Our Voices Matter! Learn from Peers & Experts at the 2024 Best Practices Summit.
You can view sessions by name, track, experience level, CE Skill Group and more with the session list below. To view sessions by date/time, see the Agenda tabs.
The Speakers Page lists all our confirmed speakers, their sessions, and offers highlights for you to get to know them before the summit.
The summit schedule is currently in progress. Check back here regularly for updates!
Sessions are subject to change. You'll be notified via email of any major changes once you've registered. Check back here for the latest updates on sessions and special events.
Agenda: Sessions by Date & Time
Monday Highlights
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Inclusion: Amplifying Excluded Voices | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Heather Rodriguez - Mental Health America of Indiana |
| Transforming Narratives: The Power of Lived Experience in Peer Support | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Jimmy McGill - National Peer Recovery Alliance |
| Trust, the currency of relationship and recovery | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Alan Muia - New Earth Recovery |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Creating Inclusive Recovery Spaces: Supporting LGBTQ+ Individuals in Recovery | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Danielle Bonanno - Inclusive Recovery Athens Brandy Anderson - Acceptance Recovery Center |
| Social Model Recovery’s Lessons for Recovery Community Centers and for Recovery Residences | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Thomasina Borkman - George Mason University |
| Importance of Peer Recovery Housing Specialist Training | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Vaile Leonard - Light of Truth Center, Inc. |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Housing | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Steven Polin - Law Office of Steven G. Polin |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Rising Strong: Transforming Trauma into Resilience | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Sarah Scarbrough - REAL LIFE |
| Peer Ethics | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Monte Payne - Wolfe Street Foundation Destiny Burge - Wolfe Street Foundation |
Tuesday Highlights
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| The Intersection of Substance Use Disorder, Human Trafficking, and Recovery Housing | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Autumn McCraw - WVARR |
| Peer Support Works: Discussing Peer Support in Traditional and Non-Traditional Settings of Care | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Emily Stuckey - ARCHway Institute |
| Insurance & Risk Management for Recovery Residences | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Lee Goldberg - BB Insurance Marketing Inc |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Listening Session with Federal Interagency Workgroup on Quality Recovery Housing | Grand Ballroom | Dona Dmitrovic - SAMHSA Lisa Coffman - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| The Intersect of Recovery Residences and Recovery Community Organizations | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Gerald Lott - Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Honesty Liller - The McShin Foundation |
Wednesday Highlights
