Agenda

Mon
Sep 21
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Refreshments

Headshots will be available from 8:30am – 9:00am; if you are interested in participating, arrive by 8:15am and ask for details during morning registration.

9:00am - 9:15am Welcome/Introduction from the Iowa HHS team

9:15am - 10:15am Opening Keynote: The Power of Us: Storytelling, Advocacy, and the Recovery Movement

presented by Patty McCarthy, Faces and Voices of Recovery

10:15am - 10:30am Break

10:30am - 11:30am Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Suicide Prevention – Iowa A
presented by Ryan Nesbit, Alive & Running Iowa

Intro to Recovery Café Network – Iowa D
presented by Kim Montroll, Recovery Cafe Network

Parenting While in Recovery – Iowa B
presented by Mackenzie Johnson, Iowa State University Public Science Collaborative

11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm - 1:30pm Recovery Housing

presented by Chris Edrington, St. Paul Sober Living

1:30pm - 1:45pm Break

1:45pm - 2:45pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

Tobacco-Free Recovery: Peer Recovery Coaches Changing the Conversation & Providing Support – Iowa A
presented by David Davis, Dana Chappuie, Jenna Tyler, and Tiffany Dineen

From Passion to Permanence: Strategies for Sustaining and Growing Your RCO – Iowa D
presented by David Soecker, Better Life in Recovery

Investing in Recovery: The Future of Iowa’s Workforce – Iowa B
presented by Diane Rohlman, University of Iowa College of Public Health

2:45pm - 3:00pm Break and Afternoon Refreshments

3:00pm - 4:00pm Understanding Grief from Deaths of Despair

presented by Buffy Peters, Hamiltons Funeral Home

4:05pm - 5:15pm Ryan Hampton Unscripted. The Comeback Is the Story

presented by Ryan Hampton, 2026 TIME100 Health Honoree, Author