Tom Favreau

Director and Senior Instructor
E-Mail: favreau@sapp.uoregon.edu

Class Presentation Trailer - Drug Overview

Tom was raised in Anaheim, California and moved to Oregon in 1988. His extensive professional background includes working at a nationally recognized crisis center, managing recovery homes for adult chemically dependent men and women, co-directing an adolescent ranch for adjudicated youth, providing training and consulting to Native American people in six western states, and working within inpatient and outpatient treatment programs in California and Oregon. He has been a trainer for numerous local programs and state agencies.

Tom maintains collaborative efforts with educators, substance abuse treatment providers, the medical and mental health communities and law enforcement. He is an active member of the Oregon Consortium of Addiction Studies Educators creating statewide curriculum designed to meet certification requirements for A/D counselors

Tom’s professional career has focused on compulsive disorders and related issues. His work with the University of Oregon has included seminars and full-term courses on topics as Drugs in Society, Relapse & Recovery, Counseling Skills, and A/D Family Systems. As senior instructor for SAPP, Tom continues to work closely with staff and faculty in developing courses that best prepare students for careers in the various helping professions.

Charles Christensen

E-Mail: charles@sapp.uoregon.edu

Charles “Skip” Christensen has been in the counseling field since 1990 beginning as a volunteer for the Alliance Against Family Violence in Bakersfield CA. He has volunteered and worked for LookingGlass, Oregon Social Learning Center and South Lane Mental Health since 1992 as a Therapist and Skills Trainer. He is currently working for Country Counseling in Harrisburg, OR as an AD Treatment Group Evaluator/Facilitator. Skip loves fishing, camping and woodworking. One of his favorite sayings is “every day spent fishing is one extra day added to the end of your life.” He makes his spiritual connections outdoors and his human ones only when necessary… Skip has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Oregon and a Masters in Professional Counseling/Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwest Christian College. “My goal in life is to help as many people who are hurting as possible and add as many days to the end of my life that I can.

Shoshana D. Kerewsky, Psy.D.

E-Mail: shoshana@sapp.uoregon.edu

Shoshana Kerewsky is a licensed psychologist and an HIV trainer for the American Psychological Association's HIV Office for Psychology Education. Her areas of interest include health psychology, professional ethics, human diversity, cross-cultural learning and training, and the training of counselors and other helping professionals. In addition to teaching in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department at UO, she teaches in the Women in Transition Program at LCC.

Caitlin Conrad

E-Mail: caitlin@sapp.uoregon.edu

Caitlin was born and raised in Salem Oregon. She is now a sophomore studying Journalism at the University of Oregon in Eugene. With a minor in English she aspires to work in publishing. She dedicates her free time at the University working as the director of finance for Students for Global Health. She has a love for family, friends, music and dance. This year she is looking forward to being a member of the SAPP team!

Sarah Pass

E-Mail: sarah@sapp.uoregon.edu

Sarah is a senior in the Elementary Education Program and is pursuing her SAPP certificate. She is a Peer Mentor for the CHOICES program and loves camping and spending time with family and friends. She is excited to be part of the SAPP team. She looks forward to incorporating what she has learned through the SAPP courses in her future classroom.

Carla Ayres

E-Mail: carla@sapp.uoregon.edu

Carla Ayres is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She has managed and provided recovery support services since 2001 and been in the social work field for over 10 years with the focus being on addiction and mental health. Currently, she is a Program Manager at Family Tree Relief Nursery in Albany Oregon, a therapeutic preschool for children from the ages of 0-6.

Carla has worked at the Relief Nursery Inc. in Eugene, where she successfully replicated an alcohol and drug recovery support program in two other communities. She has trained nationally and through out the state. Carla also speaks nationally and locally to legislators about reducing the stigma for people in recovery. She sits on several boards, the most recent being Faces and Voices of Recovery where she is the regional representative for the frontier region (which includes Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii).

Carla completed her bachelors of psychology from the University of Oregon and is currently working on her Masters at Portland State University. She has presented at local, state, and national functions, such as the Governor’s Methamphetamine Task Force, CBS News Date Line, Faces and Voices of Recovery Conference, OPB and The National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse, etc.

Carla is happily married and has six beautiful children, so in her spare time she enjoys her family, gardening, motorcycle riding. Carla has a 2 year old grandson that is the center of her universe.

Eric Martin

E-Mail: eric@sapp.uoregon.edu

Eric is the executive director of the Addiction Counselor Certification Board of Oregon. He has served on the Governor's Advisory Board on Drugs & Violent Crime. As an instructor, Eric consistently garners excellent evaluations with topics as : Drugs, Brain & Behavior, Prevention & Media, and Club Drugs.

Kym Coleman

E-Mail: kym@sapp.uoregon.edu

Kym is a native of Monrovia, Liberia and has been in the United States for over 25 years. She came to pursue her education which is a norm for most Liberians but got stuck in the US when her country experienced a coup d’etat in 1981. Kym plans to return to Liberia as soon as the country maintains some sort of “consistent” stability.

Kym received her Bachelors and Masters in Psychology from San Francisco State University and started her career in HIV and STI infections in 1990 when she got recruited as a consultant for the World Health Organization, stationed initially in Southern Africa, Botswana and then East Africa, Zanzibar. In both countries she was responsible for developing counseling policies and procedures for the counseling program, to include pre/post test counseling to HIV Prevention Programs and to health care workers. In addition, Kym developed culturally relevant health promotion strategies as tools for education and prevention, provided HIV training to community based organizations, health care workers, teacher training programs, initiated the “Home Based Program” in Zanzibar, provided technical assistance & consultation to local Ministry of Health and private sector organizations.

Upon her return to the US, she worked for the Howard County Health Department in Columbia, Maryland as a Disease Intervention Specialist and currently works for the Lane County Health Department in that same capacity for the State of Oregon.

Kym is a single mom and has two sons, the oldest serving in the United States Air Force and the youngest a pre-med student at the University of Maryland.

Kym loves physical activity, adventure, aromatherapy, reading, travel, music (very eclectic in selection), people of all colors and backgrounds, and enjoys relaxing with friends or alone. She also loves spicy foods and will try almost anything edible.

Navit was born and raised in Oregon with a great love for the outdoors. She was elated to discover the SAPP program and is working toward becoming a Certified Prevention Specialist. Fortunate to have an opportunity to gain experience in the prevention field, she is the Problem Gambling Awareness Project Coordinator for UO this year. She is excited to meet and work with students, staff, community members, and to make an impact on campus.

Brittany has lived in Eugene for twelve years and never wants to leave. She is an English major at the University of Oregon but has no idea what she wants to do in the future. When not busy with school or work she enjoys spending time with her husband Carlos and her son Elian, as well as one or more of her many brothers and sisters.

Elton Villanueva is a Native Hawaiian born and raised in Maui Hawaii. His family moved to Eugene over twenty years ago due the high cost of living in the islands and better education in the mainland. Elton has been an advocate for indigenous rights since 98’ - specifically working with members of Lakota (Sioux) and Hawaiian sovereignty movements. A product of Eugene’s 4J School District and the University of Oregon -Elton is in his tenth year of teaching/counseling in Eugene and has spent the last two summers consulting locally, regionally and overseas. Elton is a leading authority in Qualitative Affective Education, Metacognition and Cultural Competency. Elton is the author of a “Culture of Choice” - OAR & BALSAMIC RICE Interactive Journal Series.

Paula Michaud

E-Mail: paula@sapp.uoregon.edu

Paula Michaud is a native Oregonian, born and raised on the southern coast in a family that took advantage of the natural bounty there leading to routine menus of freshly caught salmon, sturgeon, trout, crab, duck, pheasant and venison along with vegetables from a home-grown garden. After high school and college, she decided on a life in the big city of Eugene, where she subsequently raised a daughter and son. During her odyssey from homemaker to self-employed carpenter/building contractor to runaway and delinquent youth counselor with Looking Glass to ultimately settling on a profession in Child Protective Services with the State of Oregon that has spanned over 21 years, she fit in time to complete her Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of Oregon.

During her Child Welfare career, she formed relationships with numerous community service providers also invested in addressing the safety, development and well-being of children as a community issue. She has worked most closely with such entities as Willamette Family Treatment, Relief Nursery, Womenspace, Looking Glass, The Child Center, SCAR Jasper Mountain, the Lane County Drug Court, the Juvenile Justice Center and Juvenile Court, the Lane County Child Advocacy Center, the CASA Program, Sacred Heart and McKenzie-Willamette Hospitals, and multiple school districts and law enforcement agencies throughout Lane County.

She is currently semi-retired, supervising the Child Abuse Hotline for Linn/Benton/Lincoln counties part time and working for the University of Oregon Early Intervention Program’s grant-funded FEAT (Family Early Advocacy and Treatment) PROJECT, the goal of which is to develop a model to address effective procedures for the identification, referral and treatment of infants who are prenatally exposed to illegal drugs through ingestion by the mother. She is also a guest presenter in the summer term SAPP course titled: “Methamphetamine and Child Safety”, offered by Rick Siel.

Paula resides on ten acres of partially forested hillside just outside Eugene with her husband Jim, a retired Eugene Police Department Violent Crimes Detective, now content to have a small construction business and spends her leisure time as a doting grandmother, avid gardener, live music lover and world traveler.

Dave, a native Eugenian, holds a bachelor degree in psychology and masters degree in counseling, with a specialization in marriage and family therapy, both from the University of Oregon. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as a certified alcohol and drug counselor. Dave is presently owner and therapist of Seeds of Change Counseling Services in Eugene since 2001, as well as serving on the board of directors for Prevention and Recovery Northwest since 2000. He also developed and implemented a family systems program into a substance abuse treatment program and is currently developing a continuing education program in family therapy concepts for substance abuse treatment. Dave specializes in trauma and couples therapy, with a significant portion of his clientele being in some phase of recovery from substances. Dave also has experience working with crisis intervention, domestic violence, substance abuse treatment, and youth and their families in a residential setting.

Dave resides in the Eugene area with his wife Rose and enjoys the outdoors, traveling, get togethers with friends and playing drums for a local rock band.

June Sedarbaum

June Sedarbaum has over 20 years of social service experience in the non profit sector in Lane County. She is a nationally certified additions counselor with many years experience as a group facilitator, educator and trainer. Her experiences range from formal national trainings, volunteer board leadership facilitation, alcohol/ drug treatment group facilitation and classroom education. Group work is her passion! June’s professional experience has been in the following fields: Vocational Counseling, Youth & Family Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Addiction Counseling – with a focus on cognitive behavior therapies, as a Jewish Professional and as a Community Organizer for the non profit sector. Originally from New York (Queens, Rochester & Buffalo) she has lived in Eugene Oregon since 1987 with a few years stay in San Francisco, California after graduating from the University of Buffalo in 1984 with a degree in Sociology with a focus on small group dynamics and women’s studies. June’s Life “Joys” include: Anything that includes groups of people, Aromatherapy, Cats, Computers, Dancing, Jewish Holidays, Live Music, Peer Counseling, Playing Music, Running (jogging slowly would be a better description), Sharing a meal or tea with a friend, Traveling and Watching Movies.

Michelle Maher-Timewalker

E-Mail: michelle@sapp.uoregon.edu

Michelle Maher-Timewalker is a Ph.D. Candidate at Syracuse University in the Cultural Foundations of Education. There she focuses on the social conditions of culture, power and difference. She has a M.S. there and a M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon. She currently teaches multicultural counseling and education at Lewis & Clark College and at the University of Oregon. She is a former high school principal interested in the ways school culture can support healthy relationships and prevent substance abuse. She is also a former child and family therapist with significant experience in working with youth and families with substance abuse issues. Michelle has many publications and professional presentations that identify the ways institutionalized practices may unwittingly reproduce oppressive social relations and describe ways to support healthy and respectful conditions with all our relations.

John Aarons

E-Mail: jaarons@sapp.uoregon.edu

John Aarons is the Competency Coordinator at Lane County Department of Youth Services in Eugene, Oregon where he has worked for the past twenty plus years. In this role, John coordinates the Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center an education program working with delinquent youth that have been suspended or expelled from traditional or alternative schools. In addition, John coordinates the competency groups facilitated at the department. These groups are based on cognitive behavioral intervention strategies. Over the last twenty years, John has also worked as a group worker in detention, a counselor in intensive probation services, and a counselor with a traditional probation caseload. Along with two colleagues at Lane County Department of Youth Services, John developed and has implemented “Option to Anger” a nationally recognized model aimed at reducing anger and violence. Born in New York City, John graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, combining corrections and counseling.

John lives just outside of Eugene, Oregon with his wife Pamela and daughter Anna, their horse, three cats and a golden retriever. In his spare time, John loves to sail on his twenty-seven foot Catalina and spend time with his family.

Janai Lowenstein

M.S.
E-Mail: janai@sapp.uoregon.edu

Advocate and pioneer, Janai Lowenstein, M.S., has a fervent passion for true prevention with children, stress, substance abuse, violence and unnecessary suffering. She is the Director of the Center for Child Stress and Violence Prevention (www.childstress.net). For over thirty years she has provided training for children and those who care for and teach children. Her enthusiastic, fun approach captivates all ages as she choreographs a learning atmosphere for optimal integration of skills into daily living. Janai home schooled her two children who are now leading successful lives in law enforcement and the video game industry. She and her husband of 32 years live in the forest, enjoying canoeing and hiking in all weather and visiting Oregon’s many natural wonders. In 1987 Janai marched on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., to every political office to deliver a flyer stating the importance of true prevention for young children in the U.S. educational system. No one ever responded to the flyer. She remains as passionate today about the changes needed for young children to have healthier, happier lives.Awards and Honors include Silver Medal, 2nd place our of 2,000 entries worldwide for a kids’ television series she created, co-produced and hosted that aired in four Midwestern states; top award in Oregon for an innovative Self-Help Program for young students; invited and appointed to the Rosalynn Carter Institute National Caregiving Project Editorial Board; invited to represent prevention and rural areas at the Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health; Miss Hospitality of Kansas; Appreciation Award from parents Who Care. She has had the honor of being interviewed by 200 radio shows in the U.S. and Canada and numerous television talk shows since the 1980’s. Her most recent award was presented in Yoncalla, Oregon, honoring her as the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest Winner! Janai is a published author and newspaper columnist.

Rick Gilliam 

E-Mail: gilliam@sapp.uoregon.edu

Rick Gilliam is a native Oregonian born in Heppner and raised in a small eastern Oregon town in Gilliam County (yes, the county was named after one of Rick’s ancestors, Colonel Cornelius Gilliam). Rick began his law enforcement career working two summers with the Portland Police Bureau before coming to Eugene. During his first year in Eugene, he began work with the Eugene Police Department, completed his Bachelors degree in Journalism at the UO and was married. Rick is still happily married to his wife of 35 years. Their two children both obtained their degrees at the UO. Rick brings an extensive background in law enforcement to the SAPP program. During his career as a police officer, Rick was a patrol officer, motor officer, a hostage negotiator, and a burglary investigator. As a supervisor, Rick managed the SWAT team, the Violent Crimes Unit and the UO campus police team. During his time as supervisor of the Violent Crimes Unit, Rick supervised 45 homicide investigations and hundreds of other violent crimes. Rick retired as a sworn police officer after 29 years. Post retirement, he volunteered as an advocate with the Lane County Child Advocacy Center, but was hired back by the Eugene Police Training Division to help coordinate their regional police academy and instruct new police recruit officers. Rick is still under contract with the Eugene Police Department as an instructor and project coordinator for the Training Division.

Rick Siel

Eugene Police Department
E-Mail: rick@sapp.uoregon.edu

Rick Siel brings to the classroom 30 years experience with Eugene Police Department; 15 years in Drug Enforcement and five years SWAT work. Ten years teaching at LCC Drugs and Narcotics and 12 years teaching at U/O Drug related courses.

Nigel Wrangham

E-Mail: nigel@sapp.uoregon.edu 

A Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Certified Prevention Specialist, has been active in the field of substance abuse prevention and community organizing since 1990. He served as Project Director for the Oregon Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking, and as the National Coordinator of Youth In Action for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Nigel develops and delivers unique, customized training and technical assistance to community-based organizations throughout the United States, and teaches Addictions Pharmacology at the University of Oregon and Community Organizing at Portland Community College. He believes in a collaborative and interactive approach to engaging people of all ages and from all cultures in projects that create a more conscious, more informed, and healthier society for all of us. He can usually be found at his desk, pretending to get work done while listening to The Ramones.

Dianna Rodgers

E-Mail: dianna@sapp.uoregon.edu

Dianna Rodgers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has taught at the University of Oregon for the last 10 years in the Substance Abuse Prevention Program. Dianna has presented at national and international conferences on a variety of topics. She has worked at Lane Care for the last 8 years and for 13 years was the family therapist for the Lane County Mental Health-Sex Offender Treatment Program. Her prior work included working in residential treatment with adolescents. She is also a published author with approximately 15 short story sales. She edited the anthology, Ghosts From the Coast for Triple Tree Press. Dianna played for the nationally ranked rugby team, The Eugene Housewives. Her funniest claim to fame is being an extra in the movie Animal House.

Lucy Zammarelli

E-Mail: lucy@sapp.uoregon.edu

Lucy Zammarelli is Director of Adolescent and Research Programs at Willamette Family Treatment Services in Eugene. She has managed the adolescent treatment program for girls for eight years; and also oversees the education and research divisions. She has worked extensively with women and children and has presented at many national conferences on issues of treatment and prevention. She specializes in women’s and girl’s issues, including addiction, mental health, the sex industry, health care, trauma and relationships. She is a certified trainer in Oregon for implementing guidelines for best practices for gender specific treatment for girls. She is also an experienced evaluator of social service projects.

George Baskerville

E-Mail: george@sapp.uoregon.edu

George grew up in Arizona and Southern California and has a BS in Behavioral Science from San Jose State University, and a Masters in Counseling from Oregon State University. He worked at Benton County Mental Health from 1983 until 2003 in many capacities including, adolescent program coordinator, Mental Health Specialist 1, 2, 3 Alcohol and Drug program supervisor and as part of their crisis team. He also continues to do DUII, MIP, Drug related evaluations for Benton County Courts as a state certified Alcohol and Drug Evaluation Specialist. George lives in Lane County with his wife and two cats. His interests include fly fishing, gardening, hiking, yoga and meditation. “Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing it’s not really fish they are after.” Thoreau

C.A. Baskerville 

E-Mail: ca@sapp.uoregon.edu

C.A. currently serves as Lane County's Prevention Coordinator and also serves as the lead staff for Lane County's Health & Human Services prevention and behavioral health planning efforts. She has over 20 years of service in the social service field which has included work as a mental health therapist, juvenile counselor, project coordination and director for two federal prevention grants, and student assistance program counselor at local schools. C.A. is married to a very handsome guy who also teaches for SAPP and is blessed with amazing children which includes two adult daughters, a step-son and a son-in-law. In her spare time, C.A. enjoys NIA, hiking, gardening, movie-going, and spending time with family.

John Glassburner 

E-Mail: johng@sapp.uoregon.edu

John Glassburner is a retired Juvenile Counselor, having worked for thirty years at the Lane County Department of Youth Services. He helped create the Department's first adolescent sex offender supervision program in the mid-80's, and his primary work afterwards was with that population of youth. He also created the adolescent sex offender treatment program at Looking Glass Counseling. John is a past president of the Oregon Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Network and the first recipient of that organization's Lifetime Achievement Award.<P></P>John received his Bachelor's Degree in Speech and Theatre from the University of Oregon, and a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, combining juvenile corrections and counseling psychology. He met the love of his life, Heather Duncan, when they were in a play together at Villard Hall in 1967.<P></P>John and Heather live in a log home they built themselves in the 1970's, using trees off their property outside of Creswell. They have two wonderful adult daughters, Sarah and Lisl, a cat named Ida and Aretha the dog. John is an avid sea kayaker, sailor, and music collector. For many years he was a disc jockey on public radio station KLCC, most recently the host of the show Straight Street.

Ann Kokkeler 

E-Mail: ann@sapp.uoregon.edu

Program Coordinator, Conference Manager and Practicum Supervisor. Ann joined SAPP in 1998 coordinating weekend seminars, support to all SAPP adjunct instructors, students and staff. Ann is a native Oregonian; but did abandon Oregon for San Diego in the 80's, returned to Oregon in 1989 to raise their children. Ann and Doug have been married 29 years and have two children attending the U/O. Outside the office, she enjoys photography, family, friends and just being crafty.

Scott Yamamoto

E-Mail: scott@sapp.uoregon.edu

Scott has been a part of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) at the University of Oregon since 1997. He began as an undergraduate intern, continued on working as a graduate practicum student, providing SAPP with staff and research support for its Diversion educational-diversion program. Scott is currently a doctoral student and is working for SAPP to develop external grant resources for the program. His academic and professional interests range in interdisciplinary areas of the social sciences, including substance abuse and high-risk behaviors, employment and other transition outcomes for adults with disabilities and for at-risk youth.

Scott has been an Oregon resident since 1996, but has also lived in California and Hawaii, and in other Oregon cities – Portland and Corvallis. His favorite vacation spot is San Diego, California, where he has spent several summers with relatives and friends. Scott lives near downtown Eugene, and in his spare time likes to travel and visit new places. He hopes, in the very near future, to be able to travel abroad extensively, throughout Europe and South America.

Jason Carpenter

E-Mail: jason@sapp.uoregon.edu

Jason has been a part of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) at the University of Oregon since 1998. He began as an undergraduate intern, and later earned a BS in Computer and information Science from the University of Oregon. He continued working as a professional, providing SAPP with support and aid for non-technical training and technical assistance for students and staff alike. His position is solely responsible for providing Application Programming, systems security, multimedia, web and database support; including analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of both server and client applications running on a variety of hardware and software environments. He is an avid outdoor person and loves to hike and travel when ever possible.