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Inside the Northeast Atlantic and Caribbean Hub: Happenings and Highlights – October 2026

Check out the Northeast Atlantic and Caribbean Hub’s October edition of our Happenings and Highlights newsletter!  We hope you find this newsletter a helpful resource for tools, insights, and opportunities to strengthen mental health practices. In this issue: Learn about…

NIATx Change Leader Academy

NIATx began in 2003 with the question: Could the strategies used to improve processes in manufacturing and other industries be used to improve services in substance use disorder treatment settings?

About the Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

The Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub is housed at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions.

We serve HHS Regions 1 and 2, which include Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Staff

Ann Murphy, PhD headshot photo

Ann Murphy, PhD

Director, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Jill Valiant, MS, CPRP headshot photo

Jill Fort-Valiant, PhD, CPRP

Co-Director, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Kaitlin Mitchell, PhD, LCSW

Program Manager and Work Group Coordinator, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Sean Karyczak, PhD, CRC headshot photo

Sean Karyczak, PhD, CRC

Evaluator, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia headshot photo

Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RDN

Internal Consultant, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Brittany Stone headshot photo

Brittany Stone, PhD, LAC, CRC, NCC

Implementation Coach, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

Ifrah Akhtar

Communications Specialist, Northeast Atlantic & Caribbean Hub

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