Trevor Shevin, CIP, CARC, MBA, Principal and Founder, Sterling Recovery

Trevor is a Certified Intervention Professional, MBA and also provides consultative and intensive case management services to individuals, families, and corporations globally. He also graduated from the 350-hour NCASS CASAC program where he was designated valedictorian of his class. Trevor facilitates treatment by teaching the mechanics and skills necessary to cope with personal addiction and mental health restoration while developing personalized programs that are necessary for long-term recovery.

Paul Nagy, MS, LPC, LCAS, CCS, Assistant Professor, Duke University

Paul Nagy, M.S., LPC, LCAS, CCS, is an Assistant Professor in the Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where he has worked for the past 29 years in a variety of clinical, research, teaching, and administrative positions.

He has over 30 years of clinical, research, administrative and teaching experience and conducts seminars and workshops to audiences throughout the United States. Mr. Nagy has also worked as an Expert Content Director overseeing the development of Treatment Improvement Protocols and Technical Assistance Publications for The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is the author of several book chapters published by the American Psychiatric Press.

Walter Boone, Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP

Walter Boone has more than 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer in general, commercial, and environmental litigation. Boone’s experience in trying products liability, environmental, catastrophic personal injury, and business claims has taught him how to identify key issues, target resources and discovery on those issues, seek and force early resolution, deliver cost-effective results, and tell the story that needs to be told at trial. Boone’s experience, focused and prudent tactics, and tenacity have resulted in the voluntary dismissals of many matters, judicial dismissals at early stages, favorable settlements, and ultimate victories at trial.

J. Gregory Hobelmann, Sr. VP, Chief Medical and Clinical Officer, Ashley Addiction Treatment

Dr. Greg Hobelmann currently serves as the chief medical officer of Ashley Addiction Treatment. In this role, he oversees the medical and nursing staff for both the inpatient and outpatient clinics. He previously served as a staff psychiatrist after completing his psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins. Hobelmann also completed an anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 2006 and has a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His treatment interests include addiction and chronic pain. Prior to his arrival at Ashley, he worked as an interventional pain specialist.

Melissa Holmes Goodmon, Founder and CEO, Casa Capri Recovery

Melissa earned her BA in psychology from Limestone College, South Carolina’s oldest all-women’s college and is a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor. She is a graduate of The Gateless Writing Academy and is among the honored to teach in the Gateless Method. Prior to the founding of Casa Capri Recovery in 2011, she achieved and gained years of experience as case manager, director of programs, business development and admissions.
Casa Capri Recovery has become nationally recognized as a leader in women’s addiction treatment specializing in women’s core issues. Knowing recovery is more than just abstinence from drugs and alcohol, it’s a lifestyle, Goodmon has created a beautiful space and brought together a specialized team of leading experts in the field of addiction focused on the treatment of women’s core issues; trauma, attachment disorder, substance abuse, and disordered eating.

Emily Orrick, President, Orrick Consulting, Inc.

Emily’s collective 15 years of experience in marketing and finance, in both the public and private sectors, has guided her passion for helping organizations and individuals recognize their greatest value. As the head of marketing and program management for global industry leaders in behavioral healthcare, Emily set the local and international marketing strategies that merged the company’s brand with its commitment to the evolvement of engagement-driven service. Her responsibilities have included brand marketing, public and referral relations, and digital ecosystems. She works collaboratively within a company to build creative development and marketing strategies that increase sales, brand value, and differentiation.

Dan Gemp, President, CEO, Dreamscape Marketing

Featured in Bloomberg, The New York Times, and a series of healthcare publications, Daniel Gemp has been the president and CEO of Dreamscape Marketing since its founding in 2005. Dreamscape is a leading provider of professional business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing strategy, patient acquisition marketing and custom digital campaign development for addiction treatment providers. With client facilities in 39 states, 2018 was a record year with 11,000+ patients admitted via clients’ own websites and 30 design/marketing awards won, including finalist for Search Engine Land’s “Large SEO Agency of the Year.” Gemp maintains consultative focus on extremely efficient and proprietary SEO techniques focused on ROI. A graduate of Villanova University’s School of Business, he applies financial modeling to Dreamscape’s business intelligence campaigns to consult partners on a cost-per-action marketing model. Dreamscape engineers and develops custom solutions for small to large treatment centers and recovery service providers with targeted research, products and content-centric campaigns that result in new revenue streams, increased brand awareness, implementation of new lead development systems and direct sales activation.

Louise Stanger, EdD, LCSW, CDWF, CIP, Founder, All About Interventions

Dr. Louise Stanger EdD, LCSW, CDWF, CIP, is a preeminent interventionist and thought leader in the behavioral health and addiction treatments industry. She has performed thousands of family interventions in the U.S. and abroad, gives presentations around the country on various topics related to mental health and addiction, process disorders, and chronic pain, and has received prestigious awards from her fellow industry colleagues for her dedication to intervention and recovery. In addition to her work with clients and families, she is a former university faculty member at San Diego State University and the University of San Diego, where she brought in over $4 million in grants for substance abuse and alcohol training and education. Dr. Stanger is lauded for developing the invitational intervention process, which uses CIS: Collective Intervention Strategies, a revolutionary way of working with professionals and support systems to invite change. Her new book, The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions: A Collective Strategy, is the first academic book in the U.S. about the intervention process.

Laurie Reid, LMFT, MCAP, CEO of Breaking the Cycle Consulting, Inc.

Laurie Reid is a Florida and Georgia licensed marriage and family therapist, master certified addictions professional, and a Joint Commission accreditation consultant for substance abuse and mental health treatment centers. She has over 18 years of experience serving individuals, families, and communities in the behavioral healthcare field. After her naval military service, Ms. Reid earned a BS degree with a major in sociology from Wichita State University and an MS degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Friends University.

Ms. Reid is an expert in quality assurance, clinical processes, clinical documentation and specialized clinical documentation for utilization review, and she often provides consultation to agencies seeking state licensing and accreditation with The Joint Commission. One of her most visible and well-defined talents is her ability to clearly communicate clinical issues to administration and to clearly communicate administrative issues to clinicians.

Ester Nicholson, Founder and Director of Soul Recovery

With 34 years of recovery, Ester Nicholson is an internationally-recognized speaker, author, recovery specialist, musician, spokeswoman, and process facilitator.

She is the author of Soul Recovery – 12 Keys To Healing Dependence, and founder of Soul Recovery – The Roadmap Home. Her story of addiction and recovery was featured in a 30-minute Super Soul Sunday special on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and her music career has included singing with Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, Beyonce’, and Barbra Streisand. As a keynote speaker Ester has inspired thousands with her keynotes at conference events including The National FED UP Rally in Washington DC, NCADD and She Recovers — in addition to alumni and featured events at Ashley Treatment Center, Gosnold Treatment Center, Renewal House, and many others.

Ms. Nicholson infuses the 12 Step process with teachings that transform the treatment of dependence, addiction, crisis living, and suffering. Through her articles, seminars, soul-nurturing music, and dynamic keynote appearances, Ester has dedicated her life to transforming the practice of recovery.

Lori Jean Glass, Founder and CEO of PIVOT and The Glass House

Lori Jean is an educator, mentor, relationship coach, author, and dynamic public speaker offering solutions for people having relationship challenges. Lori Jean works diligently to repair and restore relationships – both personal and in the workplace. She is a trained interventionist and certified relationship, professional, and bereavement coach. She has facilitated trainings to help clinicians see a different perspective when diagnosing and treating process addictions, mood disorders, and everyday relational challenges.

Lori Jean is the CEO and Founder of PIVOT, a relational alignment group. PIVOT consists of certified and trained coaches and therapists who provide high impact solutions for individuals, couples, families, and businesses in need of relational change and growth.

Lori Jean is also the founder of The Glass House, which is a retreat facility in Northern California offering deep dives into the PIVOT Process. This is designed for people looking for immediate high impact relationship solutions. Lori Jean has a developed, proven curriculum. She creates and facilitates trainings for audiences to help professionals and individuals see a different perspective when diagnosing and helping people who are struggling in relationships.

Lori Jean’s recent book, #HealthyAdult landed on the Amazon bestseller list under Psychology Reference and is helping people understand attachment wounds.
For more information on LJ, visit LoriJean.com.

Maeve O’Neill, MEd, LCDC, LPC-S, CDWF, Chief Regulatory Officer of Rogers Behavioral Health

O’Neill is passionate about serving the behavioral health industry by providing professionals, teams, and organizations the opportunity to be courageous, to be compassionate, and connected in their work. Her professional experience is as an executive-level team member specializing in behavioral health with 30 years of experience in mental health and addiction education, prevention, intervention, and treatment.

Her commitment is to engage employees, inspire leaders, strategic planning, and change management for the industry. She has had the opportunity to be an industry leader and solution finder for community-based non-profits, managed care, and for-profit service providers. She has worked closely with senior management, board members, statewide providers, and political officials to improve organizational presence, establishing partnerships and building local/national relationships for increasing community impact.

She is a graduate of George Mason University with a Masters of Counseling and Development and a Bachelors of Social Work. She’s also a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in Texas.

Dr. Bob Beare, Ph.D., LPC-S, CEO of Deep Waters Recovery

Dr. Bob Beare, Ph.D, LPC-S is in long-term recovery and has been a leader in the mental health and addiction field for 20 years. He holds advanced degrees in clinical psychology, organizational psychology, music, and theatre. He is a professional actor, singer, composer, and founder of The Brave Heart Experience (men’s intensive healing workshops). Bob is the author of The Creative Fire: 10 Weeks to Emotional and Creative Fitness. He is a licensed counselor supervisor, is Senior Clinical Consultant at several treatment centers, is CEO of Deep Waters Recovery Network/Programs, and Co-Host of The Recovery Crew podcast.

Renee Baribeau, Business Development Manager at Michael’s House Treatment Center

Renee Baribeau, The Practical Shaman, is the go-to lifestyle coach for changemakers who seek to leave the world a better place for the future generations. Her intuitive abilities, combined with her no-nonsense approach will help you create lasting and impactful change by first healing yourself. Renee will help you to quickly navigate toward the most direct pathways to achieving your cherished goals, no matter which wind is blowing.

Renee is the Award-Winning, Best-Selling Hay House author of Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for Navigating Relationships, Health, and the Divine and contributor to the Elephant Journal. She co-authored Pearls of Wisdom: 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now! with New York Times bestselling author Jack Canfield. Renee has also been featured in The Five Principles of Everything.

Kimberly Stephens, MS, LPC, CETP, CCTP-II, Licensed Professional Counselor at Midtown Counseling

Kymberly Stephens is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Expert Trauma Professional. She works with both adolescents and adults. Kymberly has worked as a school-based counselor and as a psychotherapist at an inpatient and outpatient treatment facility. Kymberly specializes in trauma therapy and works with stalking victims; adult children of alcoholics; victims of abuse and neglect, clients who have prominent birthmarks, disfigurements or rare disorders; self-esteem issues; and trauma-related issues. She is a Brainspotting practitioner, which is extremely effective for treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, performance anxiety, addiction, and much more.

TJ Woodward, Creator of Conscious Recovery, Best-selling Author, Recovery Specialist, and Agape Minister

TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery specialist, bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and awakening coach who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful teachings. He is the author of the books Conscious Being: Awakening to your True Nature and Conscious Recovery: A Fresh Perspective on Addiction. TJ is also the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method ^TM, which is a groundbreaking and effective approach to viewing and treating addiction. He was given the honor of being ordained as an Agape minister by Dr. Michael Beckwith and is also the founding minister of Agape Bay Area in Oakland.

Judy Crane, LMHC, CAP, ICADC, CSAT, Co-Founder and CEO of The Guest House Ocala

Judy has over 3 decades of experience working in both residential and out-patient settings. She earned her B.A. at Rutgers, M.A. from New York Institute of Technology and is a Certified Addiction Professional in Florida, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, a Certified Hypnotist, EMDR and a specialist for healing trauma and PTSD. In 2010, was awarded the ACATA – Administrator of the Year Annual Award for her significant achievement in the field of addiction treatment administration. In 2012 she was recognized as the Behavioral Healthcare Champion in recognition of her life-changing therapy, services, and support to Americans who suffer from mental health and substance abuse disorders. Today she is the Co-Founder of The Guest House Ocala its creation is a combination of every healing moment within her lifelong service and commitment to others. Her continued work is motivated by both unrelenting vigor and fixed determination. Her passion and purpose have collided together at The Guest House Ocala.