National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery
Press Release
Contacts Persons:
Joycelyn Woods, Executive Director, edirector@methadone.org
Carmen Pearman-Arlt, President, carlt@porterstarke.org
Phone/Fax: 1.212.595.NAMA (1-212-595-62620
For Release
April 3, 2019
Nominations Open for the
Richard Lane/Robert Holden Patient Advocacy Award
Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release
from prison in 1967, was instrumental in establishing one of the Nation’s first
methadone treatment programs. In 1974, he became the Executive Director of Man
Alive and later served as Vice President of the American Methadone Treatment
Association (now AATOD) and as Vice Chairman of the Governor’s Council on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Maryland. Mr.
Lane was a passionate advocate for methadone treatment and, by disclosing his
own treatment experiences, provided inspiration to patients and colleagues
alike.
Robert Holden was also a recovering heroin user, who later
became the Director of PIDARC, an outpatient methadone treatment program in the
District of Columbia. He was a friend of
Richard Lane and succeeded Richard Lane’s term of office as the Vice President
of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. This award was established in 1995 and
recognizes extraordinary achievements in patient advocacy.
The following criteria should be applied in making your
selection:
- Only one (1) nominee can be submitted to the Conference Awards Committee. There may be a number of nominees however only one (1) “consensus” nominee may receive this honor.
- The nominee must have been involved in the field of methadone advocacy for a period of five (5) years.
- The nominee must have made meaningful and consistent contributions, which have had a significant impact on opioid treatment within a state o
- For each nominee a Nomination Form must be completed and submitted with two (2) Letters of Support. The Nomination Form and this announcement and can also be downloaded from the NAMA Recovery website http://www.methadone.org and the President’s Blog http://nama-president.blogspot.com/
· NAMA Recovery will be responsible for collecting all the
submissions for nomination and selecting a committee of advocates that will
decide on the final candidate. The
Candidate’s Name, Nomination Form and at least two (2) Letters of Support
describing the nominee’s achievements will be submitted to the AATOD Conference
Awards Committee for the final approval.
The deadline for Submissions is April 10, 2019. The completed Nomination Form along with at
least two (2) Letters of Support should be sent to Joycelyn Woods at
edirector@methadone.org.
Previous Winners of the Award
1995, Arizona Richard Lane
2001, St. Louis Joycelyn Woods
2007, San Diego Anthony Scro
2009, New York Walter Ginter
2010, Chicago Lisa Mojer Torres
2012, Las Vegas Roxanne Baker
2013, Philadelphia Ira Marion
2015, Atlanta Claude
Hopkins
2016, Baltimore Brenda Davis
2017 New York Paul
Bowman
This Award will be bestowed upon the recipient during the
Awards Banquet Ceremony on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 during AATOD’s next
National Conference which will convene at the Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando,
Florida.
The recipient will be provided with a round trip Coach Class
airfare, up to two (2) nights in the hotel and Conference Registration.
Deadline: April 10, 2019
Email Nominations
To: Joycelyn Woods edirector@methadone.org
If you have any questions about the award contact Joycelyn
Woods at edirector@methadone.org or by telephone at 917-846-9983
Download Press Release
Download NOMINATION FORM docx
Download NOMINATION FORM pdf
Posts
