Dr. Alex Elswick is a tireless advocate for people with substance use disorders. He currently serves the University of Kentucky as an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist for Substance Use Prevention and Recovery. Alex is a trained researcher, recovery coach, and mental health therapist, as well as the co-founder of Voices of Hope, a peer-driven recovery community organization. But most importantly, Alex is himself a person in long-term recovery from the chronic disease of addiction.

Jamaine Atkins is a person in long term recovery who has attained multiple year’s drug and alcohol free. He uses the gift of recovery to advocate for those in early recovery as a Certified Recovery Coach within the treatment court system, a safe housing provider and as a board member of the Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals. Recovery is his life because recovery gave him a renewed life!

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Megan Cavanaugh shares her presentation on “Solving Problems and Saving Lives: How Michigan Courts Are Addressing Addiction and Substance Use Disorder."