Language: English
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Harm Reduction Policies for Protective Factors
- Alexis Pleus, Executive Director, Truth Pharm & NYSHRA Co-Chair
- Julie Ritzler-Shelling, M.Ed., Senior Director of Community Prevention and Harm Reduction Services, Trillium Health & NYSHRA Board Member
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3C: Planning for Impactful Opioid Settlement Fund Utilization: Lessons Learned from Suffolk County
- Alyse Marotta, MPH, Coordinator of Community Based Programs, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
- Cari Faith Besserman, MS, CRC, CASAC-M, Director, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
- Tina Wolf, Executive Director, Community Action for Social Justice
- Melissa Wettengel, MPH, NYCPS, Chief Executive Officer, Hands Across Long Island
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3B: Bridges of Trust: Weaving Harm Reduction Into Community Hubs
- Tyler Gilyard, Program Coordinator, Onondaga County Health Department
- Julie Gilbert, Program Coordinator, Onondaga County Health Department
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3A: Peers, Data, and Partnership: Integrated Harm Reduction in Dutchess County, NY
- Lori Levine, MSPH, Quality Improvement Coordinator, Dutchess County Department of Health
- Allison M. Smith, MPH, Chief Epidemiologist, Dutchess County Department of Mental Health
- Gregory Gallo, LCSW, Clinical Program Manager, Dutchess County Department of Mental Health
9:15 – 10:05 AM: Breakout 2C: Monroe County C.A.C.T.U.S. (Community Action Coalition Committed to Uprooting Stigma): Changing the Conversation Around Substance Use Disorder
- Jessica O’Connor, MPH, Addiction Services Program Manager, Monroe County Department of Public Health
- Kelly Robinson, Addiction Services Outreach Supervisor, Monroe County Department of Public Health
9:15 – 10:05 AM: Breakout 2B: Beyond the Clinic Walls, Treatment Without Borders
- Ashley Spaulding, Director of Community Outreach, Baywood Center
9:15 – 10:05 AM: Breakout 2A: Leveraging Community Partnerships and Harm Reduction Philosophies to Solve Long-Standing Social Issues: The Schenectady Outreach Hub
- Jennifer Hayden, LMHC, CASAC, Dual Recovery Coordinator, Schenectady County
- Michelle Cejka, MA, Adult Behavioral Health Coordinator, Schenectady County
- Lauren Pierce, BA, Behavioral Health Navigator, Schenectady Police Department
- Lieutenant Ryan Macherone, Lieutenant of Neighborhood Engagement, Schenectady Police Department
8:20 – 9:10 AM: Stimulant Use Trends and Impact: Emerging Harm Reduction and Clinical Strategies
- Narelle Ellendon, RN, Opioid Program Manager, NYSDOH
- Anne DelVecchio, MPH, Evaluation Specialist IV, Program Manager, NYSDOH
- Blender Muzvondiwa, Graduate Research Assistant, NYSDOH
- Guen Argott, Hepatitis C Patient Navigator, Catholic Charities Care Coordination Services
