Julie Seitz LGSW, MSW, LADC is a Project Director with Impaired Driving Solutions (IDS), All Rise (formerly NADCP) division, providing training and technical assistance to the treatment court field. Julie joined IDS in 2018, bringing over 20 years of experience in the clinical sector and community program development. Before joining IDS, Julie was the clinical director of an internationally recognized treatment center offering the entire continuum of clinical care, including a first-of-its-kind direct access opioid withdrawal unit, where she was the project lead. Identifying the barriers to accessing treatment, Julie worked collaboratively as an advocate for systems change while ensuring clients’ voices and choices were honored. Recognizing the many pathways to recovery and the need for additional recovery services, she worked with a small team to develop and launch a recovery community organization serving rural communities in northern Minnesota. Julie spent ten years as the treatment provider with the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District DWI and Mental Health courts, which are recognized for their excellence at state and national levels. As a published author and clinician, she has spent the last 25 years of her career giving clients a voice. Her work with clients has focused on feedback-informed, research, and outcome-driven practice. As a fierce advocate for education and growing the field, she is also an adjunct professor at the College of St. Scholastica in the Master of Social Work program. Julie has trained at the local, national, and international levels. Julie lives in northern Minnesota with her family and is an avid knitter.
Dr. Nelson’s work covers many facets of addiction, including the relationship between psychiatric comorbidity and DUI offense, how best to develop community recovery environments for youth with substance use problems, and the distribution and determinants of gambling and gambling problems. Dr. Nelson’s DUI work began with her collaboration on an NIH R01 grant to study substance abuse and mental health in repeat DUI offenders. Analyses of this sample demonstrated considerable psychiatric comorbidity and a relationship between that comorbidity and DUI re-offense. Based on this work, Dr. Nelson has been the PI on a multi-year set of projects focused on applying that research to clinical practice. Through these projects, she has led the development and implementation of a mental health assessment system (the Computerized Assessment and Referral System: CARS) at DUI programs across the state of Massachusetts, a randomized clinical trial of CARS at two of those agencies, and a six-month follow-up with more than 300 DUI offenders enrolled in the study. In 2017, she led the expansion of CARS activities to include six national pilot sites who used the program with their DUI clients. CARS was released publicly in June 2017 at www.carstrainingcenter.org. Since then, Dr. Nelson has led the creation of adaptations of CARS that have included diagnostic updates, a Spanish version of the CARS screener, and a version of CARS that can be used in more general behavioral health settings.
Chief Scott Silverii, Ph.D., serves as National Law Enforcement Initiative Manager at Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), where he leads the organization’s law enforcement engagement strategy in support of the HALT Drunk Driving Law — federal legislation mandating passive alcohol detection technology in all new passenger vehicles. A retired Chief of Police with 25 years of experience spanning special operations, undercover narcotics, SWAT command, and DEA task force work, Scott brings operational credibility to prevention advocacy that bridges the gap between the patrol car and the policy table. A recipient of the NHTSA Public Service Award, Medal of Valor, and Purple Heart, Scott holds a Master of Public Administration and Ph.D. in Urban Studies with a concentration in Organizational Administration from the University of New Orleans. He is a published author of nearly 50 books and a frequent voice on public safety technology, impaired driving prevention, and officer wellness.
Dr. Darrin T. Grondel is the Senior Vice President of Traffic Safety at both Responsibility.org and the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID). With extensive experience as the former Director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and a commander with the Washington State Patrol, Dr. Grondel brings a deep understanding of traffic safety issues and leadership in traffic safety initiatives, especially drunk and impaired driving.
In his current role, he spearheads national efforts to eliminate drunk and drugged driving through advocacy, legislative support, programming, and technical assistance at the federal, state, local and tribal levels. A key initiative under his leadership is the development of NASID, a national coalition of subject matter experts dedicated to combating multi-substance impaired driving. This coalition aims to improve the DUI system across all stages including prevention, training, enforcement, toxicology, adjudication, screening and assessments, probation, and treatment.
Dr. Grondel actively contributes to the traffic safety community as a member of several prominent committees, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Roadway Safety Committee, the National Sheriffs Association’s Traffic Safety Committee, Lifesavers Impaired Driving Committee, the National Safety Council’s Alcohol, Drugs and Impaired Driving Division, Impaired Driving Behavioral Interventions Working Group with the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, and the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals’ Impaired Driving Data Working Group and Tribal data working group.
He holds an Educational Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the University of Massachusetts Global, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brigham Young University. Additionally, he is a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.
Erin Inman has dedicated her career to public service, with a focus on educating criminal justice professionals about the dangers of impaired driving and their critical role in reducing injuries and fatalities on America’s roadways. She currently serves as the Director of the National Traffic Law Center (NTLC) at the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), where she leads a team in developing training programs and resources to support Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors (TSRPs) and prosecutors nationwide.
Earlier in her career, Erin was elected as the County Attorney for Prairie County, Montana. She prosecuted a wide range of criminal cases—from traffic violations to homicide while under the influence—and played a key role in child and adult protection teams. Her leadership extended to collaboration as a member of the Eastern Montana Drug Task Force. Following her time as Prairie County Attorney, she served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, where she developed and delivered training to public safety professionals, including prosecutors, law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and public safety communicators. She then became Montana’s first TSRP, where she built and implemented the state’s TSRP program from the ground up. In this pioneering role, she significantly enhanced the capacity of prosecutors to effectively handle traffic safety cases involving serious injury, death, and impaired driving. Her work was instrumental in shaping Montana’s response to emerging issues such as cannabis-impaired driving and Bakken boomtown related commercial motor vehicle crashes in rural communities.
Erin began her career in the health sector and military service, including work as a pharmacy technician in the U.S. Army Reserves. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Soil and Crops Science from Colorado State University and graduated cum laude from Pepperdine Law School.
Annie Kitch is the Principal of AEK Public Strategies, based in Colorado, where she specializes in advocacy strategy, public policy research, and government relations consulting. Her topic areas of expertise include traffic safety issues such as impaired and distracted driving, as well as emergency medical services and 911 systems.
With over a decade of experience in transportation and state government, Annie has a proven track record of supporting policymakers through research, publications, and legislative testimony. At the National Conference of State Legislatures, she supported state lawmakers on state traffic safety and 911 policy. Previously, as a researcher and constituent services staff member for the Colorado Legislative Council Staff, she staffed the Colorado Senate Transportation and Energy Committee and connected hundreds of Coloradans with essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as safe transportation and food assistance. As a process improvement expert with the Colorado Governor’s Office, she collaborated with agencies like the Colorado Department of Transportation to enhance operational efficiency and employee engagement. Annie is currently on contract with Responsibility.org.
Annie has also designed and delivered professional development programs to over 1,000 state legislators, legislative staff, and state agency leaders, focusing on legislative approaches to address traffic safety challenges as well as strategies for improving state agency operations.
Annie holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado-Denver. She serves on the Board of Urban Peak, a Denver-based non-profit that provides services to youth experiencing homelessness.