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: June 2008

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
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	Kim Dude University of Missouri - Columbia 34 Brady Commons Columbia, MO 65211 DudeK@missouri.edu 1st Term: 4/19/2000 – 6/30/2003 2nd Term: 6/30/2003 – 6/30/2006 Vendor
Rebecca (Becky) Ehlers Department of Corrections 1216 East Morgan Street Boonville, MO 65233-1300 Rebecca.Ehlers@doc.mo.gov 1st Term: 5/31/2006 – 6/30/2009 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
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	Crystal Robinson Department of Health and Senior Services 1619 North Main Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 robinc@lpha.mopublic.org 1st Term: 4/11/2007 – 6/30/2010 2nd Term: Consumer
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

Mary Beth Reinkemeyer Missouri National Guard 2116 Millbrook Ct. Apt. D Jefferson City, MO 65101 Mary.reinkemeyer@us.army.mil 1st Term: 4/01/2008 – 6/30/2011 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
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	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
Eleanor Ward 1663 Liv 247 Chula, MO 64635 dneward@grm.net 1st Term: 11/20/2006 – 6/30/2009 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
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	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
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