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Meet Our Board Members
Board
members serve three-year terms and cannot be reappointed after two
consecutive full terms. Board responsibilities include: regulating
the licensure and certification process, issuing and renewing licenses
and certificates, investigating ethical complaints, approving educational
coursework, and acting as a catalyst for positive change in the
field.
Each
year, four seats on the OCDP Board are open for appointment or re-appointment.
Individuals interested in becoming a member of the OCDP Board can
submit an application to the Governor's Office ATTN: Boards &
Commissions.
Kenneth
L. Brown (Term Expiration: 12/23/10)
Kenneth
Brown is currently Director of the Clark County Municipal Court
Probation Department. He has worked in the field of community-based
corrections both in the adult and juvenile systems for the past
24 years. Kenneth holds a Bachelor Degree from Wright State University
and a Masters Degree from the University of Dayton. He is a Licensed
Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Social Worker.
Deborah
Chambers (ODADAS Ex-Officio Member)
Ms.
Chambers serves as the ODADAS ex-officio member.
Craig
Comedy, Treasurer (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
John
Ellis, Vice Chair, Education Committee Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/10)
Mr.
Ellis is currently the Director of Program Services at the Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Services (ADAS) Board of Lorain County. He is
also adjunct faculty at Cleveland State University College of Social
Work, and a part time private practitioner. He is a Licensed Independent
Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Independent Social Worker
who has been working in the Chemical Dependency field in various
direct services and administrative capacities since 1986.
Dianne
G. Fidelibus, Chair (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
Ms.
Fidelibus is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Independent
Chemical Dependency Counselor. Ms. Fidelibus began working in the
field of chemical dependency counseling in 1979. She is currently
a full time faculty member in the Mental Health/ Chemical Dependency/Mental
Retardation Program at Columbus State Community College.
Mary
Haag, Secretary (Term Expiration 12/23/10)
Mary
Haag is currently Director of Coalition Strategies for the Coalition
for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati. Mary is licensed as a registered
nurse, since 1975, and received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing,
with an emphasis in Business Management, in 1986. She holds an Ohio
Certified Prevention Specialist I certification and has been working
in the field of substance abuse prevention since 1995. Mary currently
serves as President of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association
of Ohio and Vice President of the Greater Cincinnati Nutrition Council
boards.
Jurldine
Hicks (Term Expiration 12/23/11)
Jurldine
Hicks is a Social Worker and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor
II currently employed at the Indian River Juvenile Correctional
Facility in Massillion, Ohio. She provides treatment interventions
for the chemically dependent population on the Chemical Dependency
Intervention Unit (CDIU) Her hobbies consist of reading, exercising
and decorating. She seeks to inspire those who continue to suffer
from the devastating effects and impact that the disease of chemical
dependency has on the quality of life.
Dr.
Edna Jones (Term Expiration 12/23/11)
Ashley
Kopaniasz (Term Expiration 12/23/11)
Mrs.
Ashley Kopaniasz is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor III
and Licensed Professional Counselor. Mrs. Kopaniasz received her
Bachelor of Science from Northwestern State University and a Master
of Arts from The University of Toledo. Ashley currently works in
a community mental health facility's dual diagnosis program. She
has also worked with psychiatric inpatient and school based therapy
populations.
David
Schaffer (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
Mr.
David L. Schaffer is currently the Executive Director of the Alcohol,
Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and
Carroll Counties. Mr. Schaffer holds a Bachelor Degree from Kent
State University and a Masters Degree from the University of Akron.
He is past President of the Ohio Association of County Behavioral
Health Authorities and a former faculty member of the National Drug
Court Institute.
Judith
L. Smithchild, Ethics Committee Chair (Term Expiration 12/23/10)
Judith
Smithchild is currently the Chemical Dependency Clinical Supervisor
at L & P Services, a private-for-profit behavioral health care
agency in Marietta, Ohio. Ms. Smithchild has worked in the field
of chemical dependency, mental health, domestic violence, and both
adult and juvenile criminal justice systems for the past 23 years.
She has experience with in-patient, out-patient, residential and
community-based settings as a psychotherapist and a clinical supervisor.
She holds a Women's Studies Certificate, a Bachelor's Degree and
a Master's Degree in Education from Ohio University. Ms. Smithchild
is a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor, a Licensed
Profressional Clinical Counselor- Supervisor, a National Certified
Counselor and an ICADC.
Glenn
Stanton (Term Expiration 12/23/11)
Mr.
Glenn Stanton began his substance abuse career as active duty air
force in 1989. He retired from the air force in 2004 and worked
at the Veterans Administration. Mr. Stanton currently works for
the DOD in substance abuse. He completed his bachelor's degree in
2002 at Wayland Baptist University, TX and currently holds an LCDC
III.
J.
Craig Wright (Term Expiration: 12/23/09)
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