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8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration & Networking with Exhibitors
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Welcome & Introduction by Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, Executive Director of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; Roig Fuertes, MSW, Administrator of the Administracion de Servicios de Salud y Contra la Adiccion (ASSMCA); Ivette Torres, MEd, MS, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Ivonne D. Arroyo, Universidad del Este (SUGAM); Hon. Ricardo Roselló, Governor of Puerto Rico (or designed representative)
9:40 am - 10:00 am
National Credentialing by Cynthia Moreno Touhy, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, Executive Director of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Addiction & Mental Health Professions in Puerto Rico: Opportunities, Satisfactions, and Challenges Moderator: Luis A. Pedraza-González, ASSMCA Federal Funds and Planning Office Director
Panelists: Suzanne Roig Fuertes, MSW, ASSMCA Administrator; Larry Emil Alicea, President of the Professional Social Work College of Puerto Rico; Lourdes Mariela Torres Báez, Executive Board of the Psychology Association of Puerto Rico; and Juan G. Vélez Court, Community Coordinator, Recovered-Peers Representative
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Panel Q&A Session
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Wrap-Up, Evaluations, & Drawings
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Round Table Discussions: Attendees will have the opportunity to directly speak with representatives of the many specialized addiction & mental health careers Dr. Ibis S. Carrión, IRESA's Director Universidad Central del Caribe; Mr. Luis A. Pedraza González (MS), Director of ASSMCA's Federal Funds and Planning Office; Dr. Frances Boulon, Psychology Professor, University of Puerto Rico; Ms. Suzanne Roig Fuertes (MSW), ASSMCA Administrator; Dr. Yesenia Delgado, Prevention Program ASSMCA; Ms. Yari Marrero Pagán (MHS), Universidad Central del Caribe; Areliz Quiñones, EdD, CPL, CCPAS Commissioner; Mayra Ripoll (MSW), UNE Professor; among others.
The following groups will be exhibiting at the Puerto Rico Workforce Forum:
- SUGAM
- FHC of Puerto Rico, Inc.
- UCA
- Inter Ponce
- Hosp. Panamericano
- CRUSADA
- UCC School of Medicine
- USC
- NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA)
- ASSMCA
- Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Atenas College
- Centros de Salud Primaria 330
- National Health Service Corps