Conference Speakers and Panelists
Pamela Bertke
Pamela Bertke just finished her third year as principal at Pickerington Lakeview Junior High. She has been an educator for 20 years, 18 of which have been at the middle school level. Before becoming an administrator, Bertke taught math and language arts courses. She received both masters of education and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Ohio State. Bertke received her principal licensure from Ohio State in 2009.
Gary Cameron
Gary Cameron is a volunteer for Tyler’s Light. He draws from his 30 years of experience as a Columbus Police Officer, the CPD Narcotics Bureau Commander for 4 years and the step-father of an addict. Through Tyler’s Light, he has presented a drug education/prevention message to thousands of high and middle school students throughout Central Ohio. As a Police Commander, Gary has made presentations at the Ohio Opiate Conference and Ohio’s School Nurse Conferences. Part of his story and commitment to fighting the opiate epidemic was featured in the book “Dreamland” by Sam Quinones. Tragically, Gary’s step-son passed away in 2018.
Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell is the president and founder of Tyler’s Light, a grassroots non-profit organization bringing awareness to communities across the Midwest about the dangers of prescription and illegal drug use. Campbell has pioneered the effort to reach students and communities through cutting-edge presentations. He has spoken to over 175,000 students at 250 schools in 12 states. The organization was named after Campbell’s son, Tyler, who tragically died of an accidental drug overdose in July 2011 after a fight with addiction to prescription pain medication. Tyler’s Light has made great strides toward encouraging people to “Speak Up, Save a Life”. Campbell has appeared on “CBS 60 Minutes,” “HBO Real Sports,” “The Big Ten Network” and “Direct TV.”
Nicole Cartwright Kwiek
Nicole Cartwright Kwiek, PhD is the co-founder and co-director of Generation Rx, an educational initiative that promotes awareness of safe medication-taking practices and the dangers of prescription drug misuse. Her research focuses on the use of pharmacology as a context to engage young science learners.
Cathy Ely
Cathy Ely, PhD, is the District-wide Social Worker for Pickerington Local Schools. She specializes in and has presented nationally on solution-focused, strengths-based approaches in school settings. Using this approach, Ely builds capacity among staff to promote student success. She has master’s degrees in social work and human development and family science as well as a doctorate in health education and promotion, all from Ohio State.
Colleen Fitzgibbons
Colleen Fitzgibbons is a program manager at the Center for Public Health Practice. She assists in planning and delivering workforce development initiatives, manages in-person and online continuing education and training opportunities/events and enaassures alignment of all programs with the center’s strategic plan. Fitzgibbons previously worked at a behavioral health non-profit in Cleveland where she managed a SAMIHSA Project AWARE grant to provide Mental Health First Aid trainings to all higher education institutions in Cuyahoga County. She holds a master’s in public health with a concentration in social and behavioral sciences from Kent State University, is trained as a Youth and Adult Mental Health Aid instructor and is a Certified Health Education Specialist.
Sarah Geiger
Sarah Geiger just finished her fourth year as a school counselor at Pickerington Lakeview Junior High and her sixth year as a school counselor. She is a Certified Wellness Counselor and is trained as a biofeedback coach.
Kelly Glick
Kelly Glick, PhD, has presented at 18 regional, state, and national conferences on topics that include emotional intelligence and Trauma-Informed Care (TIC). Additionally, she coordinated 41 Challenge Day programs over 11 years, inspiring 4,100 high school students to cultivate caring relationships, inclusivity and resiliency. Her doctoral dissertation on the outcomes of TIC training was published in 2017. Glick serves as an administrator in the Findlay City Schools.
Heather Gottke
Heather Gottke has worked at The Ohio State University since 2009 where she specializes in healthy living and animal science food systems through 4-H Youth Development. During that time she has been focused on the Winning Plan for special needs youth, opioid abuse and prescription misuse; mental health, and behavioral crisis assessment for emergencies. As a 2013 MS graduate from Ohio State, Gottke is passionate about the education of youth through experiential learning. She believes that hands-on, educational experiences with trusting, caring adults can develop youth beyond many traditional methods of education. Gottke is a certified instructor in both Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid. She also is certified to teach opioid abuse and first responder modules. She has volunteered as a Basic EMT with the Ohio Department of Public Safety for over seven years in northwestern Ohio.
Rachael Hanagan
Rachael Hanagan has finished her first year as an assistant principal at both Ridgeview Junior High and Lakeview Junior High at the Pickerington Local Schools. Prior to being an administrator, Hanagan taught French for 16 years at both the junior high and high school levels, teaching French 1 thru Advanced Placement (AP). She has master’s degrees in the art of school leadership and in the art of teaching.
Misty Harmon
Misty Harmon is a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator in Perry County with Ohio State University Extension. She provides programming in the areas of Parenting, mental health, food safety, personal finances, health and wellness, and prevention. Harmon received both her bachelor and masters of science degrees from Ohio University. Prior to joining extension, she worked as an exercise physiologist in cardia and pulmonary rehabilitation for over 22 years. Harmon helped patients to achieve physical and mental wellness after a serious illness, surgery or other health issues. She is passionate about helping people to improve their overall well-being.
Kevin Lorson
Kevin Lorson is a professor and the program director of the Health and Physical Education Program at Wright State University. Lorson who earned both a master’s and PhD in physical education teacher education from Ohio State, is leading the development of the Health and Opioid Prevention Education (HOPE) Curriculum, a K-12 opioid prevention education curriculum for Ohio’s schools. He also is leading the Health and Opioid Prevention, Education and Supports (HOPES) in Schools project to develop a school-wide drug prevention plan and opioid-related trauma supports for educators and students. Lorson serves on the Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention Education and is the past-president of the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
John Marschhausen
John Marschhausen, PhD, is relentless in the pursuit to personalize education for each student. He is driven by our firm commitment to growth that requires each of us to embrace productive discomfort and to inspire redefining our edges to become elite. Marschhausen’s commitment to educating the whole child, to balancing academic and life skills and to living with a mindset that prepares every student to be “Ready for Tomorrow” is evident in the district’s leadership.
Tia Moretti
Tia Marcel Moretti is a Licensed Social Worker and Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant who has been working in the community based mental health and addiction space since 1998. Currently Ms. Moretti serves as Director of Statewide Substance Use and Social Services for the Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. In addition to her role with Attorney General Mike DeWine, Tia operates her own consulting firm where she provides countrywide training, leadership facilitation, strategic planning, and grant writing services. To date, Ms. Moretti has successfully procured over $4 million in grant funds for her clients.
Martina Moore
Martina Moore, PhD, in counseling, education and supervision as well as a master’s degree from John Carroll University in Community Counseling and Human Services. She also is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor- Clinical Supervisor. Since becoming a faculty member at John Carroll University, she has expanded her academic involvement by having several articles published and by becoming more involved in the counseling profession internationally. She has traveled to both Tanzania and Vietnam to share her knowledge about counseling and substance use disorder treatment. She intends to return to both countries to follow-up on the work begun there. Moore also is the president and CEO of an outpatient substance abuse and mental health organization with seven locations in northeast Ohio. She is the current president of the Association for Humanistic Counseling and president-elect for the Ohio Counseling Association.
Sarah Moore
Sarah Moore, MPA was selected to lead Start Talking!, Ohio’s youth drug prevention program, in May 2015. Her role is to direct the state’s effort to prevent drug abuse among Ohio’s youth. Governor John R. Kasich and First Lady Karen W. Kasich created Start Talking! in January 2014, to provide parents, guardians, grandparents, educators, and community leaders with tools to start the conversation with Ohio’s youth about the importance of living healthy, drug-free lives. Through collaboration with local communities and stakeholders across the state, Moore and her team work to educate Ohioans young and old on the importance of talking to our kids about preventing drug use. As the former executive policy and project coordinator for the Ohio Department of Aging, she coordinated numerous multi-agency teams for statewide programs and initiatives including the launch of Start Talking!
J.P. Oehrtman
J.P. Oehrtman, PhD, has finished his first year as a school counselor at Pickerington Lakeview Junior High. He spent the previous two years as a school counselor at Upper Arlington Schools and 14 years as a science teacher at Valley View High School in Ohio. Oehrtman earned his school counseling license from Ohio State in 2014.
Dean Don Pope-Davis
Ranked among the top researchers in the country for his work in psychology and multicultural education, Don Pope-Davis (PhD, Stanford University) is passionate about using higher education to address issue of equity, economic growth and the psychological well-being of students. An educator for more than 25 years, he previously was dean of the College of Education at New Mexico State University, a Hispanic-serving institution. He also served in senior-level positions at the University of Notre Dame. Pope-Davis’s work on religious attitudes, multicultural training and unintentional racism in counseling is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Associations’ Society for Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and a fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology. At New Mexico State, he secured a Kellogg Foundation grant to transition the college to three interdisciplinary schools including one focusing on STEM and learning design. Cambridge University Press recently co-authored his fourth book examining the attitudes of Black Catholics in America. He is a member of two of the Advisory Committees for the College Board, and a member of the steering committee of Deans for Social Justice and Equity.
Jodi Salvo
Jodi Salvo LSW, OCPC is the director of Prevention Services at Personal & Family Counseling Services, New Philadelphia. She holds a MSW from Marywood University and is an Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant. She oversees school-based substance abuse prevention education and; youth-led programming, and coordinates the Tuscarawas County Anti-Drug Coalition. Salvo is the current chair of the Ohio Statewide Prevention Coalition Association and is passionately committed to strengthening families and communities.
Brittany Sandidge
Brittany Sandidge is a Wellness & Prevention Specialist in the College of Pharmacy at The Ohio State University. She coordinates community efforts and partnerships to support the Generation Rx Initiative. Sandidge has worked in substance abuse prevention for almost 10 years. She has served as a federal peer reviewer for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant programs in the area of substance abuse prevention. Sandidge previously served as the Director of Coalition Programs for Prevention Action Alliance and coordinated the Statewide Prevention Coalition Association (SPCA) of Ohio. Her specialty is in community coalition building and guiding substance abuse prevention efforts develop at the local level.
Kelsey Schmuhl
Kelsey Schmuhl is a pharmacist who completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Ohio State in 2017. She is currently completing a one-year practice-based academic fellowship with an emphasis on behavioral health and addiction. She works with Cardinal Health to promote and enhance the work being done by the Generation Rx Initiative and provides pharmacy services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for children and adolescents with behavioral health and substance use disorders.
Marcie Seidel
Marcie Seidel became executive director of Prevention Action Alliance, formerly the Drug-Free Action Alliance, in 2011 after serving four years as its assistant director. During her tenure with the agency, she led communications and public policy and was the project director for the Ohio College Initiative to Reduce High-Risk Drinking and Promote Student Wellness. Seidel is a graduate of Miami University and is an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist.
Emlah Tubuo
Emlah Tubuo, PharmD, earned her degree in 2010 from the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State. She serves as a residency preceptor for the OSU College of Pharmacy PGY1 Community Care Residency program. Tubuo received the College of Pharmacy’s 2016 Preceptor of the Year and is this year’s recipient of the Ohio Pharmacists Association 2018 Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award. As a board member on Ohio State’s College of Pharmacy’s Alumni Society, she serves on the committees of Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Service and Outreach Engagement. She also is a member on the Ohio Pharmacy Association’s Medication Therapy Management Committee. Tubuo is a community pharmacist who is strongly committed to raising awareness about the opioid epidemic and empowering others to take action. She has organized Generation Rx events that have reached thousands of elementary school students.
Betsy Walker is the Director of Community Relations and Co-Director of Generation Rx at Cardinal Health. The Cardinal Health Community Relations team leads the strategic community investments of the company and the Cardinal Health Foundation, including national efforts to prevent prescription drug misuse through Generation Rx since 2009 when Cardinal Health began collaborating with The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. The Generation Rx medication safety educational resources have directly educated more than a million people across the country. Together in partnership with Ohio State, Betsy leads the program development, implementation and evaluation of the Generation Rx prevention education programming. Betsy has been with Cardinal Health for 14 years in a variety of roles, including Community Relations for the last five years, and holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Ohio University.
