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Substance Abuse Services Commission Current Members

Commission Position Name Address City State Zip
Senator Senator John Martin PO Box 250 Eagle Lake ME 04739
Senator VACANT     ME  
Legislative - HHS Representative Anne Perry 474 South St Calais ME 04619
Legislative - HHS Representative Robert Walker PO Box 33 Lincolnville ME 04849
Legislative Representative Donna Finley 190 Waterville Road Skowhegan ME 04976
Legislative Representative Gary Connor 10 Patterson Dr Kennebunk ME 04043
Physician Dr. Thomas McDermott 15 Eaton Dr Waterville ME 04901
Superintendent of Schools Mr. Thomas Farrell 1 Christopher Rd Kennebunk ME 04043
Elementary School Educator VACANT        
MAAR Ms. Debbie Dettor 8 Mulliken Ct Augusta ME 04330
Attorney James Cameron, Esq 5 Greenville St Hallowell ME 04347
PostSecondary Educator Dr. Marcella H. Sorg 15 Coburn Hall , UMO Orono ME 04469
Prevention Practitioner VACANT     ME  
Education Practitioner Ms. Veronica Wiegman 675 North Rd Leeds ME 04263
Treatment Practitioner Mr. Robert M. Long 44 Byram Ave Freeport ME 04032
Private Sector Employer Ms. Rita Bubar 339 Winnecook Rd Burnham ME 04922
Public: Prevention Ms. Rebecca Ireland 37 College Ave. Gorham ME 04038
Public: Treatment Mr. David J. Faulkner 171 Bradley St Portland ME 04102
Public: Education VACANT        
Public: Employer VACANT     ME  
Public: Affected/Recovering Ms. Patricia Hickey 61 Webster Ave Bangor ME 04401

Staff:

Guy Cousins , OSA Acting Director
Tom Lewis, Staff Liaison

Membership

The Commission consists of the following:

  • One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate
  • five members of the Legislature who may be members of either the Senate or the House of Representatives, appointed by the President of the Senate if Senators or the Speaker of the House if members of the House of Representatives (two of these five at-large members of the Legislature must be members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters
  • One physician experience with treatment of substance abuse, appointed by the Governor
  • One public school superintendent who has experience with school-based substance abuse prevention and education programs, appointed by the Governor
  • One elementary school educator, appointed by the Governor
  • One representative from nominations by the Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery, appointed by the Governor
  • One attorney who represents clients involved with the substance abuse system, appointed by the Governor
  • One educator involved in post-secondary substance abuse education, appointed by the Governor
  • One substance abuse prevention practitioner, one substance abuse education practitioner, and one substance abuse treatment practitioner, appointed by the Governor
  • One private sector employer familiar with substance abuse employee assistance programs, appointed b the Governor
  • Five members of the public, appointed by the Governor. In appointing these five members, the Governor shall select members from outstanding people in the following areas:
    1. Drug abuse prevention
    2. Drug abuse treatment
    3. Education
    4. Employers
    5. Persons affected by or recovering from alcoholism, chronic intoxication, drug abuse or drug dependency, evidenced by a minimum of three years sobriety or abstention from drug abuse.

Last Updated: 09/11/07