New President to Take Office July 2002

For Immediate Release - Alexandria, VA

Jennifer Ayers
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Roger A. Curtiss, a 20 year addiction professional from the heart of the Rocky Mountain West, has been named president of the nation?s leading addiction counseling association. He will be formally installed as President of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals at their Annual Conference in Boston in July 2002.

"For more than thirty years, NAADAC has been the leading advocate for the alcoholism and drug abuse counselors and we must not lose touch with our associations purpose-to help develop the skills and enhance the well being of professional alcoholism and drug abuse counselors," Curtiss said. "Also, as President, I will strive to enhance NAADAC's current position as the premier association that will help provide the leadership to increase public funding for addiction treatment, enhance public policy, strengthen research and prevention, and someday provide treatment on demand."

For the last four years Curtiss has been the Treasurer for NAADAC and previously served as Northwest Regional Vice President for three years. He is currently the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Treatment Center a free standing inpatient treatment facility in Great Falls, Montana. He is a Montana Licensed Addiction Counselor and a Nationally Certified Addiction Counselor II.

Curtiss has received many prestigious awards, among them the 'Wyoming Substance Abuse Director of the Year' and the 'Founders Award' presented by United States Senator Max Baucus, for his work in starting a Drug Court in Bozeman, Montana.

Curtiss is married to Kathleen Curtiss, a Montana Licensed Addiction Counselor and a Nationally Certified Addiction Counselor II and they have six grown children and six grandchildren.