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CAI has selected nationally known faculty with expertise in both chemical dependency and tobacco control to assist you in integrating tobacco control policy, procedures and practices:
Caroline Waterman, MA, LRC, CRC, Director of Addictions Training and Technical Assistance at Cicatelli Associates Inc. (CAI) is the RTATC Manager, providing overall management and oversight of this project. She has over 18 years experience working with OASAS-licensed programs and other health and human services agencies. At CAI, Ms. Waterman previously served as manager for Project InVEST, providing training and TA to OASAS-licensed programs across New York State to assist in integrating vocational education into substance abuse treatment. She recently oversaw the advisory group “Integrating Tobacco Use Interventions into Chemical Dependency Services”. Ms. Waterman’s specialty is in providing TA on developing and implementing policies and procedures, and integrating new services into current practices.
Gricel Arredondo, MS, Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Interventions at Cicatelli Associates, is a bi-lingual (English-Spanish) intervention specialist and national master trainer, with expertise in behavioral health and CDC evidence-based interventions. She has 16 years experience as a provider in substance abuse treatment facilities and over 6 years training and TA experience related to substance abuse and tobacco control. Ms. Arredondo serves as a trainer and TA provider in CAI’s New York State Tobacco Control Program. She has been sought out by national and local organizations to lend her expertise to the development of public health services and/or programs.
Perry “Rusty” Chambliss, BA, is Vice President and Director of Training at CAI. Mr. Chambliss has over 22 years experience providing training on a wide array of topics, including substance use-related and tobacco cessation trainings. He also provides TA to health and human services agencies locally and nationally and develops innovative curricula and materials in newly emerging fields. Mr. Chambliss’ dynamic approach to training, human resource development, and professional expertise enable him to provide training and TA on a wide variety of topics to all level of staff at provider agencies.
Lisa Currin, LMSW, is currently the Substance Abuse Project Manager at Seton Health Center for Smoking Cessation. Ms. Currin manages a grant providing training and technical assistance to substance abuse providers to incorporate treatment of nicotine dependence into patient care. Ms. Currin has worked closely with the Tobacco Recovery Coalition of the Capital Region towards implementing this project. Ms. Currin has years of experience in Tobacco Control, having worked previously at the American Cancer Society on Tobacco Control program, policy and advocacy issues.
Keran Deli, PhD, LPC, is Vice President and Director of Curriculum and Distance Learning at CAI. She has over 17 years experience in the field of mental health, psychological assessment, counseling, and co-occurring disorders, and over 20 years experience in providing training and TA in these areas, as well as HIV/AIDS, substance use, and tobacco control/cessation training. Dr. Deli was also responsible for developing the training curricula for Integrating Tobacco Use Policies and Interventions into Chemical Dependence Services for the NYSDOH Tobacco Control Program. Dr. Deli will lend her expertise in working with counselors, addictions treatment and evidence-based interventions to this project.
Elena F. Deutsch, MPH, serves as Director of CAI’s Tobacco Control Division and, since 2005, Co- Director of the statewide Tobacco Control Training Project. She is an experienced Training/TA Specialist, with over 7 years experience in tobacco control policy and cessation, and has also co-trained on substance use and tobacco control/smoking cessation for DHS shelter staff and directors. Prior to joining CAI, Ms. Deutsch served as the Director of Tobacco Control at the American Cancer Society. In that capacity she led trainings for health care providers, community-based organizations and worksites in implementing smoking cessation at their sites.
Frank Dominelli, DPM, is Vice President and the Director of the Health Care and the Admissions departments at Odyssey House, an OASAS licensed chemical dependency treatment center. Dr. Dominelli oversees the planning, implementation, and management of the Odyssey House Tobacco Dependence & Treatment Program. He has been a member of the New York State Partnership for the Prevention and Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence. He is also the principal investigator of the Department of Health Promising Tobacco Interventions grant implemented in the outpatient clinic. Additionally, he is a representative in an interagency committee developed to address issues surrounding tobacco dependence and treatment of clients.
Michelle Gerka, MS, is CAI's Vice President, Director of Community Health and Early Childhood. Ms. Gerka has years of experience in providing health and social service support programs, education of community-based providers, and in the provision of health and social service-related trainings. At CAI, Ms. Gerka also oversees the NYS Tobacco Control Training Program. Ms. Gerka has over 20 years experience providing training and TA on a wide variety of topics including substance abuse, women’s health and outreach and prevention programs. She has been providing training and TA to NYS providers in the field of tobacco control policy and cessation and community based interventions.
Arismendi (Tony) Jimenez, MD, Deputy Director of Training at CAI, has more than 12 years addictions-related training and TA experience. Before coming to Cicatelli, he worked in an OASAS-licensed substance abuse treatment program. More recently, he has provided training and TA to NYS providers on tobacco control issues. With a degree in medicine and extensive experience in non-clinical trainings, Mr. Jimenez can bridge the clinical and non-clinical aspects of trainings and TA. Mr. Jimenez is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Peggy Keigley, MA, is Director for the Seton Health Center for Smoking Cessation. She manages 4 contracts on tobacco control through the NYS Tobacco Control Program. As the Director of the Cessation Center she was involved in developing a coalition and working with 15 substance abuse agencies to become tobacco-free. Ms. Keigley has a master’s degree in psychology and she maintained a counseling practice specializing in treating smoking cessation and addiction recovery issues. Previously, Ms. Keigley was the Coordinator for the Tobacco Dependence Program for Glens Falls Hospital. She is author of the near best seller, Quit & Win the War of Cigarette Withdrawal.
Jeremy King, BS, is a Tobacco Dependence Counselor at Odyssey House Inc., an OASAS licensed chemical dependency treatment center, as part of a Department of Health Promising Interventions Grant. Mr. King has helped to integrate the treatment of Tobacco Dependence into the day-to-day treatment of the clients at Odyssey House’s outpatient clinic; this includes assessment for nicotine dependence, the utilization of the Trans-theoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing in individual and group settings, and the assessment for and distribution of Nicotine Replacement Therapies to interested consumers.
Doris J. Saintil, MPH, Program Manager, began her career in public health at the American Cancer Society providing educational workshops to adults and adolescents around tobacco use and other cancer-related topics. At Cicatelli Associates Inc she is a Program Manager and trainer. She supervises various contracts and is responsible for providing training and capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations and health departments locally and nationally. Areas of training expertise include behavioral science theory, group facilitation skills, tobacco control and smoking cessation, cultural competency, and outcome evaluation.
Scott Sherman, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Interim Chief of the Section of Geriatric Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. He has been Principal Investigator on 10 smoking cessation grants during the last 10 years. He has written dozens of scientific publications on smoking cessation and was Co-Chair of the panel that wrote the 2004 Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Guidelines for Management of Tobacco Use. From 2002-2006, he was chair of the group advising the VA nationally on smoking cessation policy and practice. Dr. Sherman also works with Odyssey House on implementing tobacco use interventions.
Donna Spencer, MD, CASAC, is a Senior Tobacco Dependence Specialist at Odyssey House Inc. where she has spent over two years developing and integrating treatment services for nicotine dependent clients. Her work includes assessment for nicotine dependence, the incorporation of motivational interviewing in the group and individual processes, and the education of clients and staff on nicotine replacement therapies (NRT). She has developed a comprehensive group curriculum addressing various issues associated with tobacco dependence and has undertaken the training of clinical and administrative staff members in this area.
Melanie Steilen, RN, BSN, ACRN, is Senior Clinical Trainer, Director of Nursing Education and Co-Director of the Clinical Division at CAI. Her training expertise includes programs such as Behavior Change Theory, Stigma and Discrimination; Cultural Competency, Substance Use and HIV/AIDS and recently, Integration of Buprenorphine in Office Based Settings. Working with CAI’s international division, she has assisted in the development of a Home Based Care Program for People living with HIV/AIDS and other debilitating illnesses in Guyana, South America. Ms. Steilen uses her expertise in nursing and public health to provide training and TA for both clinical and non-clinical audiences.
John Tavolacci, MSW, CASAC, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, at Odyssey House. Mr. Tavolacci has more than 22 years residential and outpatient experience in chemical dependence treatment, and 16 years experience in training mangers and supervisory staff on chemical dependence. Prior to joining Odyssey House, Mr. Tavolacci was employed at Samaritan Village, Inspirit Services, Inc., NDRI, Inc. and Outreach Development Corporation, Inc. Mr. Tavolacci has overseen the implementation of tobacco control policies at Odyssey House, and has years of experience providing training and TA in the fields of chemical dependency and tobacco control.
Cornell Wrisby, MSW, is the Director of Community Education Projects at Cicatelli Associates Inc. Ms. Wrisby has over 6 years experience providing training at the community and individual level and has provided TA on a local and national level to program such as Ryan White Care Act Programs, COBRA Case Management Programs and other community based organizations. The focus of the TA was program development, supervision, development of policy and procedures, and tracking systems.. She has expertise in a variety of program administration areas, such as program coordination, budgets, supervision, department oversight, program development, technical assistance and organization of case management programs.
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