MoDMH - Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Advisory Council

The State Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is comprised of up to twenty-five members to be appointed by the Director of the Department of Mental Health.

Members have professional, research, and/or personal interests in alcohol and other drug problems. 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.

The Council acts as an advisory body to the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse of the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Division Director. The Council is created by Missouri Statute, to be found in Section 631.020, Missouri Revised Statutes.

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.

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Missouri Advisory Council on ADA
Membership List: August 2007

Robin Hammond, SAC Chair St. Joseph Youth Alliance 3308 South Leonard Road St. Joseph, MO 64503 816-232-0050 rhammond@youth-alliance.org Term ends 6/30/07. Consumer	Daniel Clark, Co-Chair 3829 South Duquesne Joplin, MO 64804 417-782-6700 danielcclark@gmail.com Appointed 6/06. Term ends 6/30/09. Consumer
Diana Harris- At Large Member Dept. of Corrections 220 South Jefferson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63103 314-877-1176 Diana.harris@doc.mo.gov Consumer	Kim Dude 34 Brady Commons Columbia, MO 65211 573-882-4634 DudeK@missouri.edu 2nd Term ends 6/30/06. Vendor
Rebecca (Becky) Ehlers 1216 East Morgan Street Boonville, MO 65233-1300 660-882-6521 ext. 310 Rebecca.Ehlers@doc.mo.gov Appointed 6/06. Term ends 6/30/09. Consumer	Cheryl Gardine 3129 Edwards Place #304 Maryland Heights, MO 63043 314-731-0100 cheryl@centerforlifesolutions.org Appointed 3/06. Term ends 6/30/09. Vendor
Marilyn Gibson Circuit Court, 31st Judicial Circuit Court 1010 Boonville Ave. Springfield, MO 65802-3804 417-829-6159 Marilyn.Gibson@courts.mo.gov Term ends 6/30/07. Consumer	Stacy Braiuca Heart of America Indian Center, Inc. 600 West 39th Street Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 421-7608 Cell (816) 695-8685 Stacy@hiacindian.com Braiuca@swbell.net Term ends 6/30/09. Consumer
Stephen Doherty Gateway Foundation 1430 Olive Street, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63103 636-391-2212 sdoherty@gatewayfoundation.org Term ends 6/30/07. Vendor	John Harper 3024 Dupont Circle Jefferson City, MO 65109 573-751-3251 john.harper@vr.dese.mo.gov 2nd Term ends 6/30/06. Consumer
Sandra Hentges 930 Wildwood Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 573-751-6150 Consumer status hentgs@dhss.mo.gov term ends 6/30/09.	Clifton Lee Johnson P.O. Box 459 Farmington, MO 63640-0459 573-756-5749 Vendor status. cjohnson@semoctc.org term ended 6/05
Benjamin T. Bruening National Guard State Preservation Coord. 801 Armory Drive Jefferson City, MO 65101 573-638-2691 benjamin.t.bruening@us.army.mil Appointment 9/25/06. Term ends 6/30/09. Consumer	Charles Megerman 1514 Campbell Kansas City, MO 64108 816-421-6670 charles.megerman@kccommunityctr.org MegeCha@jacksongov.org (temporary)\ 2nd Term ends 6/30/05. Vendor
Michael K. Dean 301 Fredricks Lane Jefferson City, MO 65101 (573) 635-2513 Home (573) 636-5444 Work mdean@mopca.com Vendor Appointment 12/19/06. Term ends 6 /30/09.	Sylvia Persky Community Partnership of the Ozarks 330 N. Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806 417-888-2020 spersky@commpartnership.org Term ends 6/30/08. Vendor
Eleanor Ward 1663 Liv 247 Chula, MO 64635 Cell (660) 646-4963 Home (660) 639-2165 dneward@grm.net Appointment 11/06 term ends 6/30/09. Consumer	Keith Spare 5128 Brookside Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64112-2736 816-404-6187 keithspare@aol.com Keith.spare@tmcmed.org 3rd Term ends 6/30/07.Consumor
Daphne Walker-Thoth 5400 Arsenal St.-Rm. C-307 St. Louis, MO 63139 (314) 877-6440 Daphne.Walker-Thoth@mimh.edu Appointment date 3-22-07. Term ends 6-30-10. Vendor	Crystal Robinson 1619 North Main Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 robinc@lpha.dhss.mo.gov (573) 785-0095 Work Appointment date 4-11-07. Term ends 6-30-10. Consumer
Linda J. Scott 22299 Private Drive 7491 Edgar Springs, MO 65462 Work (573) 308-3507 Home (573) 435-6349 Lscott@fidnet.com Appointment date 5-24-07. Term ends 6-30-10. Consumer