Day 1: 2021 Virtual National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review
Tuesday, February 16 — National OFR Resources
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
Session 1
Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session RecordingThis session is the official welcome and will include an overview of the agenda and how to use the Shindig platform. It will include a video of key stakeholders participating in a mock overdose fatality review.
Senior Research Advisor, IPA
Centers for Disease Control
National Institute of Justice
Mallory O’Brien, M.S., Ph.D.
Senior Research Advisor, IPA
Centers for Disease Control
National Institute of Justice
Dr. Mallory O’Brien is trained as an epidemiologist and is currently serving as a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the overdose fatality review (OFR) subject-matter expert and as a senior research advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice. She has extensive experience developing, leading, and training on incident reviews. Dr. O’Brien developed and piloted the Wisconsin OFR process and data collection tool. During her time with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program, she led the OFR efforts. Dr. O’Brien is an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Additional Biography Information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-o-brien-26701a10/
Melissa Heinen, R.N., M.P.H.
Subject Expert
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Ms. Melissa Heinen is a senior research associate for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. She is responsible for providing overdose fatality review training and technical assistance. She has more than 20 years of experience working in injury and violence epidemiology and prevention at the local, state, regional, and national levels.
Additional Biography Information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-heinen-94660929/
Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deputy Director for Programs
Kristen Mahoney, J.D.
Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deputy Director for Programs
Ms. Kristen Mahoney serves as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Office of Justice Programs. As such, she is responsible for the management of nearly 7,916 awards totaling $4,491,467,168. She has comprehensive and practical experience creating criminal justice policies, programming, and technical assistance that aid state, local, and tribal communities. Ms. Mahoney has provided national leadership and outreach on criminal justice issues by identifying and supporting evidence-based programs, best practices, and innovative approaches to challenges facing criminal justice stakeholders. In 2016, she was recognized for her work developing and implementing the Violence Reduction Network (now the National Public Safety Partnership) and was awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive by President Barack Obama.
From 2006–2012, Ms. Mahoney served as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention for the State of Maryland. She came to state government after serving as the Chief of Technical Services for the Baltimore Police Department and the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice for the City of Baltimore. Ms. Mahoney received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore and her B.A. from Sweet Briar College. She is a member of the Maryland Bar and has practiced law with the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland, specializing in the representation of abused and neglected children.
Director, Division of Overdose Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grant Baldwin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Overdose Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Grant Baldwin is the Director of the Division of Overdose Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He leads the division in monitoring trends in the drug overdose epidemic and other emerging drug threats, identifying and scaling up prevention activities to address the evolving drug crisis, and supporting local drug-free community coalitions.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Baldwin served as the Director of the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention for 11 years, where he helped raise the profile of motor vehicle injury prevention, advanced work in older adult fall prevention and traumatic brain injury prevention, and established the initial CDC response to the prescription opioid overdose epidemic.
As the scope, scale, and complexity of America’s drug overdose epidemic changed, the Division of Overdose Prevention was created to serve as a necessary and essential focal point to CDC’s more expansive and diversified work in the area. Dr. Baldwin has served at CDC for more than 20 years.
Dr. Baldwin received his doctorate in health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan. He received a master’s of public health in behavioral sciences and health education from Emory University and is currently an affiliated professor at Emory University. Dr. Baldwin has given keynote addresses and provided remarks at more than 100 state, national, and international conferences and meetings; has authored or coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications; and has received awards of excellence for his leadership and teaching.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session 2
Session 2: OFR Federal Panel: Overdose-Related Mission and Coordination
Moderator: Mallory O’Brien, M.S., Ph.D.
Consultant, IPA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Mallory O’Brien is trained as an epidemiologist and is currently serving as a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the overdose fatality review subject-matter expert. She has extensive experience developing, leading, and training on incident reviews. Dr. O’Brien developed and piloted the Wisconsin overdose fatality review process and data collection tool. During her time with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program/Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program, she led the overdose fatality review efforts.
Additional Biography Information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-o-brien-26701a10/
Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deputy Director for Programs
Kristen Mahoney, J.D.
Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deputy Director for Programs
Ms. Kristen Mahoney serves as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Office of Justice Programs. As such, she is responsible for the management of nearly 7,916 awards totaling $4,491,467,168. She has comprehensive and practical experience creating criminal justice policies, programming, and technical assistance that aid state, local, and tribal communities. Ms. Mahoney has provided national leadership and outreach on criminal justice issues by identifying and supporting evidence-based programs, best practices, and innovative approaches to challenges facing criminal justice stakeholders. In 2016, she was recognized for her work developing and implementing the Violence Reduction Network (now the National Public Safety Partnership) and was awarded the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive by President Barack Obama.
From 2006–2012, Ms. Mahoney served as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention for the State of Maryland. She came to state government after serving as the Chief of Technical Services for the Baltimore Police Department and the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice for the City of Baltimore. Ms. Mahoney received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore and her B.A. from Sweet Briar College. She is a member of the Maryland Bar and has practiced law with the Legal Aid Bureau of Maryland, specializing in the representation of abused and neglected children.
Director, Division of Overdose Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grant Baldwin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Overdose Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Grant Baldwin is the Director of the Division of Overdose Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He leads the division in monitoring trends in the drug overdose epidemic and other emerging drug threats, identifying and scaling up prevention activities to address the evolving drug crisis, and supporting local drug-free community coalitions.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Baldwin served as the Director of the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention for 11 years, where he helped raise the profile of motor vehicle injury prevention, advanced work in older adult fall prevention and traumatic brain injury prevention, and established the initial CDC response to the prescription opioid overdose epidemic.
As the scope, scale, and complexity of America’s drug overdose epidemic changed, the Division of Overdose Prevention was created to serve as a necessary and essential focal point to CDC’s more expansive and diversified work in the area. Dr. Baldwin has served at CDC for more than 20 years.
Dr. Baldwin received his doctorate in health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan. He received a master’s of public health in behavioral sciences and health education from Emory University and is currently an affiliated professor at Emory University. Dr. Baldwin has given keynote addresses and provided remarks at more than 100 state, national, and international conferences and meetings; has authored or coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications; and has received awards of excellence for his leadership and teaching.
Regional Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Jeffrey Coady, Psy.D., ABPP
Regional Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Captain Jeffrey Coady is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) and a board-certified clinical psychologist. Since 2011, he has served as the Region 5 Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an operating division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Region 5 includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin and 34 federally recognized tribes.
In his role, Captain Coady represents the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at the regional level in fulfilling the agency’s mission of reducing the impact of mental illness and substance use disorder on America’s communities. He provides strategic consultation to national and regional healthcare stakeholders on policy, financing, and innovations to advance behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery. Captain Coady is committed to advancing behavioral health through developing multisector collaborations, promoting public and private partnerships, and fostering resilient communities.
Additional Biography Information: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/leadership/biographies/jeffrey-coady
Director, National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
Assistant Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Shannon L. Kelly
Director, National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
Assistant Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Ms. Shannon L. Kelly is the Assistant Director at the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Director of the HIDTA Program.
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Café Sessions–Interactive Sessions
Café Session 1A: Coffee with CDC Peer-to-Peer and BJA OFR Peer Mentor Sites
CDC-funded OFR peer-to-peer sites and BJA OFR mentor sites provide technical assistance and mentorship to OFR teams. Learn more about these peer-to-peer opportunities and how they navigate the complexities of implementing OFRs.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderator: April Wisdom, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. April Wisdom is a health scientist in the Division of Overdose Prevention and a member of the Applied Prevention Science team since 2018. Dr. Wisdom supports the funding recipients of the Division’s Overdose Data to Action cooperative agreement as the strategy lead for peer-to-peer technical assistance and a prevention science officer.
Indiana Department of Health
Lauren Savitskas, M.P.H.
Indiana Department of Health
Ms. Lauren Savitskas has served as the Suicide/Overdose Fatality Review Program Manager for the state of Indiana since 2018. This program was selected as a peer-to-peer technical assistance site by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a mentor site for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and is a BJA pilot site for data entry. Ms. Savitskas also chairs the Suicide Learning Collaborative and the Pediatric Suicide Child Fatality Review Team. She received her master’s of public health with a concentration in social and behavioral sciences from the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Her bachelor’s degree is in journalism from Indiana University.
Ocean County Health Department
Kimberly Reilly, M.A., L.P.C.
Ocean County Health Department
Ms. Kimberly Reilly has a masters in counseling psychology and is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey. She is the coordinator for the Department of Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Opioid Dependency at the Ocean County Health Department and has been the lead in the Ocean County Overdose Fatality Review since December 2016.
Additional Biography Information www.OCHD.org
Community & Nonprofit Leadership Consulting, LLC
Jennifer Skolaski, Ph.D.
Community & Nonprofit Leadership Consulting, LLC
Dr. Jennifer Skolaski is the owner of Community & Nonprofit Leadership Consulting, LLC, which provides services including: nonprofit program management, fund development, nonprofit event planning, and nonprofit management transitions, as well as board development training, professional teaching, and facilitation. She has vast experience working with various nonprofits throughout the state of Wisconsin on multiple projects. Specific to this conference, Dr. Skolaski has served as the facilitator of the Winnebago County Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) project since March 2018, and the Tri-County OFR project in June 2020. She has experience building the review process from the beginning; tailoring it to the needs of the community; identifying, training, and building relationships with partners; participating in the required grant expectations on behalf of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security; representing the OFR process at statewide conferences and at the national level; and serving as a consultant for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.
Additional Biography Information: www.canpl.com; www.linkedin.com/in/canpl-skolaski-542b069
Café Session 1B: Coffee with COSSAP TTA providers
Senior Project Coordinator/Senior Manager
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Moderator: Donna Jean Lindquist, M.S.
Senior Project Coordinator/Senior Manager
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Ms. Donna Jean Lindquist has supported various U.S. Department of Justice programs of national scope for more than 27 years during her tenure with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), including the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program; the Office on Violence Against Women's Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Collaborative; the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative/Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. Attorney General; and the National Gang Center. She specializes in fostering and strengthening partnerships, outreach and communications, resource development, and executing national training events. From 2015 to 2017, she also served as communications director for the National Fusion Center Association. Ms. Lindquist’s experience outside of IIR includes writing, public relations, and teaching positions in the private and public sectors.
Moderator: Terri Pate
Senior Manager
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Ms. Terri Pate is a senior manager with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) and is an experienced project manager of multiple complex national-level programs. In her current capacity, she manages the Justice and Public Health Initiatives Program within IIR, which includes the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). She is responsible for providing daily oversight and direction regarding COSSAP and PDMP activities and serves as IIR’s primary point-of-contact with the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s leadership.
Previously, Ms. Pate managed, provided oversight, and coordinated activities in support of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, the National Information Exchange Model Project, the National Juvenile Justice Information Sharing Training and Technical Assistance Project, the Crime Analysis Capability Building Project, and other related initiatives.
Prior to joining IIR, Ms. Pate served as a program administrator over the Investigations and Forensics Services Unit of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Tallahassee, Florida. She was responsible for the management and oversight of the Investigations and Forensics Program’s budget, performance measurements, grants, and research functions.
Ms. Pate holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Florida State University. She has more than 35 years of experience in the criminal justice field and more than 17 years of experience in technical assistance delivery.
Exhibitor: Erin Etwaroo, L.P.C.
Analyst
Altarum
Ms. Erin Etwaroo provides research, consulting, and technical assistance for Altarum’s Center for Behavioral Health. She is a licensed professional counselor with more than 14 years of experience as a mental health provider in a variety of social service health settings to include rural, urban, inpatient, outpatient, incarcerated, and reentering populations. Ms. Etwaroo specializes in working with individuals involved in the criminal justice system and at-risk youth and is skilled in the development and implementation of provider trainings. Prior to joining Altarum, Ms. Etwaroo was an outpatient therapist, a program coordinator with the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center, and a research coordinator with CBH Health, LLC, on multiple clinical trials investigating the safety and efficacy of psychiatric medications.
Exhibitor: Paige Presler-Jur
Research Public Policy Analyst
RTI International
Ms. Paige Presler-Jur is a research public policy analyst for RTI International’s Applied Justice Research (AJR) division. Her research interests include health, social, and justice issues with projects focused on understanding the challenges and barriers that communities encounter while trying to solve problems in criminal justice and public health contexts. Her present work is focused on building bridges across disciplines to provide improved services and support to victims of sexual assault and to facilitate effective responses to illicit substance use in order to improve access to treatment and recovery services. The key to this work is developing training and technical assistance (TTA) that will address the unique challenges that jurisdictions face on many criminal justice and public health issues nationwide. Ms. Presler-Jur serves as part of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) TTA Team and as the TTA Coordinator for the RTI Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) TTA Team to provide a tailored and consistent response to both SAKI and COSSAP grantee needs. Ms. Presler-Jur has more than 15 years of laboratory experience. Before joining AJR, she was a research environmental scientist in the Center for Analytical Sciences. In this role, she built and worked with diverse agencies for research projects that included air and water quality analysis to understand environmental exposures of underserved populations. In both roles—public policy analyst and research scientist—she facilitates multidisciplinary teams with diverse operational skills, viewpoints, and professional lexicons to solve complex problems.
Exhibitor: Peyton Attaway
Public Health Analyst
RTI International
Ms. Peyton Attaway, a public health analyst in RTI’s Applied Justice Research Division, has two years of experience in public health-related research. Ms. Attaway has assisted on multiple research projects and presentations involving community well-being. She has experience in providing training and technical assistance to state and local entities; conducting literature reviews, basic statistical analysis, and cognitive interviews; writing technical reports; and marketing. Her research interests include sexual assault response, vicarious trauma in public safety, law enforcement coordination with public health, and police-community relations. She has been approved by the American Cancer Society to lead workplace smoking cessation programs.
Administrator of Consulting and Training
Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Exhibitor: Hope Fiori, M.P.P.A.
Administrator of Consulting and Training
Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Ms. Hope Fiori provides technical assistance and strategy development for justice system agencies, focusing on alternatives to incarceration and linkages to care for individuals with behavioral health conditions, including substance use and mental health disorders.
Additional biography information: https://www.centerforhealthandjustice.org/chjweb/tertiary_page.aspx?id=110&title=Hope-Fiori
Exhibitor: Becky Berkebile, M.A.
Senior Program Associate
Advocates for Human Potential
Ms. Becky Berkebile is a senior program associate at Advocates for Human Potential (AHP), where she serves as the deputy director of training and technical assistance (TTA) for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), overseeing and coordinating all TTA events, including grantee requests, planning and hosting informational webinars, and development of a peer-to-peer mentor program focused on jail-based treatment programs. Ms. Berkebile has more than a decade of experience working in the criminal justice system, with a focus on intelligence and writing data-driven policy. She has advised two attorneys general on pardon and commutation decisions and served multiple administrations in two states in crisis due to the opioid epidemic. Her work has brought local, state, and federal law enforcement and public health agencies together to collaborate and address the opioid epidemic with innovation and compassion, while focusing on the growing and changing trends that states experience. Ms. Berkebile’s ability to build coalitions and manage projects had led to her continued success as a leader in state government.
Program Manager
National Criminal Justice Training Center
Fox Valley Technical College
Exhibitor: Lynn Chernich
Program Manager
National Criminal Justice Training Center
Fox Valley Technical College
Bio coming soon.
Project Coordinator
National Criminal Justice Training Center
Fox Valley Technical College
Exhibitor: Kevin Mariano
Project Coordinator
National Criminal Justice Training Center
Fox Valley Technical College
Bio coming soon.
Senior Project Coordinator
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
Exhibitor: James Giglio
Senior Project Coordinator
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
Mr. James Giglio is a senior project coordinator with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR). He works on the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), supporting the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC). In this capacity, he coordinates and delivers PDMP-focused training and technical assistance to the field. Mr. Giglio has expertise in policy development, legislation and regulatory development, management of PDMPs, project management, and grant management. Mr. Giglio served as a management consultant and director of the PDMP TTAC when the program was supported by Brandeis University. His responsibilities included providing support, resources, and strategies to state PDMPs, federal partners, national organizations, and other stakeholders to further the efforts in curtailing prescription drug abuse and diversion; planning for and hosting regional and national conferences; and assisting in the planning and implementation of new PDMPs across the country. Mr. Giglio has 40 years of professional experience in the fields of public health and law enforcement, including serving as Executive Director of the Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs and as Director of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement at the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). During his tenure with NYSDOH, he also served as Chief of the Controlled Substance Management Section and the Enforcement Section.
Senior Project Coordinator
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
Exhibitor: Patrick Knue
Senior Project Coordinator
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
Mr. Patrick Knue is a senior project coordinator with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. He works on the Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), serving as the Director for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC). In this capacity, he oversees daily operations and administration of the PDMP TTAC services for the field. In addition, he provides expert assistance to PDMPs, oversees the implementation of national and regional meetings, provides assistance to the new data-driven pilot grantees, and maintains communication with national and federal partners. He also assists in the development of PDMP TTAC website content, supports the development of a library of training/education curricula and resources, participates in the production of the COSSAP newsletter, and assists in the update of COSSAP grantee profiles. Before joining the PDMP TTAC, Mr. Knue served more than 30 years with the Texas Department of Public Safety, including more than 15 years in the Narcotics Service Division’s Texas Prescription Program and Narcotics Analyst Section.
Senior Director
Center for Forensic Sciences, RTI International