Denise Crosson, Ph.D.

Director of Research – Having completed a primary program of nursing education and an associate degree in nursing in 1983, Dr. Crosson worked in hospital and home based settings as a nurse and a nursing administrator for seventeen years before returning to school to complete a baccalaureate, masters (nursing, family nurse practitioner), and doctoral degree (research, risk and resilience). Her doctoral work was funded via an individual NRSA from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (F31 NR007929, 9/01-9-04). Dr. Crosson taught and participated as a research team member at Virginia Commonwealth University for five years before accepting the position as Director of Research Programs with the Foundation for Recovery.

Kelly Dennehy

Research Assistant – For the past several years, Kelly Dennehy has conducted research in the field of behavioral science and is currently a student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas completing her Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Psychology. She has been a resident of Las Vegas for five years.

Lloyd Heiner

Controller – Lloyd Heiner has spent many years in both public and private accounting practices. During those years he has audited the books and records of for-profit and non-profit organizations in addition to completing various federal and state tax returns for them. The last six years Lloyd spent as the Chief Financial Officer of a local non-profit corporation. He is a graduate of the University of Utah and spent five years active duty in the U.S. Air Force. He lived in Las Vegas in the late seventies and early eighties and moved back permanently in 2000.

Logan Smith

Research Assistant – A native resident of Las Vegas, Logan is currently a student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and plans on graduating with his Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Psychology and a minor in Spanish. He actively participates in research with the Foundation for Recovery and on-campus at UNLV.

Megan Branstetter

Research Assistant – Megan Branstetter is native to the Las Vegas Valley and is a senior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She will be graduating in December 2008 with her Bachelors in Science in Human Services Counseling with an emphasis on Addiction Treatment and Addiction Prevention. Megan then has plans to continue her education with a Master’s in Education with an emphasis in School Counseling in the summer of 2009. She hopes to one day work with youth in the public school system to treat and develop a working curriculum for drug awareness, treatment, and prevention.