Hunterdon Prevention Resources

9:00 – 9:05          Welcome by Karen Widico, MSW, CPS, HPR, Executive Director    

 

9:05– 9:15            Environmental Strategy Initiative, Lesley Gabel,

                                  HPR, Associate Executive Director  

 

9:15 – 10:15         Keynote Speaker:   Tom Prevoznik, Drug Enforcement Agency

                                 “DEA Pharmaceutical Diversion”

 

10:15 – 10:30      Break / Exhibits

 

10:30 – 11:00      Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony Kearns

                                  “Initiatives on Narcotics in Hunterdon County”

 

11:00 – 12:00      Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D.,

                                  Formerly of Office of National Drug Control Policy
                                 “Marijuana and Impact on Health, Wellness and Economy”

 

12:00 – 12:30     Lunch / Exhibits

 

12:30 – 1:30       Jim Jordan, Author and Motivational Speaker
                                 “Anti-Bullying”

 

1:30 – 2:15          Andrew Yeager, NJ State Certified School Psychologist &

                                 Student Assistance Counselor
                                “Adolescent Risk Perception”

 

2:15 – 2:30          CEU Certificate Distribution and Evaluations

Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Jim Jordan has achieved a high level of success that was built from his Early Childhood Education and a 25-year career as a magician. His natural stage presence gave him an advantage to surpass in the speaking trade, earning him a past president title and many speaking awards in a short period. Never wanting to be second best but wanting to gain more experience, he pursued getting mentored by one of Canada’s foremost business advisors, Fred Wyeld. Topics of bullying were always an important issue in Jim’s life and, as a past victim, he wanted to express himself by creating a message that would impact kids to make a difference. Jim continued his research to build and became President of Reportbullying.com. He has given numerous anti bullying presentations to elementary and high school students, universities to administrators, teachers, D.A.R.E. police officers and parents all the across Canada and the US.

 

Kevin Sabet, Ph.D., is an internationally-acclaimed expert on substance abuse. From 2009-2011, he served in the Obama Administration as Senior Advisor to Director Kerlikowske at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. In this position, Dr. Sabet advised on all matters affecting priorities, policies, and programs of the National Drug Control Strategy. He was one of three main writers of President Obama’s first National Drug Control Strategy, and he led the Office’s efforts on marijuana policy, legalization issues, international demand reduction, drugged driving, and synthetic drug (e.g. “Spice” and “Bath Salts”) policy. Dr. Sabet has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and books on drug policy, cocaine sentencing, legalization, marijuana decriminalization, medical marijuana, addiction treatment, drug prevention, crime, law enforcement, and other issues.

 

Andrew Yeager is a NJ state certified School Psychologist and Student Assistance Coordinator, presently working in the Park Ridge School District in Park Ridge, NJ.  He is the Vice President of the New Jersey Association of Student Assistance Professionals and the founding member and coordinator of the Bergen County Association of Student Assistance Professionals. He is the Executive Educational Consultant for Chase Wilson Education in Montvale, NJ, a member of the Park Ridge Municipal Alliance, and a lead responder for the Bergen County Traumatic Loss Coalition.   Andrew has worked as a therapist specializing in adolescence for the past 30 years.  Prior to working in the public school setting, he spent 15 years working in residential treatment programs for adolescent and adult substance abusers.

 

Anthony Kearns was sworn in as the Hunterdon County Prosecutor in December 2010. He is also trained as a family, adolescent and individual therapist, as well as a substance abuse therapist. He has counseled both men and women ensnared in the cycle of domestic violence. Tony graduated, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in Boston MA in 1998, after previously receiving a Master of Science Degree in Counseling from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. Prior to that, he graduated, cum laude, with a double major in Psychology and Spanish from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.