Peer Support and Recovery Symposium

Registration Check-in (Breakfast Provided)

Welcome & Opening Remarks - Ashley McLean, Women's Residence Manager, Butte Spirit

Land Acknowledgement & Opening Prayer - Calvin Gone, Youth Development Specialist, Great Falls Public Schools

From Surviving to Leading: Building Recovery, Purpose, and Community - Adam Martin, CEO & Founder, F5 Project

Break

From Pain to Positivity - Joel Whiteside, Founder, Whiteside Healing & Wellness

Lunch (Provided) and Angel Initiative - Jami Hansen, Prevention Bureau Chief, BHDD

1. Question Persuade Refer: A Practical Tool for Suicide Prevention - Rosalie Kuska, Peer Recovery Coach & Care Coordinator, Alliance For Youth

2. Drop-in Center Panel:

• Panel Facilitator - Jim Hajny, Executive Director, Montana Peer Network
• Tony Meyers, Co-Director, NARSS
• Megkian Doyle, Executive Director, Mountain Shadow Association
• Alisha Barrows, Lincoln County
• Nate Daggett, Hope Rescue Mission
• Dean Snow, Program Coordinator, Dynamic Recovery Drop In Center

3. Mind-Body Wellness & Resilience - Sarah Clement, Mind-Body Wellness Coordinator, AWARE

1. Wrap Panel:

• Bill Deavel, Program Director, Beautiful Minds Recovery Montana
• Keely Mills
• Tony Meyers, Co-Director, NARSS
• Lynn Patrone, Executive Director, WRAP Inc.

2. Licensing - Lucy Richards

3. CBHPSS Board of Behavioral Health - Annette Redding

1. Ethics in Supervision - George Meadors, Clinical Director, Dynamic Recovery

2. Walking in Balance - Don Roberts, Executive Director, NARSS

3. Workforce Pathways:

• Panel Facilitator - Pam Ponich, Perinatal Program Manager, One Health
• Beth Carter, MSU
• Jamie Vanderlin, MTPCA
• Beth Ayers, Family Peers for Hope
• Kim Spurzem, U of M
• Emmalee Hortin, One CHC

Closing Remarks - Ashley McLean