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Building on the tremendous success of the first-ever Pinetree Resilience Conference in 2019, this year we focus on leveraging the new “science of thriving” to create innovative approaches to trauma in our communities. The 2020 Resilience Conference brings another national leading expert on ACEs & trauma-informed care to the NH Seacoast region. Dr. Christina Bethell is an engaging speaker who spearheaded the most up-to-date research supporting evidence-based responses to trauma. Join with us to inspire community action, with an emphasis on addressing causes and solutions to the opioid epidemic.

The 2020 Conference is made possible through the generous support of

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The Honorable Tina Nadeau

Tina L. Nadeau is the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. Justice Nadeau also serves as a board member of the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals and New Futures, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates, educates and collaborates to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug problems in New Hampshire. She is a faculty member of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. She participates as a member of the Steering Committee for the Portsmouth Community Coordinated Response to Substance Misuse and is a member of the National Judicial Opioid Task Force. Last month, Justice Nadeau joined the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice.

Justice Tina Nadeau began her legal career in 1989 as an assistant attorney general for the state of New Hampshire. She worked in the Homicide Division for four years before transitioning to Legal Counsel for former Governor Steve Merrill. In 1996, Nadeau was appointed to the New Hampshire Superior Court as an associate justice. In this capacity, she served as the supervisory justice for the Rockingham Court. In 2011, Nadeau was elevated to her current position as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. She holds a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

She has received numerous awards including the 2013 Caroline Gross Fellowship Award to attend the Kennedy School of Government Executive Leadership program, the 2013 Eric Cogswell Achievement Award for her commitment to addressing the over-incarceration of offenders with mental illness, the 2013 Marilla Ricker Award for women in leadership, and the Wheelock-Nardi Award from the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester for her work on behalf of people with mental health and substance abuse issues. In 2016 she also received the leadership award from the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals for her work in bringing drug courts throughout the state of New Hampshire.

Watch Tina’s TedX talk

Gordon Smith

Gordon H. Smith, Esq. was appointed by Governor Janet Mills as Director of Opioid Response in January 2019. From this position, housed within the Office of Innovation and the Future, Gordon marshals the collective power of state government to combat the opioid epidemic. He is responsible for coordinating and directing Maine’s response to the opioid crisis, including prescriber education and reduction of opioid prescribing, prevention and treatment of substance use disorder, and harm reduction strategies.

To accept this position, Mr. Smith stepped down as the Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Maine Medical Association, the largest physician organization in the state, where he had served as its EVP since September 1993 and where he began as General Counsel in 1981. As a lobbyist for physicians, Mr. Smith had the opportunity to be engaged in some of the most challenging issues of our time, to build collaborative relationships, and to improve both the health and healthcare of Mainers. One of his proudest accomplishments is his contribution to forming the Maine Coalition on Smoking or Health in 1980 which proceeded to pass more than 20 laws over the next three decades, cleaning up the indoor air in the state from second-hand tobacco smoke. The group is now part of the Maine Public Health Association.

He graduated from the University of Maine with the highest distinction in 1973 and from the Boston College Law School, magna cum laude, in 1976. He is a past Chairman of the American Society of State Medical Association Counsel, a nation-wide group of 140 attorneys representing medical associations. Mr. Smith has also served as Chairman of the American Medical Association/State Medical Society Litigation Center, the Maine Health Data Organization and the Advocacy Resource Center of the American Medical Association. He is a former board member and chair of Quality Counts, a former board member of the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership, and the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Mr. Smith is a frequent lecturer to medical groups on various medical legal subjects.

Listen to Gordon’s Maine Public interview