Partner Organizations

Among the greatest sources of fulfillment in Pam Woll’s life as a consultant have been the many individuals and organizations with whom she has worked in collaboration and partnership. Many of these organizations are listed on this page, but first, a few deserve special mention because of the pivotal roles they have played in Pam’s ability to develop and use her knowledge and skills.

First as an employer in the early 1990s, and later as a client, Prevention First, Inc. (PFI) sponsored Pam’s best early efforts in the field of prevention and health promotion. Under the direction of Executive Director Karel Ares, PFI is a national leader and highly esteemed contributor to the body of prevention knowledge and effort.

At the time, former Executive Director Jackie Garner and her team offered Pam the chance to learn and grow as a writer and forge multiple collaborative relationships. And the mentorship and encouragement of Steven Guerra, former Director of the organization’s Chicago Office, created an atmosphere in which Pam found many opportunities for creative exploration of topics of vital importance, including the influence of trauma on human development.

It was also through Prevention First that Pam found her mentor William L. White, Senior Research Consultant for Chestnut Health Systems. Bill has been a source of inspiration and encouragement, and the best possible example of just about everything that makes a good thinker, writer, presenter, and human being.

Pam’s deepest and longest-lasting partnership has been with the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), one of 14 Regional Centers in the ATTC National Network and a project of Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. The Great Lakes ATTC has served as a model of collaboration and a national leader in the emerging realm of recovery-oriented systems of care, publishing and building on Bill White's seminal work in that area. Under the guidance of Principal Investigator Larry Bennett, PhD and Co-Investigator Nathan Linsk, PhD, Director Lonnetta Albright and her team have made Great Lakes ATTC a welcoming home through all the phases of Pam’s involvement there, as has their sister Center, the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC).

Another highly satisfying collaboration was the "America's Best" series of materials for employers and educators working with service members and veterans, a project that evolved out of a partnership with Give an Hour (GAH) and the National Organization on Disability.

Pam's most exciting new project is a report on peer support services for veterans and their families, undertaken in collaboration with Abt Associates and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

In the human service fields that have been her home since 1989, Pam has worked for and with a multitude of wonderful organizations. Among these, the agencies, organizations, and institutions listed below rank particularly high in her esteem. Some have been clients for her professional services, some have worked with her as collaborators on multi-agency projects, and some have hosted forums in which Pam has had a chance to hone her training skills. Not only have they provided opportunities for meaningful work and collaboration, but they have also taught her much about the complexity of the challenges to be met, the importance of community, the meaning of collaboration, and the spirit of service. They include:

Abt Associates

Access Community Health Network

Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network National Office (also the site of the Network as a whole)

Altarum Institute

Army Wounded Warrior (AW2) Program

The CENAPS Corporation

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Central DuPage Hospital

Chicago Public Schools

Cook County Bureau of Health Services

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Houston

DePaul University, Center for Community Research