Senior Instructor Teresa McDowell

Teresa McDowell, EdD, LMFT is professor emerita at Lewis & Clark, where she served as department chair and co-founded the college’s Problem Gambling Services. With over 40 years of experience as a clinician, educator, administrator, and consultant, Teresa focuses on workforce development, equity-based clinical practice, integrated treatment for problem gambling, and clinical supervision. She is a social researcher, program evaluator, and consultant with Partners in Social Research and Senior Instructor for ACORN. Dr. McDowell has authored more than 50 scholarly publications and is lead author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Applying Third Order Thinking to Theory and Practice (3rd Ed., 2026).

Senior Instructor Carmen Knudson-Martin

Carmen Knudson-Martin, PhD is professor emerita of marriage and family therapy at Lewis & Clark College’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling. She is an AAMFT clinical fellow, approved supervisor, and licensed marriage and family therapist, and a longtime member of the American Family Therapy Academy. An influential scholar in family therapy, Dr. Knudson-Martin has edited numerous books, published widely, and presented internationally on sociocultural attunement, power, and equity. She is co-author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy and a founder of Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT).

Instructor Brandie Lyday

Brandie Lyday, MA, LMFT, CGAC II, CADC III owns and manages True Heart Therapy, a mental health group practice. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and serves as adjunct faculty providing family therapy supervision for Lewis & Clark’s Problem Gambling Services. Brandie previously worked as an Oregon Health Authority Problem Gambling Treatment Program Development Analyst and has extensive experience as an outpatient addiction treatment specialist, delivering individual, group, couple, and family therapies, including work with clients involved in the criminal legal system.

Instructor Raul Ramirez

Raul Ramirez, CADC II, CGAC II, QMHA is a Problem Gambling Treatment Specialist with the Oregon Health Authority. He is a bilingual (English/Spanish) provider and member of the Multiethnic Advisory Committee, supporting awareness and community-building around gambling-related harm among underserved populations. Raul has experience delivering clinical supervision for professionals pursuing CADC and CGAC credentials. He is a strong advocate for equity and culturally responsive care for LGBTQIA2S+ and Latinx communities, with expertise in program and systems development, engagement and retention strategies, and community education.

OHA Instructor David Corse

David Corse, LPC, CADC III, CGAC II has worked with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) since 2018, initially coordinating the Oregon Problem Gambling Treatment System and more recently supporting development of the OHA Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment and Recovery system. His clinical background includes crisis intervention, gambling disorder treatment, substance use disorder services, and community mental health. David has also served as a program director and clinical supervisor in nonprofit and county mental health organizations. In addition, he maintains a private practice providing therapy for individuals and couples and post-graduate clinical supervision for Licensed Professional Counselor Associates.

Senior Instructor Rick Berman

Rick Berman, MA, LPC, CADC III, CGAC II specializes in integrated treatment of co-occurring mental health and addictive disorders. He trained and supervised addictions and mental health counselors for more than 20 years. In recent years his work focused more specifically on problem gambling. He has presented at national problem gambling conferences in Canada and the United States. He is the past coordinator of Lewis & Clark’s Problem Gambling Services and instructed Gambling Counselor Pre-Certification Courses for many years.

Instructor Cort Dorn-Medeiros

Cort M. Dorn-Medeiros, PhD, LPC, CADC III is assistant professor in the Professional Mental Health Counseling–Addiction specialization and department chair of Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology at Lewis & Clark. His areas of specialization include substance use and process addictions, co-occurring disorders, integrated care, and motivational interviewing and enhancement therapies. Dr. Dorn-Medeiros is co-founder and program director of the Gaming and Tech in Excess (GATE) program at the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center. He has published in multiple academic outlets, including a recent book chapter on technology safety and digital citizenship in school counseling.

Oblio Stroyman

Oblio Z Stroyman, LMFT, QMHP-R, CGAC II, ICGC II, BACC is a licensed relational therapist, Qualified Mental Health Practitioner and Addictions Counselor who works with ALL types of relationships, with a specialty in alternative relational models. Oblio enjoys working with various relational configurations, including working with individuals to develop healthy relationships with themselves.

Veronica Valdez

Veronica Valdez, MA is Marriage and Family Therapist Registered Associate, CGAC II, CADC-R, and QMHP-R who completed her internship at Lewis & Clark’s Problem Gambling Services. She is experienced in providing integrated treatment including neurofeedback for mental health, gambling, and substance use disorders. Formerly working at Emergence Addictions and Behavioral Health in Eugene, Oregon, she is now with True Heart Therapy. Her work emphasizes comprehensive, evidence-informed care tailored to individual client needs.

OHA Instructor Roxann Jones

Roxann Jones is the Problem Gambling Statewide Prevention and Outreach Specialist with the Oregon Health Authority. She brings more than 35 years of experience in designing and implementing prevention programs that address risky behaviors, as well as in managing programs in problem gambling prevention and in treatment and children’s intensive mental health wraparound services. Roxann is deeply committed to building healthy communities and has provided leadership on numerous community, state, and national task forces focused on population health and well-being.

OHA Instructor Andrew Cartmill

Andrew Cartmill, BS, CPS is a former Senior Program Communication and Education Specialist with Washington County’s Addiction Services Program and a certified trainer in suicide intervention and prevention. His background includes creating and voicing public service announcements, audiobooks, and educational media, as well as hosting a county television program and producing narrated instructional videos.

Instructor John Ackley

John Ackley, CADC II, CGAC II, QMHA II has over a decade of experience treating problem gambling in outpatient and residential settings. He led outpatient gambling treatment for Marion County and served as lead counselor for Oregon’s only residential gambling treatment program. John has developed and presented gambling treatment frameworks that enhance clinician and agency understanding of the gambling process. In his work with clients, John focuses on underlying motivations and stresses the importance of distinguishing between process addictions and substance use disorders.

Ashley Greaves

Ashley Greaves, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Oregon with experience in mixed-methods research, including NIH-funded studies. Her work focuses on improving health outcomes among underserved and high-risk populations, including Veterans, first responders, and patients in primary care settings. Clinically, she has served as a behavioral health consultant in integrated care environments. Dr. Greaves is committed to interdisciplinary collaboration and culturally responsive, community-engaged research that bridges science and practice. Since 2024, she has collaborated with Dr. Marrota on research projects addressing problem gambling.

Instructor Paige Vazquez

Paige Vasquez, PhD is a research scientist at Problem Gambling Solutions, Inc. and an outpatient mental health provider at Mangata Wellness in Salem, Oregon. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Pacific University in 2023, with an emphasis in Latino/x psychology. Dr. Vasquez has six years of experience in behavioral, cognitive, and problem gambling research and is deeply committed to culturally responsive, community-engaged research.

Instructor Glenn Yamagata

Glenn Yamagata, MPhil is Executive Director of the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling. He is a trained economist and data scientist with Problem Gambling Solutions, Inc., and has nearly a decade of experience working in the problem gambling field. Glenn holds an MPhil in Economics and an MA in Statistics from Yale University. His work focuses on applying data-driven approaches to advance prevention, treatment, and policy related to problem gambling.

behavior consultant & trainer Jessica Leitner

With over 30 years of experience advocating for adults and families with developmental disabilities in the Portland, Oregon area, Jessica Leitner, MA supports caregiving organizations in navigating regulatory requirements while maintaining quality care. She has served as an Oregon Intervention System Trainer and Steering Committee Member; has worked with Multnomah and Clackamas Counties and Edwards Center, Inc; and helped implement Crisis Intervention Team training for local law enforcement.

Senior Instructor Maria Bermudez

J. Maria Bermudez, PhD is an associate professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy program within the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia. She is an AAMFT clinical fellow, approved supervisor, and licensed marriage and family therapist, with scholarship grounded in feminist-informed and culturally responsive approaches to therapy, research, and supervision. She is co-author of Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy.

Instructor Kitty Martz

Kitty Martz, CGRM, CGAC-II, MBA is an advocate and educator, serving as Executive Director of Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery in Portland, Oregon, and President of the Board of Directors for Oregon Council on Problem Gambling. With lived experience in gambling harms, she is a Certified Gambling Recovery Mentor and Certified Gambling Addiction Counselor II, a longtime SMART Recovery facilitator, and an Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist trained by the Beck Institute in CBT-based suicide prevention. Kitty supports peer recovery, develops curricula, delivers state and national trainings, and advances policy to mitigate gambling-related harm. Learn more at www.vpgr.net.

Senior Instructor Layne Prest

Layne A Prest, PhD, LMFT has over 30 years of experience working in primary care settings. Prior to retiring, he served as a faculty member in the University of Washington affiliated Family Medicine residency training program sponsored by the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, WA. Dr. Prest also provided primary care, team-based, and integrated care to individuals, couples, and families.

Instructor John McIlveen

John W. McIlveen, PhD serves as the State Opioid Treatment Authority for Oregon. He represents addictions and mental health on Oregon’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Advisory Commission and is appointed by the Governor to serve on the Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Board as the Oregon Health Authority representative. Dr. McIlveen is also the Principal Investigator for Oregon’s State Opioid Response grant and has collaborated with national organizations on substance use and opioid use disorder initiatives.

Instructor Haven Taylor

Haven Taylor, MA has over 15 years of experience in the behavioral health field, including leadership in team and program development. Her work focuses on advancing whole-person, recovery-oriented systems of care and improving services for individuals with co-occurring behavioral health needs. She has experience across correctional, residential, and community-based treatment settings and was recognized with a Director’s Award for contributions to Special Housing at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

Instructor Eve Klein

Eve Klein, MD is Senior Medical Director for CODA and for substance use treatment programs in Oregon. She is board certified in neurology and addiction medicine, and she completed fellowships in pain medicine and addiction medicine at OHSU. Dr. Klein has worked at CODA since 2016, and she currently serves as Associate Medical Director for the Oregon Medical Board. She is also an assistant professor at OHSU, where she teaches medical students about pain, opioids, substance use disorders, and medical regulation.

Instructor Kim Van Orden

Kim Van Orden, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She co-directs the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide and the T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Suicide Prevention. Dr. Van Orden is Principal Investigator of the HOPE Lab, which conducts clinical trials to promote social engagement and healthy aging. Additionally, she is the Co-Director of the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging. Her research is funded by NIMH, NIA, and the CDC, and she provides training and mentorship to clinical trainees and clinical care to older adults.

Micky Logan

Micky Logan has served as Legal Affairs Director at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) since 2011. Previously, she spent 20 years at the Oregon Department of Justice as a Senior Assistant Attorney General, serving in roles such as Appellate Division clerk, Honors Attorney, Ethics Committee member, and General Counsel for the Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority. She has held leadership positions with the Oregon State Bar and the National Association of Mental Health Program Directors. At OSH, Micky oversees multiple legal and support departments, serves as liaison to the legal community, and provides statewide trainings.
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