General Conference Coordinator:
Lisa Sviben Miller - Vice President
Derry Township School District
30 East Granada Avenue
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: 717-508-2246
Fax: 717-508-2220
Email: lmiller@hershey.k12.pa.us
Lisa Sviben Miller received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Towson University. Lisa has specialized in working with children and adolescents in a treatment setting as well as within the school setting. She was a Commonwealth Approved Training provider for the Student Assistance Program and is trained as an instructor for Safe Crisis Management, the Olweus Bullying Program, the Second Step Violence Prevention Program and various other programs. She is currently the Mental Health/Intervention Specialist and Director of Safe Schools & Student Services for the Derry Township School District in Hershey, PA. In her current role, Lisa coordinates the Student Assistance Programs K-12, Violence Prevention, Crisis Management, the Incident Response Team as well as all Safe Schools and Student Services efforts for the district. Lisa is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Conference Co-Chairs:
Alycia Lenart
SAP Specialist
Caron Treatment Centers
Galen Hall Road
Box 150
Wernersville, PA 19565
Phone: 610-743-6238
E-mail: alenart@caron.org
Alycia Lenart has been employed by Caron Treatment Centers as a Student Assistance Specialist for over five years. She is a skilled group facilitator trainer who has provided educational seminars for facility, students and parents to public and independent schools. Alycia also coordinates SAP services within schools including assessment services, group facilitation and interventions. She has been providing maintenances to both public and private schools in Pennsylvania, as well as New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut for the last six years. She has also served as a consultant in the development of elementary and secondary student assistance programs as well as assisting in drug and alcohol policy development. She is a Commonwealth Approved Lead Trainer for the last two years. Prior to her work at the Caron Foundation, Mrs. Lenart worked with adolescents who had experienced violence in their home environment.
Erin Keating
Wyoming Valley West School District
Wyoming Valley West High School
150 Wadham Street
Plymouth, PA 18651
Phone: 570-779-5361
Fax: 570-779-2023
Email: ekeating@wvwsd.org
Erin Keating is the Principal of two (2) elementary centers in the Wyoming Valley West School District, near Wilkes- Barre, PA. Erin received her BSED in English from West Chester University. She later received her MED from Wilkes University. Erin began her career as a middle school English teacher, and then served as an assistant principal at Wyoming Valley West High School; most recently accepting an elementary principal position. She has been involved with the SAP program for the past ten (10) years as a team member and building coordinator. Outside of Wyoming Valley West, Erin teaches English at Luzerne County Community College and graduate education courses at King's College.
Scott Owens
154 W. Nittany Ave.
c/o Delta Program|
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-231-1000
Email: sho11@scasd.org
Scott Owens is in his fifteenth year working for the State College Area School District in Special Education at various grade levels and schools. For the last eleven years Scott has worked at the Delta Program, which is a school of choice offered to State College students in grades seven through twelve. He received SAP training in 1999 and has been the SAP Chair at Delta since 2000. In 2006, Scott became a Certified Instructor for State College schools in CPI Training (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention). In the spring of 2007, Scott introduced a nine week Beginning Sign class for Delta students. As a sports enthusiast he has run intramurals and officiated many activities including volleyball, track, basketball, racquetball, weight training, and softball. Scott has been a past or current board member of: National Cued Speech Assoc., Patton Township Business Assoc., and the "Walk to Cure Diabetes" - JDRF committee.
Alison Turley
Centre County Youth Services Bureau
410 S Fraser Street
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-237-5731
Email: aturley@ccysb.com
Allison Turley is the prevention program coordinator at the Centre County Youth Services Bureau (YSB). She has been with the agency for seven years. In this position, Alison oversees prevention programs including AmeriCorps, two community youth centers, street outreach programs and drug and alcohol prevention both in schools and community. She is part of the Centre County SAP district council as well as several other community coalitions including Communities that Care and the Campus Community Partnership against dangerous drinking. Alison also works as a Mobile Crisis Counselor for Centre County CAN HELP. Along with work in the prevention program area, Alison is the Program Coordinator for Accelerated Performance Program, an Adventure Based High and Low ropes challenge course located in Centre County.