Meet Our Leadership Team
This page features our leadership team. Across the state, nearly 100 dedicated Center of Excellence staff members live and work within their local communities contributing to our overall mission of enhancing the well-being of West Virginians through behavioral health education, prevention, outreach, recovery, and applied research.
Amy Saunders, EdD
Associate Vice President & Managing Director
Center of Excellence for Recovery
Tammy Pearson, MA
Senior Associate Director
Center of Excellence for Recovery
Tammy Collins, PhD
Associate Director
Center of Excellence for Recovery
Kari Mika-Lude, PhD, LPC, AADC-S, ALPS, NCC, MAC, ICAADC, ICCS, CCTP, ACS, NREMT
Director of Project Strategy and Evaluation; Co-PI
WV Behavioral Health Training Center
Katelyn Fowler, MSW
Evaluation Coordinator
Strategic Prevention Framework Prescription Drug Statewide Project
Laura Stewart, MPH
Evaluation Coordinator
Treatment, Recovery and Workforce Support
Linda Gibson, MSW
Director
Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM)
Lori Garrett-Bumba
Director
Collegiate Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success
Lucia Meyer, MSW
Director
Marshall University School-Based Mental Health Scholars Program
Nathan Cook, MA
Data Coordinator
Rural Communities Opioid Response Implementation (RCORP)
