Our Mission: To ensure that our rural region works collectively to help reduce opioid and heroin addiction, prevent overdose deaths, and improve the quality of life in our community.
Formed in September 2013, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region works with over 400 public and private partners to ensure that our rural region works collectively to help reduce opioid and heroin addiction, prevent overdose deaths, and improve the quality of life in our community.
Organization
Governed by a 20-member Executive Council, the Opioid Task Force implements and promotes an array of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery strategies through its five working committees and special projects, which focuses on:
- Education and Prevention
- Healthcare Solutions
- Housing and Workforce Development
- Public Safety and Justice
- Treatment and Recovery
Co-Chairs
Lori M. Streeter
Sheriff, Franklin County and Opioid Task Force Co-Chair
John F. Merrigan
Franklin County Register of Probate and Opioid Task Force Co-Chair
David E. Sullivan
Northwestern District Attorney and Opioid Task Force Co-Chair
Executive Council Members
Kat Allen, Coordinator, Communities That Care Coalition, Partnership for Youth, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Pedro Alvarez, Director of Harm Reduction, Tapestry
Heather Bialecki, Executive Director, North Quabbin Community Coalition
Jessye Deane, Executive Director, Franklin County Chamber of Commerce
Abbi Godfrey, Program Director, The RECOVER Project
Shawn Hayden, President and Chief Operating Officer, GAAMHA, Inc.
Marisa Hebble, Senior Manager for Behavioral Health, Executive Office of the Trial Court
David Lanoie, J.D., Chair, Justice Studies Department, Greenfield Community College
Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator, Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region (non-voting member as staff)
Geoff Naunheim, Executive Director, United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region
Dr. Ruth Potee, Medical Director, Opioid Task Force, Behavioral Health Network, and Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Dr. Michelle Schutt, President, Greenfield Community College
Benjamin Simanksi, Clerk of Courts, Franklin County Justice Center
Jodi Stack, President, and Chief Operating Officer, Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Phoebe Walker, Director of Community Health, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Liz Whynott, Senior Program Officer, RIZE Foundation
Lisa Yin, Assistant Vice-President, Addiction & Recovery Services, Behavioral Health Network
In Memoriam, Jerry Lund
Our Team
Program Associate
