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
Heather McDonnell, Ed.D., LPC, ALPS, PSII
Project Development & Management Director
Center of Excellence for Recovery
Lori Garrett-Bumba
Director
Collegiate Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success
Nathan Cook, MA
Data Coordinator
Rural Communities Opioid Response Implementation (RCORP)
Katelyn Fowler, MSW
Evaluation Coordinator
Strategic Prevention Framework Prescription Drug Statewide Project
Linda Gibson, MSW
Director
Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM)
Kenneth Jordan, MS, PRSS-SUD, PRSS-MH, RCT
Director
WV Peer Recovery Training Center
Lucia Meyer, MSW
Director
Marshall University Behavioral Health Workforce & Development Program
Martha Polinsky, MAT, PSII
Director
U-Launch Behavioral Health Workforce Initiative
Laura Stewart, MPH
Evaluation Coordinator
Treatment, Recovery and Workforce Support
