Dr. Kelly Firesheets, is the vice president for strategy and partnerships for Cordata Community Community Services. She leads the Cordata Community suite of services which includes software, coaching and technical support that improves public health interventions for the opioid crisis. In this role, Kelly provides expertise to Cordata's community partners, including sites in West Virginia, Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia, Minnesota, and several other states. An evaluator by training, Kelly has spent the past decade supporting community-facing, data-informed solutions to the opioid crisis. Kelly is known as an expert in the implementation and evaluation of public health/public safety collaborations, including Quick Response Teams and other models of deflection. Through PTACC, Kelly also co-facilitates the State Leaders Enhancing Deflection (SLED) Network - a learning community for state leaders and policymakers who are interested in supporting deflection initiatives at scale. Kelly holds a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology with a certificate in organizational concepts and management from Xavier University.
