PHONE NUMBER :

256-620-3304

EMAIL ADDRESS :

info@asadsonline.com

About ASADS

GROWING THE PROFESSION

OUR MISSION

To deliver accessible, high-quality education to stakeholders providing whole-person services in prevention, treatment, and recovery-oriented systems of care.

WHO WE ARE?

ASADS is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, that exists to foster and maintain the integrity of alcohol and substance misuse related services for consumers and provide continuing education and educational programs for professionals working with populations affected by alcohol and substance misuse.

OUR VISION

To be a lead organization in shaping how substance misuse is understood and addressed - as a complex, treatable condition deserving of informed response.

2025 Board Officers

Debbi
Metzger

President
Alabama Department of Mental Health

Sandy
Johnson

Vice President
Montgomery Family Court

Rachel
Kiefer

Secretary
AL Department of Public Health

Vanessa
Goepel

Treasurer
University of Alabama

Lucy
Douglas 

Parliamentarian
Veteran Military Crisis Line

Elana P.
Merriweather

Advisory Chair
Alabama Department of Mental Health

Members of the Board of Directors

NAME AGENCY
Roderick Chambers Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles
Carmela Y. Drake Alabama State University/NAADAC
Jackie Hill Gordon VA Medical Center-Tuscaloosa
Scott Holmes Federal Bureau of Prisons
Kendra Homesley Bradford Health Services
Gail Hooper Drug Education Council
Kathy House Opioid Response Network
Fatima Johnson Alabama Department of Youth Services
Shona Johnson Alabama Department of Corrections
Stephen Kiser Walker Recovery Center
Rhonda Lawless Rhonda Lawless Consulting, LLC
Lonnie Layton Alliance Health Center
Curt Lindsley Alabama Alliance for Recovery Residences
Rodney Maiden Troy University
Abby Migliore Alabama Board of Nursing
Donna Oates Alabama Administrative Office of Courts
Ashley Robinson Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Advisory Board
John Bayles Recovery Resource Center
Katina Blanchett Addicts for Christ
Darryl Calloway Calloway Consulting, LLC
Savannah Fell Walker Recovery Center
John Hollingsworth CIT
Kwatasian P. Hunt AMDH Training
Ryan Lantaff Agape Ministries
Jason Johnson Minister of Transformational Ministry – ED Transform Central
Derek Osborn Turning Point Treatment Facility
Denise Shaw Shelby County Community Corrections
Management
Ellen Robertson ASADS Business Manager
Jaime Vazquez ASADS Administrative Coordinator