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Kathryn Cates-Wessel, BA (she/her/hers)

Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
East Providence, Rhode Island

Ms. Cates-Wessel has more than 40 years of experience in the substance use disorder field in administration, translational work, coalition building, medical education, and policy. She is Chief Executive Officer of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and Principal Investigator and Project Director of several federally funded grants including, Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS), www.pcssnow.org; Opioid Response Network (ORN), www.opioidresponsenetwork.com; and the Minority Fellowship grant “Recognizing and Eliminating Disparities in Addiction Through Culturally Informed Healthcare” (REACH), www.reachgrant.org. Prior to her work at AAAP, she was the Associate Director of Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies for over 19 years and Executive Director of Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy, a think tank of leaders from law and medicine advocating for prevention, treatment, and recovery of justice involved individuals with substance use disorder. Prior to Brown University, she was the Associate Director of a residential treatment center for adolescents with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental disorders.

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