PAARI Pros

The PAARI Pro initiative was designed to create a network of experienced law enforcement and public health professionals who provide ongoing advice to support peers involved in deflection work. Through their leadership, PAARI Pros foster knowledge-sharing to further PAARI’s mission.

Why Connect with a PAARI Pro?

PAARI Pros offer expertise across a wide range of topics, helping peers overcome challenges, develop new initiatives, and enhance their impact.

Whether you’re looking for tailored advice or solutions to specific obstacles, PAARI Pros are here to help.

Email us at PAARIPros@paariusa.org to:

• Ask questions on specific topics (include the topic in your subject line)
• Set up a one-on-one consultation with a PAARI Pro

Join Quarterly Office Hours!

Our “Ask a PAARI Pro” office hours offer a space for you to get your questions answered and learn from others in the field.

Sign up for the next session HERE.

Areas of Expertise:

• Advocacy
• Data collection
• Deflection/Diversion Initiative implementation and development
  • Co-Response
  • Community Response
  • Drug Treatment Court
  • Emergency Response Teams/Quick Response Team (QRT)
  • Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion/Let Everyone Advance with Dignity (LEAD)
  • Mobile Crisis Response
  • Naloxone distribution
  • Officer Referral
  • Overdose Outreach
  • Post-arrest/jail diversion related to substance use
  • Situation Table/Hub model
  • Walk-in/Angel Program/Safe Station
• Emerging threats (Fentanyl, Xylazine, etc.)
• Funding
• Harm reduction
• Lived experience
• Overcoming barriers
• Science of addiction
• Stakeholder and partnership building
• Marketing or public relations
• Policy

Don’t see your topic listed? Contact us—we’ll match you with a PAARI Pro who can help!

2025 Cohort of PAARI Pros

• Alabama

• • • Joseph Stanford, Chief of Police, Ashland Police Department (Learn more)

• Massachusetts

• • • Meredith Hurley, Director, Winthrop Department of Public Health & Clinical Services (Learn more)
    • Natashia Patricio, Program Coordinator, New Bedford Police Department (Learn more)
    • Roberto Tito Rodriguez, Community Navigator, Community Impact Unit- Gloucester Police Department (Learn more)

• Michigan

• • • David Kendziorski, Lieutenant, Saginaw Police Department (Learn more)
    • Dunya Kilano, Director of Operations, Face Addiction Now (Learn more)

• Minnesota 

• • • Jamie Pearson, Police Captain, Shakopee Police Department (Learn more)

• Missouri

• • • Rachel Alcantara, Co-Responder, Cape Girardeau Police Department (Learn more)
    • Dr. Shannon Farris, Co-Responder, Cape Girardeau Police Department (Learn more)
    • Will Rogers, Corporal, Cape Girardeau Police Department (Learn more)

• New Hampshire

• • • Jacquelyn Ingersoll, Manager of External Relationships and Referrals, Farnum (Learn more)

• New Jersey

• • • Erica Valvano, Corporal, Morris County Sheriff’s Office (Learn more)

• New York

• • • Steven D’Agata, Chief of Police, Village of Liberty Police Department (Learn more)
    • Ryan Macherone, Lieutenant, Schenectady Police Department (Learn more)
    • Nicholas Mannix, Sergeant, Schenectady Police Department (Learn more)

• Ohio

• • • Tom Fallon, Commander (Retired), Hamilton County Heroin Task and QRT (Learn more)

• Washington, D.C.

• • • Stephen McConachie, International Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Learn more)

• West Virginia

• • • Connie Priddy, RN/Huntington QRT Program Coordinator, Cabell County EMS/Huntington QRT (Learn more)

• Wisconsin

• • • Joe Balles, Captain (Retired), Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI) Project Coordinator, City of Madison Police Department (Learn more)