Meet the team

Julie M. Croff,

PhD, MPH, FAAHB

Principal Investigator & Project Advisor

Emily McKenzie, PhD

Project Director

Ashleigh Chiaf, MPH

Project Manager

Susette Moyers, PhD

Research Scientist

Dallas DeAnne McCance, MPS

Community Liaison

Ty Gregson, MS, LMFT Candidate

Regional Program Specialist (OK)

Salena King Coughlan, PhD, CFLE

Project Manager Implementation and Translational Science

Region 6 Partners


University of Arkansas Medical School


Meghan Breckling, PharmD, BCACP

Regional Program Specialist (AR)

Leah Tobey, PT, DPT, MBA 

Regional Program Specialist (AR)


University of New Mexico


Cassandra Boness, PhD 

Regional Program Specialist (NM)

Megan Kirouac, PhD 

Regional Program Specialist (NM)


University of Texas Health 


Adrienne Lindsey, MA, DBH  

Regional Program Specialist (TX)

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH 

Regional Program Specialist (TX)


Tulane University


Supported by the Rural Opioid Technical Assistance-Regional Grant servicing Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (H79TI085587). 

David Seal, PhD, FAAHB

Regional Program Specialist (LA)

George Singletary, MD

Regional Program Specialist (LA)