George Lewis is the CEO of Motivational Consulting provides services and resources to substance use treatment, education, therapy, and mental health professionals. Motivational Consulting currently has contracts with several treatment facilities. The organization’s services include motivational lectures, discussion groups, Bami Soro (Culturally Directed Healing) curriculum and Addict Chronicles DVDs aimed at bridging the communication gap…

Assistant Commissioner for the Community Supports Administration, Minnesota Department of Health

Gertrude Matemba-Mutasa is the assistant commissioner for the Community Supports Administration, which includes the Behavioral Health, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Disability Services, Housing and Support Services, Fiscal Analysis and Performance Management, and Community and Care Integration Reform divisions. Before coming to DHS, Matemba-Mutasa was the executive director of the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center,…

Gregory Kemp is a CPRS-R and the program director of the Twin Cities Recovery Project in Minneapolis, MN.  Gregory is a person in long-term recovery, with experience with co-occurring disorders and substance use. Greg has been a familiar face at TCRP, frequenting the social club when it was in the church basement, and continuing to…

Dr. Clark, MD, JD, MPH is currently the Dean’s Executive Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He is formerly the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, where he led the agency’s national effort…

An Inclusive Recovery Ecosystem and Quality Recovery Housing.

Tony has been committed to long-term recovery since July 2003. He has over 12 years of experience as a Program Director of two residential, long-term, peer-led, peer-driven, social model recovery programs in rural eastern Kentucky. Each center had a minimum of 100 beds, serving the homeless, marginally housed, and criminal justice-involved men seeking recovery. As…

Dean, Vice President for Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Jakub Tolar is Dean of the Medical School and Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota. A pediatric blood and marrow transplant physician whose life work centers on helping children with devastating genetic disorders, Dr. Tolar is a clinician-researcher whose efforts span both the clinic and the laboratory. He was the…

With 11 years of experience working with teenagers in recovery at MaryHaven Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, Jennifer Belému brings a unique and vital perspective to Heartland High School as the school’s Recovery Coach. Most importantly, however, she is a living example of thriving in recovery. Jen’s passion for healthy, productive and meaningful personal growth…

Co-Founder/CEO, Louisville Recovery Community Connection (LRCC)

Byard is a passionate advocate devoted to ensuring all individuals with substance use disorders have access to high quality, evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services and is a leader in the broader U.S. Recovery Movement. A veteran and small business owner, Byard came to the field of addiction treatment from the private sector and has…

Dynamic Prevention in the Age of Generation Z and Alpha

Jesse Kaplan (he/him), RCPF, CPRSR-AS, CPS, is a person in long-term recovery who is currently serving the recovery community through his role as a CPRS Supervisor, overseeing a statewide team of AmeriCorps Recovery Navigators at Mn Prevention & Recovery Alliance and providing others with Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS) training through his Recovery Coach Professional…