Michele Gerber is President and Founder of the Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition. She is a strong advocate for recovery and treatment opportunities and reduction of barriers to recovery for people suffering from substance use disorders. Under her leadership, the Recovery Coalition began the effort and then partnered with Benton County to develop the newly opened Columbia Valley Center for Recovery. She is the author of “Witness to Addiction: My Son’s Journey and How Each Person Can Fight America’s Opioid Epidemic."

John Roll is Regents Professor and Vice Dean for Research Emeritus in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University Spokane. He has spent more than three decades doing addiction-related research. He is past president of the Washington State Academy of Science and has served as Vice Chair of the Washington State Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse.