State Liaison & Key Personnel
 

Lead Staff and Grant Management Team
North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services (NC DMH/DD/SAS)

Janice Petersen, Ph.D., Project Administrator
NC Prevention And Early Intervention
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Janice.Petersen@dhhs.nc.gov
Spencer Clark
Assistant Section Chief
Clinical Operations
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Maria Fernandez
Data Systems And Cultural Competence
Quality Management Team
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Flo Stein, Chief
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Shealy Thompson
Team Leader, Quality Management Team
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Shealy.Thompson@dhhs.nc.gov
Virginia Johnson
SPF-SIG Coordinator
Virginia.L.Johnson@dhhs.nc.gov


State Prevention of Underage Drinking Liaisons and Mental Health Liaisons

Michael Eisen
State EUDL Coordinator
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Michael.Eisen@dhhs.nc.gov
Lynn Jones
DWI Services Program Manager
Justice Systems Innovations Team
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Susan Robinson
Mental Health Liaison
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS


Centers for Prevention Resources Liaisons (CPRs)

EASTERN REGION
Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.
Deeanna Hale-Holland, deeanna@coastalhorizons.org
Shawn Arledge,
sarledge@coastalhorizons.org

WESTERN REGION
Anuvia Prevention and Recovery Center
Susan Johnson,
susan.johnson@anuvia.org
Kia Thacker,
kia.thacker@anuvia.org
NORTH CENTRAL REGION
Unlimited Success - A Division of Partnership for Drug Free North Carolina
Mina Cook, mcook@drugfreenc.org
Colleen Hughes,
chughes@drugfreenc.org
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Robeson Health Care
LaTasha Murray, Director of Prevention, murraylatasha@yahoo.com
Andrea McDonald-Locklear,
amcdonaldlocklear@yahoo.com


Needs Assessment Contractor
Research Triangle Institute International (RTI)

Phillip Graham (Lead)
Senior Public Health Researcher
RTI International
pgraham@rti.org
Carol Council
Senior Research Associate
RTI International
council@rti.org


Evaluation Contractor
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

Al Stein-Seroussi (Lead)
Senior Program Evaluator
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
stein@pire.org
Dave Currey
Senior Program Evaluator
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Martha Waller
Associate Research Scientist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
mwaller@pire.org
Laurie Stockton
Research Associate
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
lstockton@pire.org


Cooperative Agreement Advisory Board (CAAB)

Members & Participants
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Barbara Pullen Smith
DHHS, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Craig Lloyd
MADD NC Office
Darrell Jernigan
Governor’s Highway Safety Program
Director, Governor's Crime Commission
Don Nail
Public Information Office, Governor’s Highway Safety Program
Donna Simms d'Almeida
Center For Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Flo Stein
CPM/Division of MH/DD/SAS
1Lt Glenda Moore
NC National Guard, Drug Demand Reduction Unit
Gloria Sanchez
DHHS, Office of Public Affairs, Latino Public Information Officer
Harriett Southerland
Youth Advocacy & Involvement Office, SAAD Coordinator
North Carolina General Assembly
Attorney General’s Office
Lynn Jones
Justice Systems Innovations, CPM-Div of MH/DD/SAS
Marguerite Peebles
Schools Safety & Climate/Dept. of Public Instruction
Martin Pharr
Dept. of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
Michael Dublin
Faith Works Together
Phil Mooring
NC Parent Resource Center, Director
Rebecca Reeves
DHHS, NC Healthy Schools/Div of Public Health
Sgt Richard Hergenreter
NC National Guard, Drug Demand Reduction Unit
Ronald Kaylor
Alcohol Law Enforcement
Stephanie Nantz
Youth Advocacy & Involvement Office, Assistant Director
Susan Jakes
NC State University, Community Development Office

Advisors

Deeanna Hale-Holland, MA, CSAPC
Prevention Supervisor
Eastern Center for Prevention Resources
Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.
613 Shipyard Blvd. Suite 104
Wilmington, NC 28412

LaTasha Murray, CSAPC
Prevention Director
South Central Center for Prevention Resources
Robeson Health Care Corporation
60 Commerce Drive
Pembroke, NC 28372

Mina Cook, CSAPC
North Central Center for Prevention Resources
Unlimited Success-A Division of Partnership for a Drug-Free NC
7830 North Point Boulevard – Suite 131
Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Michael Eisen, MS
State EUDL Coordinator
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3005 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3005
Kia Thacker, MPH
Prevention Supervisor
Western Center for Prevention Resources
Anuvia Prevention & Recovery
100 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211
Susan Robinson, MSW
Mental Health Liaison
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3021 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3021
Maria Fernandez, Ph.D., Coordinator
Data Systems and Cultural Competence
Quality Management Team
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3004 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3004
Spencer Clark, MSW
Assistant Section Chief
Clinical Operations
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3007 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3007

Lead Staff
Shealy Thompson, Ph.D.
Chair of State Epidemiology Workgroup
Quality Management team
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3004 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3004
Nidu Menon, Ph.D.
State Epidemiology Workgroup
Quality Management team
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
3004 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-3004
Janice Petersen, Ph.D., Project Administrator
NC Prevention and Early Intervention
Community Policy Management Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-3021
Al Stein-Seroussi, Ph.D., Lead Evaluator
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
1516 E. Franklin Street – Suite 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2812
Phillip Graham, Ph.D., Needs Assessment Evaluator
Research Triangle Institute International
3040 Cornwallis Road
PO Box 12194
RTP, NC 27709-2194
Virginia Johnson, CSAPC, SPF-SIG Coordinator
325 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-3021