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LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

The IRIS Leadership Committee (LC) is made up of IRIS staff, academics, and community partners who work in the OUD treatment and recovery field. The LC contributes to important program decisions, ensuring that IRIS is guided by its aims, and meeting the needs of the recovery support service community.

Current Members

Dr. Jodi J. Frey

Lisa Hanks

Clinical Director

Helping Up Mission

Gabby Knighton

Executive Director

People Encouraging People

Dr. Daniel Mullins

Chair, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Erika Shook

Dr. Fernando Wagner

Dr. Christopher Welsh

Medical Director, UMMC Substance Abuse Consultation Service Medical Director, UMMC Outpatient Addiction

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Victoria Barreira

Jon Gilgoff

Clinical Research Specialist,

PhD Candidate

University of Maryland School of Social Work

Dr. Stephanie L. Hutter-Thomas

Consulting, Program Development & Evaluation, Community Education, Peer Recovery Specialist CE Instructor

Appalachian Recovery Concepts 

Dr. Jessica Magidson

Julvette Price

Consumer Inclusion Coordinator

Behavioral Health System Baltimore

Dr. Michelle Tuten

Principal Investigator, Faculty

University of Maryland School of Social Work

Vickie Walters

Executive Director, REACH Health Services

Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc.

Dimitri Cavathas

Robert Hamm

Certified Peer Recovery Specialist

Harford Crisis Office of Mental Health

Xavier Justice

Associate Director

The Nehemiah Project DC

Tyrell Moyd

Education & Wellness Coordinator, Principal Facilitator

3c Recovery Support Training Institute

Tiffinee Scott

Dr. Jay Unick

Principal Investigator, Faculty

University of Maryland School of Social Work

Dr. Eric Weintraub

Professor of Psychiatry; Division Head, Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Acting Division Head, Adult Psychiatry

University of Maryland School of Medicine

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