Douglas J. Edwards is the director of the HMP Global Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Learning Network, the behavioral healthcare field’s largest media and event producer. Its signature events include Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, Psych Congress, Symposia on Addiction Disorders, and Treatment Center Investment & Valuation Retreats. He has been serving the behavioral healthcare community since 2000, and previously served as editor-in-chief of Behavioral Healthcare and Addiction Professional magazines. Edwards has moderated high-level panel discussions at conferences across the country with VIPs such as members of Congress and the White House. He earned an MBA from Franklin University and his undergraduate degree in English and Sociology from the University of Akron.