Angie Smith-Butterwick is the manager of the Substance Use, Gambling and Epidemiology section within MDHHS. She has 20 years’ experience working with women and their children and served as the Women’s Treatment Specialist for the state of Michigan for 11 years. Angie obtained her Master of Social Work degree in 2005 with a concentration in Law and Child Welfare and completed SAMHSA’s Women’s Addiction Services Leadership Institute in 2016. She has used that knowledge to help shape and develop standards of service for women and men with a substance use disorder and their children in the state of Michigan, and as a bridge to working cooperatively with child welfare services to improve outcomes for families. Angie’s advocacy efforts have increased the array and availability of services in Michigan by improving the quality of services available and developing new services to meet emerging needs. Angie has been involved with the Women’s Services Network and National Treatment Network of NASADAD since 2006 and has served the membership on various committees and in multiple roles.