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Freedom & Recovery 2012: Special Guest Speakers
 SERGEANT DAKOTA MEYER
This U.S. Marine veteran was recently awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration, by President Obama. Obama described the former Marine sergeant as representing "the best of a generation that has served with distinction through a decade of war," adding, "You did your duty above and beyond, and you kept the faith with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps you love." He is the third living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and the first living United States Marine in 38 years to be so honored.
Sergeant Meyer served in both Iraq and Afghanistan but his most notable efforts occurred in September 2009. During the attack near Ganjgal, with disregard for his own life, Sgt. Meyer help to evacuate both trapped and wounded soldiers. He insists that he is not a hero and any Marine would do the same thing. Back home, this highly decorated service member has issued a "Challenge to America" to raise an additional $1 Million for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.
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Special Evening Event
Sgt. Meyer will speak on the evening of Tuesday, April 24th at 6 p.m. in the Crown room of the Hotel del Coronado. This event will conclude with an interactive Q&A time.
Tickets are available to conference attendees and the general public for $50 each. Those who register for the conference before March 10th will receive a complimentary ticket to this special evening event!
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 J.R. MARTINEZ
You might recognize J.R. Martinez from the daytime drama All My Children or his triumphant turn on Dancing With the Stars. Others know him from his roles as a motivational speaker and former U.S. Army Infantryman. One thing is for sure, no matter how you were introduced to Martinez, he's not someone you forget.
Jose Rene (J.R.) Martinez was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up dreaming of a career as a professional football player, but a high school injury derailed those plans. In 2002, he enlisted in the US Army, a decision that would change the course of his life in ways he couldn't imagine.
Martinez was deployed to Iraq in February 2003. Two months later, the Humvee he was driving was hit by an IED. He suffered smoke inhalation and severe burns to more than 40 percent of his body. Martinez spent 34 months at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, where he underwent 33 cosmetic and skin-graft surgeries.
During his time in recovery, a nurse asked Martinez to speak to a burn patient who had just seen his body for the first time and had become withdrawn. Martinez agreed, and was touched when he saw firsthand the positive impact he could have on others. He began visiting patients in the hospital, sharing his story and listening to theirs. This grew into a successful career as a public speaker. Martinez continued to educate and inspire when he began portraying Brot Monroe on ABC's All My Children in 2008. It's a character that mirrors his true life as a US Army veteran injured in combat in Iraq.
Martinez's inspirational story has been covered by dozens of media outlets including The Washington Post, People magazine, 60 Minutes and CNN. Martinez has also been honored by numerous nonprofit and veterans groups. The inspiring veteran-turned-actor also won season 13 of Dancing With the Stars.
Special Evening Event
J.R. Martinez will speak on the evening of Wednesday, April 25th at 6 p.m. in the Crown room of the Hotel del Coronado. This event will conclude with an interactive Q&A time.
Tickets are available to conference attendees and the general public for $50 each. Those who register for the conference before March 10th will receive a complimentary ticket to this special evening event!
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 GENERAL BARRY R. McCAFFREY, USA (RET.)
Sponsored by CRC Health Group
General Barry McCaffrey served as Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) from 1996-2001, a position that was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the US Senate. As ONDCP Director, he coordinated the $19 billion federal drug control budget and developed the US National Drug Control Strategy. Prior to confirmation as the National Drug Policy Director, General McCaffrey served as the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces Southern Command coordinating national security operations in Latin America.
During his military career, General McCaffrey served overseas for 13 years and completed four combat tours. At retirement from active duty, he was the most highly decorated four-star general in the US Army. He twice received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest medal for valor. He was also awarded two Silver Stars and received three Purple Heart medals for wounds sustained in combat. General McCaffrey served as the assistant to General Colin Powell and supported the Chairman as the JCS advisor to the Secretary of State and the US Ambassador to the United Nations.
A graduate of Phillips Academy and West Point, General McCaffrey earned a master's in American Government from American University and attended the Harvard University National Security Program and the Business School Executive Education Program.
General McCaffrey received many honors for his public service, including the Department of Health and Human Service Lifetime Achievement Award for Extraordinary Achievements in the Field of Substance Abuse Prevention, the Norman E. Zinberg Award of Harvard Medical School and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Today, General McCaffrey is president of his own consulting firm, BR McCaffrey Associates, based in Arlington, Virginia. He also serves as a national security and terrorism analyst for NBC News.
 CAPTAIN RONALD EARL SMITH, MD, PHD
Senior Psychiatrist, National Naval Medical Center
CAPTAIN RON SMITH graduated with the class of 1966 United States Naval Academy, attended the University of Texas Medical School and completed an Internal Medicine residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and Naval Hospital San Diego. He was the first physician trained in critical care medicine by the US Navy, completing his fellowship at the University of Southern California Center for the Critically Ill in Los Angeles in 1976. He soon became one of the first physicians involved in Navy alcohol treatment and, with Captain Joe Pursch, was instrumental in the founding of the Betty Ford Center.
Leaving the Navy in 1978, Dr. Smith founded the emergency medicine residency program at Loma Linda University Medical School. During this time, he and his brother started the Winners Foundation, offering free substance abuse treat- ment at Santa Anita and other thoroughbred race tracks around the world. His interest in addiction and recovery led him to complete his psychiatry training at Loma Linda, where he also taught emergency and critical care medicine.
Returning to active duty in 1992 as a psychoanalyst, Dr. Smith contributed as medical consultant to the Honorable Jim Ramstad for the Ramstad -Wellstone bill which passed in 2008 as the Parity Act. As an emergency physician he accompanied Senator Arlen Specter on his worldwide congressional delegations, enabling him to meet many world leaders and contribute significantly as a political psychologist.
Smith is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. He completed his psychoanalytic training at the Southern California Psy- choanalytic Institute in Beverly Hills and has a Doctorate in Philosophy of Psychoanalysis. Since 2002, he has been annually recognized by the Consumer's Research Council as one of America's Top Psychiatrists in Psychoanalysis and Alcoholism.
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