National Avatar User Association
Meeting Schedule for 2010
Board Meeting Jan 13 at 9 a.m.
Board Meeting with Netsmart Executives Jan 20 at 4 p.m.
Quarterly Meeting with Workgroup Chairs Jan 28 at 3 p.m.
CONNECTIONS2010 – luncheon May 5
Chuck Busch, President, State of Colorado Chuck.Busch@state.co.us
Rebecca Smith, Vice President, Henderson rsmith@hendersonmhc.org
Joanne Smith, Secretary, Waukesha County, WI jomsmith@waukeshacounty.gov

California Avatar User Group
Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT)
In-person meeting twice per year - CONNECTIONS2010 - Luncheon
Rendell Requiro, Chair, Monterey County requiror@co.monterey.ca.us
Sandi Rizzo, Vice Chair, Mendocino County rizzos@co.mendocino.ca.us
Mark Winslow, Secretary, Fresno County mwinslow@co.fresno.ca.us
Lori Sheets, Communications Officer, San Mateo lsheets@co.sanmateo.ca.us
Cecilia Hutsell, Member Representative, Glenn County chutsell@glenncountyhealth.net
Patrick Barnett, Member Representative, Fresno County pbarnett@co.fresno.ca.us
Alex Washburn, Member Representative, San Diego County alex.washburn@EDCGov.us

California Billing / Fiscal Workgroup
Meets 4th Wednesday of every month; 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT)
Sandi Rizzo, Chair, Mendocino County rizzos@co.mendocino.ca.us

California Cost Report Committee
Meets Weekly on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT)
Sandi Rizzo, Chair, Mendocino County rizzos@co.mendocino.ca.us

California Technical Committee
Meets 3rd Wed of every month at 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT)
Jim Brehmer, Chair, San Francisco County Jim.Brehmer@sfdph.org

California Clinical Committee
Meets 4th Thursday 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT)
Amy Miller, Chair, Monterey County MillerAS@co.monterey.ca.us

North Carolina User Group
Meets twice per month on the first and third Wednesdays from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET
Jeff Harris, Chair, Crossroads Behavioral Health Care JHarris@crossroadsbhc.org
Christal Wood, Secretary, Eastpointe cwood@eastpointe.net

Florida Avatar User Group
Meets 1st Thursday of each month at 11:00 a.m. ET
Rebecca Smith, Vice President, Henderson rsmith@hendersonmhc.org

Michigan User Group
Meets: Monthly calls and Quarterly Meetings
Dianne Forster, Chair, North Country CMH dforster@norcocmh.org
Greg Hofman, Ottawa County ghofman@co.ottawa.mi.us

Washington State Consortium User Group
Quarterly Meetings
Kathy Latimer, Chair, CDRSN IS Manager, WA klatimer@cdrsn.org

Private Hospital User Group
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. ET
Jennifer Broussard, Co-Chair, Brattleboro Retreat jbroussard@retreathealthcare.org
Bonnie Baker, Co-Chair, bbaker@butler.org

Netsmart State User Association
Quarterly Board Meetings
Member Meetings – January 25 at 3 p.m. ET and CONNECTIONS in-person meeting
Renae Zolnowsky, Chair, State of South Dakota Renae.Zolnowsky@state.sd.us
Susan Pennington, Vice Chair, State of Georgia SPenning@dhr.state.ga.us
Joanne Smith, Secretary, Waukesha County, WI jomsmith@waukeshacounty.gov
Chuck Busch, Ex-Officio Chair, State of Colorado Chuck.Busch@state.co.us

Billing Functional Workgroup
Meets 4th Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET
Ruth Case, Co-Chair, State of Colorado Ruth.Case@state.co.us
Kimberly Vitale, Co-Chair, Orange County, NY kvitale@orangecountygov.com

Avatar PM Functional Workgroup
Meets 1st Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. ET
Suzanne Windham, Co-Chair, Life Management Center swindham@lifemanagementcenter.org
Letitia Jackson, Co-Chair, Butler Hospital lajackson@butler.org

CWS Functional Workgroup
Meets 2nd Tuesday monthly at 2 p.m. ET
Jill Burt, Co-Chair, MN Dept. of Human Services Jill.Burt@state.mn.us
Amy Gardner, Co-Chair, State of Georgia asgardner@dhr.state.ga.us

Order Entry Workgroup
Meets every other month - 1st Monday at 2:00 p.m. ET
Jill Burt, Chair, State of Texas Jill.Burt@state.mn.us

Technical Workgroup
Meets 2nd Thursday at 3:00 p.m. ET
Chuck Busch, Chair, State of Colorado Chuck.Busch@state.co.us

MSO Workgroup
Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 2 p.m ET
Dianne Forster, Chair, North Country CMH dforster@norcocmh.org

Methadone User Group
Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m ET.
Charlie Hatheway, Chair, charles.hatheway@hdisp.org

It Finance (CareNet)
Meets Quarterly
Bill Hellar, Chair, Macomb County CMH Office of Substance Abuse bill.hellar@semca.org