The Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Public Hearing
Confronting the Heroin\Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania
Friday – April 1, 2016
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
The Bromeley Theater – Blaisdell Hall
University of Pittsburgh – Bradford
300 Campus Drive
Bradford, PA 16701
9:30 am
Welcome
Dr. Livingston Alexander, President, University of Pittsburgh – Bradford
Board Member, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania
9:35 am
Opening Comments
Senator Gene Yaw, Chairman, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania
9:40 am Panel 1
Sgt. Marty Henneman, Pennsylvania State Police
Police Chief Chris Lucco, City of Bradford, PA
District Attorney Stephanie Vettenberg-Shaffer, McKean County
Sheriff Todd Caltagarone, Elk County
10:15 am Panel 2
District Attorney Andy Watson, Potter County
Colleen Wilber, Administrator, Potter County Drug & Alcohol Program
Gary Seefeldt, Chief, McKean County Adult Probation
Shane Nickerson, Mayor – Blossburg, PA
10:45 am Panel 3
Angela Eckstrom, Executive Director, Cameron/Elk/McKean Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services, Inc.
Jennifer Greenman, Outpatient Supervisor, Cameron/Elk/McKean Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services, Inc.
Thomas Patterson, Inpatient Manager, Maple Manor, Cameron/Elk/McKean Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services, Inc.
11:15 am BREAK
11:25 am Panel 4
Angela Chew, LCSW, Clinical Service Director, Dickinson Center
Tana Funair, Program Director, Dickinson Center
Dr. Brian Toth, Superintendent, St. Marys Area School District
11:55am Panel 5
Kim Cicon, Director, Emergency Department, Penn Highlands Healthcare, DuBois
Dr. Henri Lamothe, Emergency Room Physician, Bradford Regional Medical Center
12:25 pm
Closing Remarks
Senator Gene Yaw
12:30 pm
Adjournment