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Brenda Hill - Co-President
Brenda Hill has been involved with SAP since 1994.  She has served as a Delegate for Region 18 and as first vice president for several terms before being elected Co-President in 2008.  Brenda Works as a Prevention Specialist with Perry County Counseling Center which is located in DHS Region 5 Southern Illinois.  She provides TA to several SAP teams located in the schools of Perry County as well as alcohol and drug prevention through a grant from the DHS Bureau of Community Health and Prevention.
Betty Cress - Co-President
I have been in SAP since 1990 - 2001 at Sacred Heart Griffin High School in Springfield, IL. Transferred to Glenwood High School in Chatham, IL in 2001-now. My duties as a SAP person has been to facilitate support groups and be involved with Prevention. I had my first Snowball at SHG in 1990 and have had one every year since. I have also been actively participating in the IDEA Conference since 1990.
Kevin Leslie, Vice President  
Kevin has been a Student Assistance Coordinator at Downers Grove North High School and IASAP member for the past 7 years. He is an MSW and LCSW and has worked in the mental health field for the last 27 years.
Toylee Green-Harris, 2nd Vice President
Toy is the Student Assistance Resource Specialist for Prevention First Student Assistance Center.  Her main responsibility is to help develop SAP’s within the Chicago Public School district and to assist SAP’s within DHS Regions 1 and 2.    Throughout her career Toy has worked to help others understand their potentials.


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Erin Lowry-Treasurer  

Erin was hired at Glenwood Middle School in 2003 as their Social Worker and spearheaded the current GMS SAP of which she is the coordinator.  Her duties are varied with emphasis on seeing students individually; facilitating support groups for students as well as coordinating the SAP Core Team. She is also the Bully Buster coordinator. She has been a member of IASAP for seven years prior to becoming the treasurer.

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Nancy Bivens - Secretary
Nancy is the school social worker at Alton High School. She has been an active member of the Alton HS SAP team since 1993 and has been a social worker since graduating from St. Louis University in 1972.

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