Speakers 2025

Amy Carter

Congenital Syphilis Coordinator
HIV/STD Prevention and Care Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services

Megan Bermea, MPA, CTCM

Program Director
HHSC Office of Family Services

Cindy Dinsmore, MA, LCDC, Program Coordinator

JPS Mom & Baby Program
JPS Health Network

Umber Darilek, PhD, RN

The University of Texas at Arlington
Assistant Professor

Vanessa Fears, LMSW, LCDCI

Substance Use Disorder Program Coordinator
BEXAR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
BEXAR PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION

Kelly Fegan-Bohm, MD, MPH, MA

Medical Director
Community Health Improvement Division
Texas Department of State Health Services

Chief, Section of Psychological Medicine
Director, Center for the Wellbeing of Women and Mothers
Yale Medical Director, ACCESS Mental Health for Moms
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine | Yale New Haven Hospital

Sonya R. Hardin, PhD, MBA/MHA APRN, FAAN

Dean & Professor, Dr. Patty L. Hawken Nursing Endowed Professor, School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio

Jessica Johnson

CPI Substance Use Program Specialist
(Regions 01-05)
9307 W. Broadway
Pearland, TX 77584

Jeff Kamen, MBA, LCDC

Executive Director of MARA International LLC

Joshua Kern, MD

Assistant Professor,
Department of Emergency Medicine
Perinatal Intervention Program/Addiction Medicine
University of Texas, Southwestern
Parkland Health and Hospital System

Maria Morales, CHW

Baylor College of Medicine

Luke A. Newton, MD

Professor, Division Director, General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Long School of Medicine Endocrine, UT Health San Antonio

Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, ABPP

Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UT Health San Antonio

Mark Palinski II, NCCPSS

Peer Support Specialist

Keely Petty

Trainer Coordinator
WestCare Foundation, TIMM Program

Marco Quesada, MA

Division Administrator for Master Investigations, Child Protective Investigations, DFPS

Andrea K. Rincones-Hernandez, CHWI

Baylor College of Medicine

Yolanda Ross, DSW/LCSW-S/LCDC/MHA

Santa Maria – A United Way Agency
2505 Parker Road, Houston, TX 77093

Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Friends Research Institute

Rebecca Vahle, MEd

Founder & Executive Director

Sarah Wakefield, MD

Associate Professor and Chair
Psychiatry, School of Medicine, TTUHSC

Sidarth Wakhlu, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Clinical Director Addiction Psychiatry Service
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Director
Chair, Student Assistance Committee
Member, Medical School Admissions Committee
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Sciences
TCU Burnett School of Medicine

Tara Karns-Wright, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Senior Director, Be Well Texas
UT Health San Antonio