About Us

The Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), located in Pittsburgh, PA, is designed to enhance the quality of addiction treatment and recovery services within the region by providing policymakers, providers, consumers and other stakeholders with state-of-the art information through technology translation and transfer activities. This five-year initiative, funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is a part of a national network, comprised of 14 regional centers, that serves all 50 states and the U.S. Territories.

Our Goals
  • Increase the knowledge and skills of addictions treatment practitioners

  • Heighten the awareness, knowledge and skills of all professionals who have the opportunity to intervene in the lives of people with substance abuse disorders

  • Foster regional and national alliances among practitioners, researchers, policymakers, funders, and consumers to support and implement best treatment practices

Our Location

Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions
425 Sixth Ave
Suite 1710
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-258-8565
Fax: 412-391-2528
Toll Free: 1-866-246-5344
www.neattc.org


Executive committee

Mr. Gene R. Boyle
Director
Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs
02 Kline Plaza
Harrisburg, PA 17104-1503
Ph: (717) 783-8200
Fax: (717) 787-6285
Email: eboyle@state.pa.us

Henry F. Zwack
Executive Deputy Commissioner
New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Ph: 518-485-2312
Fax: 518-485-2335
Email: HenryZwack@oasas.state.ny.us

Michael T. Flaherty, Ph.D.
Executive Director, IRETA
425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1710
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Ph: (412) 391-4449
Fax: (412) 391-2528
Email: flahertym@ireta.org

Raquel Mazon Jeffers
Acting Director
Division of Addiction Services
New Jersey Dept. of Human Services
P.O. Box 362
Trenton, N.J. 08625-0362
Ph: (609) 292-5760
Fax: (609) 292-3816
Email: raquel.jeffers@dhs.state.nj.us
Shipping address:
120 South Stockton Street, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625


Regional Steering Committee


New Jersey Representatives

Sylvia Allen-Ware
Director, Office of Managed Care
NJ Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
(609) 633-0660
Fax: (609) 633-0807
Email: Sylvia.Allen-ware@doh.state.nj.us
Website: www.state.nj.us/health
or
Holly Gaenzel
Email: Holly.Gaenzle@doh.state.nj.us

Louis E. Baxter, MD, FASAM
Executive Medical Director
Physicians’ Health Program
Medical Society of New Jersey
Two Princess Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2302
(609) 896-1766 x 2086
Fax: (609) 896-1884
Email: Lbaxter@msnj.org

John L. Hulick, MS, CPS
Director of Public Affairs and Policy
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence – New Jersey
1675 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Suite 205
Hamilton, NJ 08619
(609) 689-0599
Fax: (609) 689-3244
Email: jhulick@ncaddnj.org
Website: www.ncaddnj.org

Barbara Schlichting
President
Addiction Treatment Providers
Executive Director
SomersetTreatment Services
118 West End Avenue
Somerville, NJN 08876-1824
Phone: (908) 722-1232
Fax: (908) 722-0223
Email: barbsts@aol.com
James O’Brien
Executive Director
Association of Treatment Providers, Inc.
176 West State Street, Suite 2
Trenton, NJ 08608
Voicemail: (877) 703-3774
Cell Phone: (973) 342-3690
Fax: (877)-703-3774
Email: atpnjattc@ureach.com
Email: jimobrien@ureach.com

Douglas Ziedonis , MD, MPH
Associate Professor & Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
671 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 235-4341
Fax: (732) 235-5134
Email: Ziedondon@umdnj.edu

Richard J. Bowe
Alcohol and Drug Counselor
Certification Board of NJ., Inc.
4 Cornwall Drive
Suite103
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Phone: (732) 390-5900
Fax: (732) 257-6070
Email: rich@certbd.com

Donald C. Busch
Director
Office of Policy Development
Division of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse & Addiction
Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box362
Trenton NJ 08625-0362
Phone: (609) 292-9068
Fax: (609) 292-3816
Email: donald.busch@doh.state.nj.us


Jeffery A. Clayton, LPC, CADC
Director of Planning and New Initiatives
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Division of Addiction Services
P.O. Box 362
Trenton NJ 08625
(609) 633-7978
Fax: (609) 292-3816
Email: Jeffery.Clayton@doh.state.nj.us


New York Representatives

Jonny F. Andía Ph. D.
Presidente y Fundador
Instituto Salud y Sociedad, Inc.
54 Ralph Avenue
Brentwood, NY 11717
(631) 306-5056
Email: jandia@isysusa.org
Website: http://www.isysusa.org

Susan Brandau
Project Director
NYS Practice Improvement Collaborative
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 457-6129
Fax: (518) 457-5674
Email: susanbrandau@oasas.state.ny.us

John J. Coppola
Executive Director
Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of NY State, Inc.
One Columbia Place
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 426-3122
Fax: (518) 426-1046
Email: asap@asapnys.org
Email: jcoppola@asapnys.org
Website: www.asapnys.org

Neil C. Grogin
Associate Commissioner
Standards and Quality Assurance
NYS Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 485-2257
Fax: (518) 485-5068
Email: neilgrogin@oasas.state.ny.us

Ms. Ruth Maxwell, RN, CAC-r, CPP
Executive Director
Rockland Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Inc.
11 Division Avenue
South Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 358-4357
Fax: (845) 358-5641
Email: rmaxwell@rcadd.org

Angela K. Warner
Executive Director
Institute for Professional Development in Addictions
125 Wolf Road, Suite 505
Albany, New York 12205
(518) 435-0620
Fax: (518) 435-0463
Email: akwipda1@nycap.rr.com
Patricia Novo, MPA
Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
423 E. 23rd Street, Room 17034W
New York, NY 10010
(212) 951-3338
Fax: (212) 951-6891
Email: patsy@med.nyu.edu

Edward V. Nunes, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5581
Fax: 212-543-5326
Email: nunesed@pi,cpmc.columbia,edu

Represented by:

Janet Lerner, DSW, RCSW
Administrator, Research & Development
Narco Freedom, Inc.
250 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-402-5259
Fax: 718-292-3030
Email: janlern@aol.com


Douglas Rosenberry
Special Assistant to the
Associate Commissioner
NYS Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 485-2278
Fax: (518) 485-5068
Email: dougrosenberry@oasas.state.ny.us

Edwin A. Salsitz, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center
Milton and Carroll Petrie Division
First Avenue at 16th Street, Suite 10B45
New York, NY 10003
(212) 420-4400
Fax: (212) 420-2469
Email: ESalsitz@chpnet.org

Valerie M. Staats
President
Native American Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Inc. (NACASA)
PO Box 1302
Amherst, NY 14225
(716)836-9488
Email: ValerieStaats@nacasa.org


Pennsylvania Representatives

Deborah Beck, MSW
President
Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania
Policy & Legislative Office
3820 Club Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 652-9128
Fax: (717) 652-385

Cheryl Floyd
Executive Director
PA Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A)
500 South Arlington Avenue, Ste. 119
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717) 545-8929
Fax: (717) 545-9163
Email: recovery@ezonline.com

Robert F. Forman, Ph.D.
Treatment Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania
600 Public Ledger Building
150 South Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3475
(215) 399-0980 x145
Fax: (215) 399-0987
Cell: (484) 437-6595
Email: bforman@tresearch.org

James G. Gavin
Chief Executive Officer
Community Care
Behavioral Health Organization
One Chatham Center, Suite 610
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 454-2120
Fax: (412) 454-2177
Email: gavinjg@ccbh.com
Website: www.ccbh.com

Mary E. Lash
Executive Director
Clearfield Jefferson Drug & Alcohol Com.
P. O. Box 647
Falls Creek, PA 15840
(814) 371-9002
Fax: (814) 371-9055
Email: melash@adelphia.net

Delroy M. Louden, Ph. D., FRSH
Professor
Lincoln University
PO Box 179, MSC 59
Lincoln University, PA 19352
(610) 932-8300 ext. 3535
Fax: (610) 932-1906
Email: dlouden@lu.lincoln.edu
Website: www.lincoln.edu

Robert L. Primrose
Director, Division of Substance Abuse Services
Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Room 502, Health and Welfare Building
Commonwealth Avenue & Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-6445
Fax: (717) 787-5394
Email: rprimrose@state.pa.us
Ms. Kathleen K. Hubert
Executive Director
PA Association of County Drug and Alcohol Administrators, Inc. (PACDAA)
17 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 232-7554
Fax:(717) 232-2162
Email: Khubert@pacounties.org

Michael Harle, M.H.S.
President/Executive Director – Gaudenzia
106 West Main Street
Norristown, PA 19401
(610) 239-9600 x201
Fax: (610) 239-9157
Email: mharle@gaudenzia.org
or
Rosemary Madl-Young, Ph.D., CRNS
Email: rmadl-young@gaudenzia.org

Ronald Kauffman
Administrative Officer
Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Pennsylvania Department of Health
02 Kline Plaza
Harrisburg, PA 17104
(717) 783-8200
Fax: (717) 787-6285
Email: rkauffman@state.pa.us

George J. Kimes
Executive Director
PA Community Providers Association
2400 Park Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9303
(717) 657-7078
Fax: (717) 657-3552
Email: george@paproviders.org
Website: www.paproviders.org


Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Regional Enterprise Tower • 425 Sixth Avenue • Suite 1710
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 • P: 412-258-8565 • F: 412-391-2528
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