The Government Project Officer (GPO) will provide programmatic leadership and oversight, monitor project’s activities and progress, provide grant-cycle and due date guidance, review required reports and provide feedback, and oversee SAMHSA’s Performance Accountability and Reporting System (SPARS). GPO approval is needed for: project and budget revisions, changes in project scope, key staff changes, and continuation of funds and carryover approval.
Anthony Bethea
Public Health Advisor
Division of Target Prevention
SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
240-276-1933
[email protected]
Kathleen Burkhart, M.A., M.S.W.
Public Health Advisor
SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
Division of Service and Systems Improvement (DSSI)
Suicide Prevention Branch
240-276-1313
[email protected]
Aijahlon Carden
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
240-276-1162
[email protected]
Kimberly Cate, M.S.W., LCSW-C (she/her/hers)
Government Project Officer
Public Health Advisor
Division of Targeted Prevention (DTP) | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
240-276-0460
[email protected]
Delshawna Dixon, M.P.H., M.S.W., LGSW
Public Health Advisor
[email protected]
Fabian O. Eluma, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Public Health Advisor/Project Officer
Division of Target Prevention
SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
240-276-2481
[email protected]
Erin Etwaroo
Public Health Advisor
Suicide Prevention Branch
Division of Community Behavioral Health
Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
240-276-0496
[email protected]
Gennesy Garcia, M.P.H
Public Health Advisor
Division of Target Prevention
SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
240-276-0636
[email protected]
Lenora J. Holmes M.S.W.
Public Health Advisor/Grants Project Officer Division of Targeted Prevention (West)
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
240-276-1443
[email protected]
CDR Laurie A. Jones
Public Health Advisor
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
Division of Targeted Prevention (DTP)
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
240-276-2304
[email protected]
Javana D. Lovett, M.P.A
Public Health Advisor, Division of Targeted Prevention (DTP – East)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
240-276-1099
[email protected]
Riley Lynch, M.P.H (she/her)
Public Health Advisor
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
240-276-0146
[email protected]
Maggie McGinnis
SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
240-276-2235
[email protected]
Marsha Pharr
Public Health Advisor, CSAP
SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Government Project Officer
240-276-1406
[email protected]
Otiz Porter
Public Health Advisor
SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
240-276-1750
[email protected]
William Reyes
Division of State Programs
Public Health Advisor
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
240-276-1406
[email protected]
LT NaKeisha Williams, DSW, BCD, LCSW-C, USPHS
240-276-1046
[email protected]