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substance abuse It’s Everybody’s Business. #ItsEverybodysBusiness Presented by: • Examine the neurobiology of addiction and its impact on workforce, families, and community well-being • Hear from national experts on successful evidence-based strategies and best practices • Gain multiple recovery perspectives Uniting to Think Differently About Addiction May 16, 2017 8:00 am – 2:00 pm James F. Veninga Theater UW Center for Civic Engagement 625 Stewart Ave. Wausau, WI wipps.org/ItsEverybodysBusiness Conference Program For more information: [email protected] or 715.261.6368 CHECK IN!

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substance abuse

It’s Everybody’s Business.

#ItsEverybodysBusiness

Presented by:

• Examine the neurobiology of addiction and its impact on workforce, families, and community well-being

• Hear from national experts on successful evidence-based strategies and best practices

• Gain multiple recovery perspectives

Uniting to Think Differently About Addiction

May 16, 20178:00 am – 2:00 pm

James F. Veninga Theater UW Center for Civic Engagement 625 Stewart Ave. Wausau, WIwipps.org/ItsEverybodysBusiness Conference Program

For more information: [email protected] or 715.261.6368

CHECK IN!

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44% of Americans say

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addicted to pain killers.

The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS) and North Central Health Foundation are pleased to present a regional conference to raise awareness throughout communities that addiction is a chronic disease, recovery is possible and that com-munity-wide recovery eco-systems are necessary. The purpose of the conference is to bring people together from different backgrounds and professions to bet-ter understand substance abuse and to consider evi-dence-based strategies and best practices to address the addiction crisis.

Drug overdoses and deaths are a major problem across the country. Consider these statistics:

• Drug overdose is the leading cause of acciden-tal death in the United States, with 52,404 lethal drug overdoses in 2015.

• In 2012, 259 million prescriptions for opioids were written in the United States, more than enough to give every American adult their own bottle of pills. Four of five new heroin users started out misus-ing prescription painkillers.

In Marathon County, the number of felony drug charges tripled between 2010-2014. There are only six inpatient treatment beds in north central Wisconsin, with a six-month waiting list. There is a shortage of mental health and addiction medicine professionals, and especially in rural areas, there are generally fewer resources and options for treatment available – even when a person asks for help. Addiction and associated issues stress law enforcement capacity, exacerbates the workforce short-age, reduces workplace productivity and safety, leads to more children exposed to adverse childhood expe-riences and the need for foster care, burdens schools, and challenges health providers. Entire communities are affected and families suffer.

• Addiction is a chronic and relapsing brain disease. Treatment and recovery does not happen in the short-term.

Substance abuse is a multifaceted problem that can-not be solved piecemeal. It requires multidisciplinary collaboration and mutually reinforcing activities in a community. The entire community must be engaged to develop simultaneous strategies including: effective workplace strategies, appropriate prescribing, efforts to prevent adverse childhood events and improve childhood resiliency, comprehensive evidence-based pain management, public safety/enforcement tech-niques and programs, addiction treatment, post treat-ment support, affordable and available sober housing, transitional jobs, and naloxone training.

This conference will:

• Examine the neurobiology of addiction and its impact on workforce, families and community well-being

• Present national experts who will examine successful evidence-based strategies and best practices

• Provide multiple recovery perspectives

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The Marathon County Alcohol and Other Drugs Partnership

Presenting Sponsors:

Sponsors & Partners:

Conference Presented by:

“ Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

– Carl Bard

“ We have to stop treating addiction as a moral failing, and start seeing it for what it is: a chronic disease that must be treated with urgency and compassion.”

– Vivek Murthy, United States Surgeon General

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to our Conference Planning Committee:

Corina Norrbom Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service

Jessica Meadows North Central Health Care

Gail Kell WI Northern Highland Area Health Education Center

Christina Patrin North Central WI Area Health Education Center

Nathaniel Stetzer Wausau Police Department

Tara Draeger Aspirus Wausau Hospital

Sheila Weix Marshfield Clinic Health System

Deb Dorshorst Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service

Meghan Mattek Aspirus Langlade Hospital

Julie Bunczak Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service

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8:00 – 8:10 ...................................... Welcome

8:10 – 8:55 ...................................... Keynote Presentation

“Understanding Addiction” Marvin Seppala Chief Medical Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation [email protected]

Marvin D. Seppala, M.D., is chief medical officer at Hazelden Betty Ford Foun-dation, and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies. His responsibilities include overseeing all interdisciplinary clinical practices at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, maintaining and improving

quality of care, and supporting growth strategies for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential and nonresidential addiction treatment programs. Seppala obtained his medical degree at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, and served his residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in addiction at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. Seppala is author of Clinician’s Guide to the Twelve Step Principles, and a co-author of When Painkillers Become Dangerous, Pain-Free Living for Drug-Free People, and Prescription Painkillers, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Publishing.

8:55 – 9:15 ...................................... “The Behavioral Health Factors Framework” Anthony (A.J.) Ernst, Ph.D., LCSW Senior Behavioral Health Analyst, Anthony Ernst Consulting

Dr. Ernst brings more than 25 years of experience as a clinician, lecturer, senior pro-gram analyst, and administrator in the fields of mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders. He served as the director for SAMHSA’s Native American Center for Excellence and director for Technology Transfer at SAMHSA’s Co-Occurring Center for Excellence. He lived on the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Reservation while serving as their director of Human Services to assist with the tribe’s state of emergency due to drug abuse, and he’s served several clinical roles on psychiatric floors and treatment centers with his dual mental health and substance abuse licensure. He currently serves as a senior analyst and behavioral health consultant, and supports sober homes and collegiate recovery efforts in his free time. A.J. lives near Madison, Wisconsin with his wife and daughters.

9:15 – 9:35 ......................................“Voices for Recovery” Julie and Austin Flood – Wisconsin Family Voices for Recovery

9:35 – 9:45 ...................................... “Intro to Recovery Coaches” Jesse Heffernan Iris Place Director, NAMI Fox Valley, [email protected]

Jesse Heffernan is a recovery coach and consultant with 16 years in long-term recovery from substance use and mental health. As a servant leader, program director and Com-

munity Net worker he works to create a meaningful and positive change through innovative solutions to complex community and individual needs. He is the director of the Iris Place, a mental health respite center in Appleton, Wisconsin. He currently sits on advisory boards for RISE TOGETHER, Wisconsin Voices For Recov-ery, Stop Heroin NOW and serves as an appointed member of the Wisconsin Governors State Opiate/Heroin Task Force. It is his belief that recovery is a process of moving from surviving to thriving as a whole person.

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9:45 – 9:55 ...................................... Question and Answer

9:55 – 10:05................................... Break/Refreshments (Please Note: No food is allowed inside the Veninga Theatre.)

10:05 – 10:50 ............................... “It is Your Business: Addressing Addiction in the Workplace”

Moderator: Michael Loy – Interim C.E.O., North Central Health Care

Michelle Devine Giese – President, STEP Industries

Steven Schwartz – President, Face it Together

Kierstin Justinger – Senior Manager Workforce Strategy, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

10:50 – 11:20 ............................... “Health Insurance and Access to Addiction Services”

Moderator: Lisa Dodson – Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin

Brett Davis – President and C.E.O., Aspirus Arise

Sheila Weix – Director of Substance Abuse Services, Family Health Center of Marshfield, Marshfield CLinic Helath System

11:20 – 11:50 ............................... “ The Opioid Epidemic: How the Medical Industry Created a Public Health Crisis”

Christopher Johnson, M.D. Chair, Minnesota Dept of Human Services Opioid Prescribing Work Group, [email protected]

Dr. Chris Johnson completed his undergraduate medical education at the Medical College of Vir-ginia in Richmond, Virginia. After receiving his medical degree in June 2000, he moved to Minneso-ta to train in Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center. He completed his residency program in 2003 and subsequently spent the next 12 years practicing full-time Emergency Medi-cine at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. In 2016 he switched his clinical practice to Allina Health Urgent Care. He currently serves as the Chair of the Minnesota Department of Human Services Opioid Prescribing Work Group as well as a member of their Health Services Advisory Council. He is a member of the board of directors of the Steve Rummler Hope Foundation, a locally founded or-ganization whose mission is to raise awareness of the problems of chronic pain and addiction. He is a member of the board of directors for the national organization Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. He is active in physician advocacy with the Twin Cities Medical Society and serves on the Minnesota Medical Association’s Board of Trustees.

11:50 – 12:30 ............................... Lunch (Please Note: No food is allowed inside the Veninga Theatre.) Boxed lunches will be available. Please follow signage and proceed across the street to the Main Building for lunch and seating.

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12:30 – 1:15...................................“ Law Enforcement: Emerging Strategies and Response to Substance Abuse”

Moderator: Nathaniel Stetzer – Wausau Police Department

Robert Bell – Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Agency, Milwaukee

Jason Weber – Community Liaison Officer, Village of Fox Crossing Police Department

Randy Albert – Supervisor, Special Investigations Unit, Marathon County Sheriff Department

1:15 – 1:45 .................. Keynote Presentation

“ Building a Community Response to the Epidemic”

Regina LaBelle Former Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Regina LaBelle, former chief of staff and senior policy advisor to the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, will discuss how the various sectors of community – from public health to public safety and business – can join together to effectively reduce opioid misuse and overdose deaths. Drawing on information provided by the day’s broad cross section of speakers, Regina will provide a framework for future action.

1:45 – 2:00 Linking to Community ActionSeveral local and regional groups, coalitions and health care resources are available to you, your business and your family. This brief overview will give you links for future conversations.

Laura Scudiere Executive of Human Services Operations North Central Health Care [email protected]

Melissa Dotter Drug Free Communities Program Marathon County Health Department [email protected]

Danielle Luther Manager - Substance Abuse Prevention, Marshfield Clinic [email protected]

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2:15 – 4:00 ................................. Now What? Do you have questions? Do you want more information or would you like to make a personal connection with

our speakers to get the ball rolling? This is an optional opportunity to dive deeper and discuss sector-specific questions and issues with speakers and community stakeholders. Listen for announcements for location of these concurrent discussions that will take place after the conference.

Health/Medical – Marv Seppala, Christopher Johnson, Sheila Weix Business/Employer – Steven Schwartz, Michelle Devine Giese, Kierstin Justinger Public Safety/Law Enforcement – Robert Bell, Jason Weber

These groups will also be joined by Jesse Heffernan, Laura Scudiere, Melissa Dotter and Danielle Luther.

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Moderator: Michael Loy Interim C.E.O., North Central Health Care [email protected]

Michael Loy has been interim C.E.O. for North Cen-tral Health Care since February 2016. Prior to this appointment, Michael first came to North Central

Health Care as a human resources executive in 2014. Loy has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, a master’s de-gree in kinesiology from the University of Wisconsin – Milwau-kee and Bachelor’s degree in health promotion and wellness from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and active in a number of other industry groups. Loy works in the community as member of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Board, Humane Society of Marathon County Board and is an Early Bird Rotarian. Loy is married to Emily and together they share in the joy of their two young daughters Olivia and Charlotte and will soon be adding to the Loy family in August. When there is free time he loves to golf, read and cook.

Michelle Devine Giese President, STEP Industries [email protected]

Giese is a 1993 graduate of the University of Wis-consin – Stout with a bachelor of science in busi-ness administration with a concentration in hu-

man resource management. She holds an AODA Certificate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is substance abuse counselor in training (SACIT). She began her recovery in 1995. Giese attended inpatient treatment at Theda Clark/United Behavior Health in Neen-ah. She entered the program at STEP Industries as a transitional em-ployee in 1996. In November 1996 she became a staff member as a team leader, later holding the positions of plant manager, operations manager, human resource manager, ISO manager, and vice president. In November 2009, she became president of STEP Industries, the po-sition she currently holds.

For over 30 years, STEP Industries has served over 11,000 men and women in AODA recovery. Through their unique programs, they pro-vide the three critical elements for a solid foundation: employment, safe housing and education. Businesses outsource contract packag-ing and manufacturing services to STEP, which allows the organiza-tion to support key elements of successful recovery.

Steven Schwartz President, Face it Together [email protected]

Steve Schwartz is president of Face It TOGETHER Health, a Sioux Falls, S.D., based organization with an innovative, community-focused approach to

addiction support. A key tenant of the Face It TOGETHER model is in-cluding businesses in the solution. This is done through broad-based

workplace education and culture change focus, leading leading addiction sufferers and loved ones to get the help they need, contributing to positive business perfor-mance and personal well-being. Schwartz is a veteran business person with extensive background in strategic marketing. He has served on organizations such as Tyco, Ha-worth and Sodexho in a wide variety of management roles and brings his business expertise to Face It TOGETHER. Schwartz will share his perspectives on the costs of un-treated addiction in the workplace, case studies on successful programs, and a prac-tical approach to business leadership within communities to help solve addiction.

Kierstin Justinger Senior Manager Workforce Strategy, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation [email protected]

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation helps people reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction. It is the nation’s largest nonprofit treatment pro-vider, with a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center. With 15 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado and Texas, the Foundation offers prevention and recovery solutions nationwide and across the entire continuum of care for youth and adults. It includes the largest recovery publishing house in the country, a fully-accredited graduate school of addiction studies, an addiction research center, an education arm for medical professionals and a unique children’s program, and is the nation’s leader in advocacy and policy for treatment and recovery.

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Moderator: Lisa Dodson, M.D. Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin- Central Wisconsin [email protected]

Lisa Grill Dodson, M.D. became the first dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin Campus in July 2014. Previously she was the director of the Oregon Area Health Education Center and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She received her medical de-gree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and then completed a Family Medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University. After practicing in the frontier community of John Day, Or-egon, she rejoined the OHSU faculty in 1999 to focus on developing the rural physician workforce. She directed all rural programming, in-cluding the Rural and Community Health Clerkship, the Oregon Rural Scholars program and Oregon Rural Locum Tenens program. Dr. Dod-son is a tireless advocate for student education and for developing the workforce to care for rural and other underserved populations. She is married to Peter and has two grown sons, David and Jason, who both live in Oregon. Her interests outside of medicine include soccer, gardening, cooking, and reading, and she and her husband curl at the Wausau Curling Club.

Brett Davis President and CEO, Aspirus Arise [email protected]

Brett Davis was raised in Monroe, Wisconsin, re-ceived his degree in business administration from

the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh and served as a legislative aide for State Representative Mike Powers before working as an advisor to Governor and then U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom-my Thompson. He moved back to Wisconsin to serve as chief of staff to State Senator Joe Leibham. Brett served as Wisconsin State Represen-tative for the 80th Assembly District from 2005 – 2011. Brett served as Wisconsin’s Medicaid Director from 2011-2013. Davis worked as vice president of provider relations from 2013-15 at WPS Health Solutions, where he managed provider contracting and credentialing for both WPS and its subsidiary Arise Health Plan. Davis started as president and C.E.O. of Aspirus Arise in the fall of 2015. He serves on the board of directors for Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin, and Tommy G. Thompson Charity, Inc.

Sheila Weix, MSN, RN, CARN Director of Substance Abuse Services, Family Health Center of Marshfield Marshfield Clinic Health System [email protected]

Sheila Weix is the director of Substance Abuse Services for Family Health Center of Marshfield, Marshfield Clinic Health System. With a background in addiction treatment spanning inpatient, residential and outpatient services, she is in her fourth decade of practice.

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Moderator: Nathaniel Stetzer Wausau Police [email protected]

Officer Nathaniel Stetzer, was assigned to the Wausau Police Department Community Resources Unit in August of 2015. As a member of the Com-

munity Resources Unit, Stetzer conducts drug investigations, manages chronic nuisance premises, and is a liaison for numerous community groups for the Wausau Police Department. Previously he had worked as a patrolman for the Wausau Police Department for two years after working as a community service officer for five years. He currently is a District Four director for the Wisconsin Association for Community Oriented Police and an acting board member for the Marathon County AOD Partnership. Nathaniel had received his bachelor’s degree in crim-inal justice from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh in 2011. He then completed his police academy program at Nicolet Technical College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. When he isn’t conducting drug investigations or planning community outreach programs, he participates in several organized team sports and enjoys the outdoors with his family. Stetzer is married with two girls, a two year old and a 3 week old.

Robert Bell Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Agency, Milwaukee

In 1989, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Robert Bell graduated from Illinois State University with a

bachelor’s degree in criminal justice science. From 1990 to 1995, ASAC Bell was employed as a police officer by the St. Charles, Illinois, Police Department, and was assigned to a multijurisdictional Illinois State Police drug task force from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, ASAC Bell entered on duty with DEA at the Chicago Division Office and was assigned to the Detroit Division Office as a special agent. In 2006, ASAC Bell was promoted to group supervisor in the Milwaukee District Office, where he led a Task Force Group. In 2011, ASAC Bell transferred to DEA Head-quarters and was assigned as a staff coordinator to the Diversion Con-trol Division, Synthetic Drugs and Chemicals Section. In 2013, ASAC Bell was promoted to section chief in the Office of Operations Manage-ment, Asset Forfeiture Section. In 2014, ASAC Bell was selected as exec-utive assistant to the chief of Operations Management. In 2015, ASAC Bell was selected to lead the Milwaukee District Office, with oversight responsibilities for DEA offices in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Madison.

Jason Weber Community Liaison Officer, Village of Fox Crossing Police Department [email protected]

Jason Weber has worked in law enforcement since 1990. He has been with the Fox Crossing Police Department since 1992 and

is currently assigned to the investigations division as the department’s community liaison officer and media spokesperson. He also serves as the vice president for the Wisconsin Crime Prevention Practitioners Association.

In 2009 Weber spearheaded a coalition that developed the nationally recognized pro-gram, “Good Drugs Gone Bad”, that targets prescription drug abuse. That program was awarded the 2015 Community Policing Project of the Year by the WI Association of Community Oriented Police. Weber also lead one of the first synthetic cannabinoid distribution cases in Wisconsin which resulted in search warrants in multiple states and a federal conviction.

He was awarded the 2010 Law Enforcement Partner of the Year from the WI Preven-tion Network on Substance Abuse, the 2010 Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year from the Wisconsin Crime Prevention Practitioners Association, the 2011 Historian of the Year by the Outagamie County Historical Society and the 2014 Fox Valley Technical College’s Outstanding Alumni Award. Weber teaches a variety of policing topics for the National Criminal Justice Training Center, is an instructor for the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools on drug abuse prevention and active threat response, and also is a consultant on emerging drug trends for AFYA, Inc.

Randy Albert Supervisor, Special Investigations Unit, Marathon County Sheriff Department [email protected]

Lieutenant Randy Albert is has been employed with the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department for the past 23 years. Prior to that he worked for the She-boygan County Sheriff’s Department and began his career with the Combined Locks Police Department. A graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy, Lt. Albert has been a supervisor for the past 13 years and is currently assigned to the Special Inves-tigations Unit. He supervises the multi-agency task force of Sheriff’s Office, Wausau Police Department and Everest Metro Police Department with the primary mission to combat the controlled substance issues impacting Marathon County and some of the surrounding areas.

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