MoDMH - Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Advisory Council

The State Advisory Council serves as an advisory body to the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ADA) and the division director on policy, prevention and treatment activities in the state of Missouri. The Council is created by Missouri Statute, to be found in Section 631.020, Missouri Revised Statutes.

The council is comprised of up to twenty-five members appointed by the Director of ADA. Members have professional, research, and/or personal interests in the division’s purpose. At least one-half of the members shall be consumers, and one member shall represent veterans and military affairs. No more than one-fourth of the members shall be vendors or members of boards of directors, employees or officers of vendors, or spouses of any of the above mentioned, if such vendors received more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per year under contract with the Department of Mental Health. Members of boards of directors of not-for-profit corporations shall not be considered vendors. Each member shall be appointed for an initial term of one, two, or three years to allow for a rotation of one-third of the members each year. Further, each appointed member may be re-appointed to no more than one additional three-year term. Each member serves until a successor has been appointed.

Upon the request of the Director of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse or the Director of the Department of Mental Health, the Council shall review and make recommendations on any matter submitted to it in writing or verbally by either of the directors. If you are interested in becoming a member, please submit the membership application and a current resume Attn: Bianca Arrington-Madison, Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1706 East Elm Street, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

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Missouri Advisory Council on ADA
Membership List: June 2009

Robin Hammond, SAC Chair St. Joseph Youth Alliance 3308 S. Leonard Road St. Joseph, MO 64503 rhammond@youth-alliance.org 1st Term: 8/12/2004 – 6/30/2007 2nd Term: 6/30/2007 – 6/30/2010 Consumer	Diana Harris – Co-Chair Department of Corrections 220 South Jefferson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63103 diana.harris@doc.mo.gov 1st Term: 6/20/2007 – 6/30/2010 2nd Term: Vendor	Benjamin Bruening Missouri National Guard 2116 Millbrook Ct. Apt. D Jefferson City, MO 65101 573-263-2553 benjamin.t.bruening@us.army.mil 1st Term: 6/01/2009 - 6/01/2012 2nd Term: Consumer
Marilyn Gibson Circuit Court, 31st Judicial Circuit Court 1010 Boonville Avenue Springfield, MO 65804-3804 marilyn.gibson@courts.mo.gov 1st Term: 8/04/2004 – 6/30/2007 2nd Term: 6/30/2007 – 6/30/2010 Consumer	Cynthia Steuber Department of Corrections, CTCC PO Box 70 Fulton, MO 65251 573-592-4018 cindy.steuber@doc.mo.gov 1st Term:6/01/2009-6/01/2012 2nd Term: Vendor	Michael K. Dean Missouri Police Chiefs Association 301 Fredricks Lane Jefferson City, MO 65101 mdean@mopca.com 1st Term: 12/19/2006 – 6/30/2009 2nd Term: Vendor
Michael Carter Department of Health and Senior Services 149 Park Central Square, Ste. 116 Springfield, MO 65806 mike.carter@dhss.mo.gov 1st Term: 6/30/2008 - 6/30/2011 2nd Term: Consumer	Cheryl Gardine Center for Life Solutions 3129 Edwards Place #304 Maryland Heights, MO 63043 cheryl@centerforlifesolutions.org 1st Term: 3/01/2006 - 6/30/2009 2nd Term: Vendor	Daphne Walker-Thoth Committed Caring Faith Communities 5400 Arsenal St.-Rm. C-307 St. Louis, MO 63139 Daphne.Walker-Thoth@mimh.edu 1st Term: 3/22/2007- 6/30/2010 2nd Term: Vendor
Stephen Doherty Gateway Foundation 1430 Olive Street, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63103 sdoherty@gatewayfoundation.org 1st Term: 7/08/2004 – 6/30/2007 2nd Term: 6/30/2007 – 6/30/2010 Vendor	Debbie Mizer DRD Kansas City Medical Clinic 723 E. 18th St. Kansas City, MO 64108 dlmizer@gmail.com 1st Term: 6/01/2009 - 6/01/2012 2nd Term: Consumer	Clif Johnson SEMO Community Treatment Center PO Box 506 / 512 East Main Street Park Hills, MO 63601 cjohnson@semoctc.org 1st Term: 5/06/2002 – 6/30/2005 2nd Term: 6/30/2005 – 6/30/2008 Vendor
Sandra Hentges Department of Health and Senior Services 930 Wildwood Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 hentgs@dhss.mo.gov 1st Term: 5/24/2006 – 6/30/2009 2nd Term: Consumer	John Harper Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 3024 Dupont Circle Jefferson City, MO 65109 john.harper@vr.dese.mo.gov 1st Term: 5/07/2003 – 6/30/2006 2nd Term: 6/30/2006 – 6/30/2009 Consumer	Ladell M. Flowers Dismas House of Kansas City Inc. 301 E. Armour Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64111 816-531-6050 Lflowers@dismashousekc.com 1st Term: 12/1/2008 – 6/30/2011 2nd Term: Vendor
Keith Spare Truman Medical Center 5128 Brookside Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64112-2736 Keith.spare@tmcmed.org 1st Term: 10/01/1998 – 6/30/2001 2nd Term: 6/30/2001 – 6/30/2004 3rd Term: 6/30/2004 – 6/30/2007 Vendor	Gary Lorts Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. 1909 Southridge Dr. PO Box 104475 Jefferson City, MO 65110-4475 573-636-4060, x301 glnorts@earthlink.net 1st Term: 6/01/2009 - 6/01/2012 2nd Term: Consumer	Sylvia Persky Community Partnership of the Ozarks 330 N. Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806 spersky@commpartnership.org 1st Term: 3/28/2005 – 6/30/2008 2nd Term: 6/30/2008 – 6/30/2011 Vendor
Percy Menzies Assisted Recovery Centers of America, LLC Chippewa St., Suite 224 St. Louis, MO 63109 314-645-6840 percymenzies@arcamidwest.com 1st Term: 6/01/2009 - 6/01/2012 2nd Term: Consumer	Theresa Eschmann Advanced Psychiatric Services 807 Collins Rd. Festus, MO 63028 636-931-4206 webjan6@msn.com 1st Term: 6/01/2009 - 6/01/2012 2nd Term: Consumer