SAMHSA: Planning Committee

Best Practices for Drug Abuse and
Suicide Risk Prevention

Thursday and Friday, October 25th and 26th, 2001
DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon

Ron Bloodworth, MA, LPC
Suicide Prevention Coordinator, State Health Division, Oregon

Elaine Bruce
Public Relations, Intermountain Hospital, Boise, Idaho

Cal Cazier
Media & Education Coordinator, Violence & Injury Prevention Program,
Salt Lake City, Idaho

Alexander Crosby, MD
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

Joyce DeVaney, RN, MPH
Region VIII MCH Branch Chief, Region VIII HRSA, Denver, Colorado

Leona L. Eggert, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Psychosocial & Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle

Kennie Endleman
Special Assistant to Congressman Jay Inslee, Mountlake Terrace, Washington

Tony Gomez
Manager, Violence & Injury Prevention, Seattle/King County Department of Health

Carol Holzer
Injury Prevention Program Director, North Dakota Dept. of Health

Jill Hunsaker, MPH
Adolescent Program Specialist, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment

Trisha Keller, RN, MPH
Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Utah Department of Health

David Lawrence
Director, California Center for Childhood Injury Prevention, San Diego, California

Mark LoMurray
Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Outreach Services, Bismarck, North Dakota

Dick Lyons, M.D.
Regional Health Administrator, Region X, Seattle, Washington

Karen J. Matsuda
Deputy Regional Health Administrator, Acting Regional Health Administrator,
U.S. Public Health Service, Seattle, Washington

Lisa M. Millet, MHS
Manager, Child Fatality & Injury Prevention, Portland, Oregon

Debbie Ruggles
Violence Prevention Specialist, Injury Prevention Program, Washington Dept. of Health, Olympia, Washington

Nels D. Sanddal
President/CEO, Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation, Bozeman, Montana

Teri L. Sanddal
Injury Prevention Coordinator, Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation, Bozeman, Montana

Judy Schoder
Adolescent Health Consultant, Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health,
Olympia, Washington

Maxine Smith
Administrator, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle

Susan Soule
Rural Services Coordinator, Division of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, Juneau, Alaska

Elaine A. Thompson, PhD, RN
Research Associate Professor, Psychosocial & Community Health,
University of Washington

Peggy West, MSW, PhD
Region X MCH Branch Chief, Seattle HRSA Field Office

Karl Weyrauch, MD, MPH
Group Health Permanente, Seattle, Washington