John has been active in individual, community, and professional capacity building since
1986. He currently works for the Council on Alcohol and Drugs, a private non-profit in
Georgia, where he is the Prevention/Intervention Program Manager. Over the past twelve
years John has directed and coordinated implementation of statewide environmental
strategies regarding opioid prescription drug misuse and illicit drug use in Georgia. John
has also directed, wrote curriculum, coordinated, and managed work with six additional
contracts all directed at prevention along the care continuum.
John earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Georgia State University
and a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from The University of West Georgia where
he completed his master thesis on A Profile of Child Abuse and Neglect in 1992 while he
worked as a Child Protective Service Investigator/Case Manager. He is a Certified Trainer
Professional, Trainer of Trainers, and Coach through City & Guilds National Center for
Professional Certification (NCPC) in London, England, a Qualified Results Based
Facilitator (RBF Network), and an International Certified Prevention Specialist (ICPS).
In Johns 37 years of working in the field of mental health he has worked across the
prevention continuum as a CAC in an inpatient adolescence substance and mental health
hospital, conducted hundreds of child protective service assessments/case plans, and
trained thousands of social service providers and the public at large about everything from
“EI, EI, OH” to “The Truth about Drugs” to “Brains and Behavior” to “How to Keep Your
But Out of The Way”. John has also provided Train The Trainer courses for several
thousand trainers since 1993. John has an intense interest in promoting functional mental
health, healthy living, and values and beliefs that create safety and well-being of all in the
community and especially the youth.