Featured Speakers

Advanced Trainers' Snapshots

Theodora Binion-Taylor

Ms. Binion-Taylor has worked in the field of substance abuse since 1981 starting as an entry level substance abuse counseling position on the West Side of Chicago. In 1989 Ms. Binion-Taylor joined Garfield Counseling Center as the Executive Director. She worked with the Campaign for a Drug Free Westside that focused on developing and carrying out plans to address widespread open-market drug sales. She spearheaded the development of several programs and demonstration projects targeting substance abusing women and their children. In 1995 Ms. Binion joined the City of Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), where she served as the Director of Behavioral Health Care. Ms. Binion-Taylor presently serves as Associate Director of the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.

Jocelyn Boudreau

Jocelyn Boudreau is the Corporate Trainer for Rosecrance Health Network and has more than 15 years of experience in the helping professions with the last 10 years spent in the addictions field. She has provided training and consultation services in her home state of South Carolina where along with the Prevention Research Institute staff she trained other AODA professionals in the PRIME for Life! DUI Curriculum.

Trina M. Diedrich

Trina M. Diedrich is the Mental Illness Substance Abuse Manager (MISA) for the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Her past work includes over 12 years of experience in both private and public non-for profit organizations. Currently she manages and monitors all licensed and funded Mental Illness Substance Abuse treatment providers within the DHS/DASA system. Ms. Diedrich currently serves in an advisory capacity for the Springfield Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Mayor’s Taskforce on Homelessness, and the Advisory Board for Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment Evidence Based Practice Grant in Illinois.

Nanette Larson

Nanette Larson is the Director of Recovery Support Services for the Illinois DHS/Division of Mental Health. Ms. Larson has spent the past seven years providing leadership and consultation to further the development of a recovery-oriented service delivery system within the public mental health system. Ms. Larson is a nationally recognized leader in the mental health consumer recovery movement.

Brian Lengfelder

Brian Lengfelder has over 13 years of experience as a substance abuse counselor, and is currently the Program Director of Adult Services at Breaking Free, Inc. in Aurora, IL. Mr. Lengfelder has worked with all populations in substance abuse settings and has created a variety of interventions to deal with psychosocial problems associated with substance abuse.

Frank Morales

Frank Morales has worked in DCFS, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Drug treatment and EAP services for thirty years. He was on the IAODAPCA task force committee that created the recommendations for the MISA registration and has presented MISA trainings for the Illinois MISA Institute. In his private practice he specializes in heart centered emotional intelligence approaches that increase the application of the alternatives to self-defeating habit patterns.

Stella Nicholson

Stella Nicholson is a private practitioner and president of Stella Nicholson and Associates, where she counsels Adult Children of Alcoholics/Co-dependents, alcoholics/addicts, couples, and specializes in the treatment of families and children. She has worked in the addiction and mental health field since 1978. Ms. Nicholson currently serves on the IAODAPCA Board of Directors. She is an adjunct faculty member at National Louis University. She has lectured and taught at both the local and national levels on various subjects. She is the author of a workbook for adult children from alcoholic or dysfunctional families entitled, "Journey to Recovery".

Kenneth Osborne

Kenneth Osborne, CEO of K.L. Osborne and Associates, has worked in the field of addiction medicine for over 17 years. He served as Adjunct faculty at Texas Southern University and the University of Houston and as a Training Specialist for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA). Mr. Osborne has provided training and technical assistance to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, providing Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) training. He served as Project Director for the maximum security Substance abuse facility for adjudicated adolescent males in the District of Columbia. Mr. Osborne serves as faculty for the National Drug Court Institute.

Eugene Oulvey

Eugene Oulvey is the Coordinator of Evaluation and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services for the Illinois Department of Human Services - Division of Rehabilitation Services. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SIU School of Medicine. He served as founding president and state representative to the national board for the Illinois Chapter of IAPSRS from and on the state board of directors of the Illinois Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In 1999 he was commissioned to write the summary paper on vocational services for the national ACCESS Project on Homelessness and Mental Illness. More recently he was selected through a national competition to serve on the panel of authors for the federally sponsored 26th and 33rd Institutes on Rehabilitation Issues. He has served as a trainer on Evidence-Based Supported Employment for the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.

Mark Sanders

Mark Sanders is an international speaker in the field of addictions, whose presentations have reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. He is the author of several books and workbooks geared toward helping clients recover. In 2005, he had two stories published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Mark is also a successful consultant throughout the Midwest. In 2003, he received the Professional of the Year award from IAODAPCA.

Randi Tolliver

Randi Tolliver received her doctorate in clinical psychology at Northern Illinois University. She was the recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Training Fellowship and worked extensively in the Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault. Currently, she works as Director of the Illinois Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (ICOCE).

William L. White

William L. White is a Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health Systems. He has a Master’s degree in Addiction Studies and has worked full-time in the addictions field since 1969. He has authored or co-authored more than 270 articles, monographs, and research reports as well as thirteen books.