Linda J FrazierLinda Frazier is Director of Addictions Initiatives at Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. Ms. Frazier is a registered nurse and master-certified health education specialist. Her clinical experience includes women's health, adolescent and college heath, inpatient and urgent care services. Her most recent clinical role was as the outpatient behavioral health nurse responsible for assessment, monitoring, and patient education for MOUD intensive outpatient clients in treatment. Before moving into full time consulting, Ms. Frazier worked in a variety of leadership roles at the Harvard University Health Services and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHS). As Treatment Team manager and then Associate Director for SAMHS she oversaw expansion of MOUD across Maine between 2005-2009. Sheserved as the Maine National Treatment Network (NTN) representative and was responsible for supervision of the state opiate treatment authority (SOTA) and OTPs across the state. Since 2009, Ms. Frazier has provided training and technical assistance in behavioral health and primary care integration, process and quality improvement, and the implementation of evidence-based practices with a focus on MOUD. Ms. Frazier has served on the leadership team of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Section (ATOD) since 2009. She chaired the North American Cannabis Summit (2019), which is focused on public health research, equity, policy, and best practices in state legislation and the regulatory oversight of cannabis. Her background includes teaching introduction to public health as adjunct faculty at Husson College in Bangor Maine. Ms. Frazier received her BS in Adolescent Development and Health and her MA in Education from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She is based in New England and travels frequently to Arizona, Taiwan and China where her children and partner of 35 years live and work. Read More Read Less