Board of Directors

The Board of Directors governs MAAP and oversees the Mississippi Addiction Counselor Training program, various committees and promotes membership in MAAP.  

OFFICERS

  • President (2–4 yrs): Shuana Fletcher, LCSW, MAC, ICAADC, SAP
  • President-Elect (1 yr): OPEN
  • Immediate Past President (1 yr): Russell "Lin" Hogan, PsyD, ICAADC, LPC, SAP – Weems Community Mental Health Center, Meridian, MS
  • Secretary: OPEN
  • Treasurer: John Harry, M.Ed., ICADC-II – Hope Rising Mississippi, Brandon, MS
  • Certification Chair: Ashley Barksdale, EdD, LCSW, CFLE, CADC-II, PMH-C – The Well: Family Support, Columbus, MS

DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

  • District 1: Santee Ezell, MS, PCED, ICPS, CHES, CSP, CPT – Five Horizons Health Services, Starkville, MS
  • District 2: Roshonna Edwards
  • District 3: Henry C. Thompson Jr., M.S.Ed., APS – Project Director/PI Substance Abuse Block Grant, Jackson State University
  • District 4: Debra Jackson, ICADC-I, ICCS – Alliance Healthcare, Meridian, MS
  • District 5: Sharon Johnson, MA, CAADC, CCS
  • District 6: Lynn Langley, ICADC – Home of Grace, Gautier, MS
  • Parliamentarian: Dorothy Robertson, ICPM – Life Help Region 6, Greenwood, MS

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Reta Chandler
  • Joe Jackson, B.A. Psy., ICADC-I
  • Bettye Tyler
  • OPEN
  • OPEN

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Reta Chandler
  • Joe Jackson, B.A. Psy., ICADC-I
  • Bettye Tyler
  • OPEN
  • OPEN

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Jordan Hillhouse, ICPS
  • Co-Chair: Idice Darden, ICADC
  • Co-Chair: Lillian Taylor, CCJA, Retired
  • OPEN
  • OPEN

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Jordan Hillhouse, ICPS
  • Co-Chair: Mark Easley, ICAADC
  • John Harry, M.Ed., ICADC-II – Hope Rising Mississippi, Brandon, MS
  • Russell "Lin" Hogan, PsyD, ICAADC, LPC, SAP – Weems Community Mental Health Center, Meridian, MS
  • Ashley Barksdale, EdD, LCSW, CFLE, CADC-II, PMH-C – The Well: Family Support, Columbus, MS

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

  • OPEN

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Santee Ezell, MS, PCED, ICPS, CHES, CSP, CPT – Five Horizons Health Services, Starkville, MS

CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Roshonna Edwards

CERTIFICATION BOARD

  • Chair: Ashley Barksdale, EdD, LCSW, CFLE, CADC-II, PMH-C – The Well: Family Support, Columbus, MS
  • Angel Hogan
  • Katherine Lewis
  • Tara Wheatley

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

  • Member Emeritus: Albert Stallworth, Sr., M.Ed., ICAADC – Retired, Gautier, MS

IN MEMORIAM

  • Rodney Farrar
  • Katherine Turcotte, ICADC, ICCS
  • Chadwick (Shane) Garrard, ICADC-II, ICCS