New National Guard initiative, the Prevention, Treatment and Outreach (PTandO) Initiative, done in partnership with SAMHSA

Summary: Our guest is Beverly Watts Davis. In January 2007, Beverly Watts Davis was appointed as the Senior Advisor on Substance Abuse to the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration after serving over three years as the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). As CSAP Director, Ms. Davis worked in partnership with Federal agencies, State and local government, and public and private sector organizations to prevent illegal drug use and the abuse of legal drugs by building resilience among young people, facilitating recovery, and promoting protective factors and reducing risk factors in communities nationwide. Prior to her appointment at SAMHSA/CSAP, Ms. Davis was the Executive Director of San Antonio Fighting Back and the Senior Vice President with the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County.