rosales

Mr. Rosales graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in Political Science in 2000. He's originally from Tulare County and was a migrant agricultural worker alongside his family. Upon completing college Heriberto went to work for a nonprofit organization that worked with rural communities by providing technical assistance, development loans and grants. Since 2007, Mr. Rosales has served as a state Loan Officer and underwrites project loans for affordable housing developments. His area of expertise remains rural development and farm-worker housing. He has been providing Problem Gambling workshops since early 2008, and has hosted several trainings in the San Joaquin Central Valley. Mr. Rosales is married and has two young children. He and his family currently reside in Sacramento.

Toni Rucker, Ph.D.

An epidemiologist, Dr. Rucker specializes in designing evidenced-based programs for special populations: women with children, homeless and criminal justice clients. She has evaluated CSAT grant funded programs, developed needs assessments and conducted numerous studies on health disparities; including an analysis of the distributions and determinants of disease in disenfranchised populations in San Francisco. She specializes in family strengthening and has worked tirelessly to integrate community and faith-based groups into the planning and delivery of services throughout the system of care.

Katie Slack

Ms. Slack received her BS in Psychology from Guilford College in North Carolina and her Master of Social Work degree from San Diego State University. Ms. Slack is an Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) Certified Crisis Intervention Counselor. In addition, Ms. Slack completed the Motivational Interviewing Training for New Trainers through MINT Inc. Ms Slack specializes in the use of Motivational Interviewing with survivors of Domestic Violence, and conducted one of the first known research projects on this topic. She is currently the Research Coordinator on a project using Motivational Interviewing with survivors of Domestic Violence who have an open Child Welfare Services case. Ms. Slack also provides trainings on Motivational Interviewing for Domestic Violence agencies throughout the state of California.

Gloria Soliz

Ms. Soliz is A Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist; a Certified Master Trainer for Freedom From Smoking & Trainer for NOT, the American Lung Association's. She is a Certified Facilitator by both the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society. Ms. Soliz has conducted smoking cessation classes, made tobacco education presentations and promoted organizational policy change for smoke-free environments including drug and alcohol treatment centers and other agencies. She frequently assists organizations in development and expansion of tobacco control programs with priority populations. years.

Dee-Dee Stout

Dee-Dee Stout, MA, CADC-II,; member of MINT, holds a Master's degree in Health Counseling from SFSU and is a California Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Level II with international reciprocity (ICADC). Ms. Stout is part of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), having trained with the author, Dr. William R. Miller, at UNM Albuquerque. She has received additional MI training - Motivational Interviewing for Supervisors Training (MIST) - with Drs. Bill Miller & Terri Moyers. Dee-Dee has received extensive specialized training in such areas as: CDOI, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Relapse Prevention, Creative Inquiry, Stages of Change, CBT, Seeking Safety, CRAFT, Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, and more. Ms. Stout received her first undergraduate degree in Business from Northwood University (Cedar Hill, TX), completing her Bachelor's in Psychology, with a minor in Human Sexuality, from San Francisco State University (SFSU). Ms. Stout is on Faculty at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and Adjunct Professor at San Francisco State University and UC Davis where she specializes in women's health, addiction counseling, and other health behavior changes. Dee-Dee is also the Clinical Program Manager for Project Pride in Oakland, CA and has a private training, consulting, and coaching practice in the Bay Area, Responsible Recovery. Her recently completed book, Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking and Screaming: Finding Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World, is due out this year (2009).

Paul L. Watson

Paul has over 35 years of experience in the areas of youth development, community development, community youth development, organizational development, board development, community organizing, strategic planning and diversity training. In addition, Paul is an experienced trainer with the Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA) facilitation methods, and served on the ICA National Board of Directors. Internationally, in 2004/05 Paul successfully completed a contract to develop a youth development strategy for two countries in Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. From 1997 - 1999 he completed three projects in the Netherlands: 1) provided a training for 40 participants from 10 countries in community development, micro-enterprise and strategic planning methods to use in their local communities, 2) by invitation, he gave a speech at World Habitat Day Conference, and 3) conducted a week-long Community Youth Development Training. In February 1999, Paul facilitated three community forums in East London, South Africa that were designed to bring police and youth together to create and implement strategies to reduce crime in their neighborhoods. He also serves as a Lecturer at the San Diego, California campus of Springfield College and an adjunct faculty member at San Diego City College He is a program evaluator for the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, which confronts the issues of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation.

Willy Wilkinson

Willy Wilkinson, MPH has worked extensively with substance abuse, mental health, medical, and other public health providers throughout California, to develop culturally appropriate service approaches for LGBT consumers in urban and rural settings. Nationally known for expertise in transgender public health issues, Willy also has extensive experience with communities of color, substance users, sex workers, youth, and people with disabilities. Willy earned a Masters in Public Health in Community Health Education from UC Berkeley, and a BA in Women's Studies from UC Santa Cruz. As a trainer, Willy employs a welcoming, interactive, non-punishing approach that honors participants' expertise and welcomes all questions, at all knowledge levels. For more information, visit www.willywilkinson.com.

Doretha Williams-Flournoy

Greg Young

The G.I.E. Group, Inc. is a full service consultant practice designed to assist non-profits and foundations achieve their vision. The G.I.E. Group accomplishes this task by providing a full suite of organizational consulting, coaching, and motivational speaking services to help our clients achieve maximum results. The G.I.E. Group, Inc. is owned by Greg Young who is President and Founder. Greg has over 20 years experience in the corporate, non-profit, and government sector having served in a variety of leadership and management roles. He has consulted with nonprofits in the Bayview Hunters Point area of San Francisco and Monterey County on issues dealing with organizational and leadership development. In addition, he has volunteered in Oakland Public Schools, the East Bay Conservation Corps, Vacaville State Prison, and the East Bay Leadership Foundation. He has been a guest lecturer on a variety of topics at U.C. Berkeley and Cal State East Bay. Greg is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from St. Mary's College in Moraga.