Board Authorized Prevention Advisor (BAPC) – IPGGC

Kaitlin Brown, LPC, LADC, ICGC-II, IGDC, BACC, is a behavioral well being skilled with over 15 years of expertise in co-occurring problems, specializing in playing and gaming prevention, training, and remedy. She at the moment serves because the Senior Director of Programs and Services for the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling (CCPG), the place she leads statewide initiatives targeted on prevention programming, helpline providers, neighborhood outreach, {and professional} coaching.

In addition to her management position at CCPG, Kaitlin serves on the Board of Directors for the International Problem Gambling and Gaming Certification Organization (IPGGC) and is an Adjunct Professor at Fairfield University. She is dedicated to advancing the sector by training, management, and workforce growth, and regularly presents nationally on subjects together with playing/gaming remedy, prevention methods, and rising developments in behavioral well being.

Kaitlin has been acknowledged for her contributions to the sector, together with receiving the National Council on Problem Gambling’s Jim Wuelfing Prevention Award and the Coalition Sector All Star Award from the Connecticut Association of Prevention Professionals. As a mom of three younger kids, Kaitlin is very enthusiastic about prevention efforts geared toward lowering dangers and growing consciousness amongst youth, households, and communities.

Julie Hynes, MA, CPS, IGDC is a Certified Prevention Specialist with greater than 20 years of expertise in drawback playing prevention and accountable playing. She at the moment serves as Director of Responsible Gaming at DraftKings, the place she leads initiatives in secondary and tertiary prevention targeted on buyer messaging and worker coaching. Prior to becoming a member of DraftKings, Julie served as Executive Director of the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling, educating drawback playing and human providers coursework at University of Oregon, and main major prevention efforts with the PreventionLane drawback playing prevention program. Julie’s work has been nationally acknowledged by the National Council on Problem Gambling with the Wuelfing Award for Prevention (2012) and the Don Hulen Award for Advocacy & Awareness (2022).

Melissa Toney-Williams is the Associate Director, Community Engagement and Partnerships at Responsible Gambling Council (RGC), main the strategic growth and implementation of RGCs Ministry funded program prevention training and consciousness program in Ontario.

Melissa joined RGC in 2021 because the lead of Community Outreach the place she has expanded upon program scope and attain by constructing relationships with a various vary of neighborhood stakeholders who share a dedication to drawback playing prevention.  Melissa has over 25 years expertise in neighborhood growth/engagement, and management inside municipal authorities and non-profit sector.