Tina Barker served as the Program Director of Oklahoma Outreach Sober School since it's inception in 2006 until 2011. She is currently the Director of Academic Performance for Epic Charter Schools in Oklahoma.  Tina received a Master's Degree from South Western Oklahoma State University in Educational Administration and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, She has attended five Association of Recovery Schools conferences, including serving on the 2008 conference planning committee, and currently is a member-at-large on the ARS board.

Sasha McLean, LMFT, LPC is the Executive Director of Archway Academy, a member school in Houston Texas.  Prior to Archway, she was Clinical Director of the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program at The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston.  Sasha received her bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies and her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Houston.  She speaks nationally about the influence of the media on adolescent development and attitudes about substance use.  She is a local advocate for the Alternative Peer Group Association and Boys To Men Texas.  Sasha is also an approved supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. 

Jes Sellers, PhD is a psychologist and Director of the University Counseling Services and its divisions of Collegiate Behavioral Health and Prevention & Recovery Services at Case Western Reserve University. He earned his doctorate from the University of Florida and bachelor & master degrees from Penn State University. He helped establish the Recovery House at Case in 2004 with his colleague, Joy Willmott, also an ARS Board Member.  Jes is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry. He is the 1999 recipient of the Student Affairs Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, the recipient of the University President’s Award in 2000 and the 2010 recipient of the Student Affairs Outstanding Professional Staff Award.  He is a member of the American Psychological Association, The Association of University College Counseling Center Directors and American College Health Association.

Anne Thompson is an Alumna of Augsburg College and the StepUP Program where she received her BA is sociology and metro urban studies. Anne works as an advocate for student recovery support services in her higher education and student affairs masters program at the University of Connecticut where she will receive her Master's Degree in May 2011. She has presented multiple times at the Joint Meeting of Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE) Conference and attended the Young People's Networking Dialogue on Recovery and the Higher Education Recovery Summit in Maryland, as well as the Collegiate Recovery Conference in Lubbock, TX. Anne is an active volunteer for Connecticut Turning to Youth and Families, a non-profit that helps support youth and families facing drug and alcohol problems to connect with prevention, treatment and recovery support services.

Joy G. Willmott, LISW, LICDC has recently retired from the Substance Abuse Specialist at Case Western Reserve University.  She held that position since 1988 and gradually developed a recovery based program for the University, as well assisting prevention activities. She helped develop Recovery House at Case and lead the Prevention and Recovery Services Advisory Board until she retired. She has worked with adolescents and young adults most of her professional career and developed an outpatient dual diagnosis program through her private practice. She collaborated with the Shaker Heights, Ohio in school suspension teacher to create and in-school program for students suspended for substance use issues.  She has presented nationally and internationally on clinical aspects of substance use problems. Currently she is an adjunct professor at Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at CWRU.