Best Practice in Disruptive Event Management for the Workplace

Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC, CCS, FAAETS, presenter

Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC, CCS, FAAETS, serves as Director, Training and Consultant Relations for the R3 Continuum. He is a licensed social worker and certified addiction counselor. Dennis has received training and supervision in Cognitive Therapy from the Beck Institute in Philadelphia, PA. He has participated in a train the trainer courses in Motivational Interviewing and has provided this training to a variety of mental health, substance abuse agencies and in the business community.

Jeff Gorter, MSW, presenter

Jeff Gorter, MSW, serves as the Clinical Director, EAP Liaison for R3 Continuum. Mr. Gorter brings over 27 years of clinical experience including consultation and extensive on-site critical incident response to businesses and communities. He has responded directly to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, and the earthquake/tsunami in Japan. He has conducted trainings and presented at the APA Annual Conference, the World Conference on Disaster Management, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and at other state, national, and international venues on a variety of topics, including critical incident response.

Gordon Greer LMSW ACSW CAADC, presenter

Gordon Greer LMSW ACSW CAADC, serves as Director, Productivity Assurance Call Center at R3 Continuum. He has been a respected mental health clinician in the Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area for over fifteen years. He earned his degree in English secondary education from Indiana University (IUPUI), and his master's degree in clinical social work from Western Michigan University. Before joining R3 in 2015, Gordon worked at Forest View Hospital for more than a decade, with a specialization in psychiatric case management, adolescent/adult behavioral health, family therapy, group therapy, and the field of traumatic stress. He also coordinated Forest View's regionally and nationally regarded Psychological Trauma Program, with a specialization in dissociative disorders and conditions related to traumatic stress.

Judy Beahan, MSW, presenter

Judy Beahan, MSW. From 1988 – 1998 Judy worked as an Employee Assistance Program Account Executive providing management consultation, training, program development, and customized workplace interventions. From 1998 – 2010 Judy served in program development and managerial roles in behavioral healthcare, served on crisis response teams and maintained a practice as a licensed therapist. Additionally, Judy is a trained mediator, EMDR Level I, certified Journal to the Self Instructor, and certified QPR Gatekeeper Instructor for Suicide Prevention.

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Dr. Gibson is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years in research, clinical and consulting practice. He has also held leadership roles in research administration and program evaluation and more recently has specialized in program evaluation and system analysis. He draws upon his years of expertise as a practicing psychologist, administrator, researcher and technologist to help universities evaluate their programs to implement, meet, and maintain CACREP standards.