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About Southwest Prevention

The State of Utah has designated 13 Local Substance Abuse Authorities (LSAA) to provide professional expertise in Substance Abuse Prevention & Education on a local level. Southwest Behavioral Health Center is the Local Authority for the Southwest Five Counties of Utah:​
  • Washington
  • Iron
  • Kane
  • Beaver
  • Garfield
Southwest Prevention Services currently staff trained & licensed prevention specialists in all five counties, and have a personnel of 12 prevention employees. These staff are educated and qualified through local, state and national trainings, and provide consulting and education to community leaders, educators, public agencies and citizens. (See a full list of Services and Resources provided by Southwest Prevention).
All of our staff have an open-door policy and encourage any-and-all community members to contact them for substance abuse and prevention education services and questions.

Administration
Click on one of our staff to learn more about them
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(435) 634-5652
lreid@sbhcutah.org
​​474 W. 200 N.
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St. George, Utah 84770

​Logan Reid

Director of Prevention & Education Services
Years in Prevention: 14 at Southwest, 18 (if you count high school and college prevention work)
Current Prevention Passion: Scientifically proven parenting strategies.
Did you have a CB radio handle in high school? 
Yes; Lil' Buford.
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(435) 867-7622
asain@sbhcutah.org
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​245 E. 680 S. 
Cedar City, UT 84720

Allen Sain

Regional Director
​of Southern Utah Prevention 

Washington County
474 W. 200 N. 3rd Floor, St. George, UT 8477
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(435) 634-5653
twillie@sbhcutah.org

Teresa Willie

Prevention Specialist
Washington County 
Years in Prevention: 23
Current Prevention Passion: Suicide prevention and healthy body image.
Who is your doppleganger? 
Merida from Brave
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(435) 634-5638
khutchison@sbhcutah.org

Kim Hutchison

Prevention Secretary
​Washington County
Years in Prevention: <1 
Current Prevention Passion: Learning about the risk and protective factors among youth.
Alter job? 
Connoisseur of fish tacos, visiting all the great fish taco spots in the world.
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(435) 634-5604
jcormani@sbhcutah.org

Jamie Cormani

Prevention Specialist
​Washington County
Years in Prevention: 3
Current Prevention Passion: Public speaking
Hugs? Yes
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(435) 634-5636​
jfield@sbhcutah.org

Jennifer Field

Prevention Specialist
Washington County 
Years in Prevention: < 1 
Current Prevention Passion: Building resilience in teens.
Where is the most interesting place you have traveled? 
The Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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(435) 634-5613
​kwhipple@sbhcutah.org

​Krista Whipple

Prevention Specialist
Washington County
Years in Prevention: < 1 
Current Prevention Passion: Resilience. Our youth are experiencing a crisis of resilience right now and too often turning to substance use or self-harm in order to cope. 
When is your birthday? 
Christmas Day.
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(435) 634-5613
​pholiday@sbhcutah.org

​Pamela Holiday

Prevention Specialist
Washington County
Years in Prevention: < 1 
Current Prevention Passion: Building resilience in teens.
Where is the most interesting place you have traveled? 
The Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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(435) 634-5651
rreeve@sbhcutah.org

​Rowdy Reeve

Prevention Specialist
Washington County
Years in Prevention: 3 years
Current Prevention Passion: I have a new found love for working with my community and youth. 
What food could you eat every day? 
TACOS, it's all about the tacos!
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(435) 634-5604
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smeeks@sbhcutah.org

​Stephanie Meeks

Prevention Specialist 
Washington County
Years in Prevention: < 1 
Current Prevention Passion: Early intervention regarding mental health issues among youth.
Are you good at climbing trees? 
I climbed a 100 foot tree in Lake Tahoe, California when I was 10 years old, so you tell me. 
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(435) 634-5604
slaws@sbhcutah.org

​Stetson Laws

Prevention Specialist
Washington County
Years in Prevention: < 1 
Current Prevention Passion: Resilience. Our youth are experiencing a crisis of resilience right now and too often turning to substance use or self-harm in order to cope. 
When is your birthday? 
Christmas Day.

Iron County
245 E. 680 S. Cedar City, UT 84720
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(435) 867-7649
hbaxley@sbhcutah.org

Heidi Baxley

Prevention Specialist
​Iron County
Years in Prevention: 9
Current Prevention Passion: E-cigs, but it will probably change.
What are you a closet fan of?
Korean soap operas.
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(435) 867-7649
​rwood@sbhcutah.org

Rylee Wood

Prevention Specialist
​Iron County
Years in Prevention: <1 
Current Prevention Passion: Underage drinking in a college town.
 How many continent have you visited? 5 of 7. 
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(435) 867-7649
bveater@sbhcutah.org

BreAnn Veator

Prevention Specialist
​Iron County
Years in Prevention: 3
Current Prevention Passion: Youth Coalition
What is something you could research all day? 
Paranormal events.
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(​435) 867-7649 
kchilds@sbhcutah.org

Kennedi Childs

AmeriCorps VISTA
Years in Prevention: <1 
Current Prevention Passion: Understanding the nature of mamajuana and its impact on the developing brain. 
 Have you ever had a pixie cut? Yes, from the seventh through ninth grade and I totally rocked it.  
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Garfield County
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(435) 676-8176
mveater@sbhcutah.org

Melissa Veater

Prevention Specialist
Garfield County
Years in Prevention: 18
Current Prevention Passion: Bringing communities together; quality parenting
How do pronounce your last name? Vader, like Darth Vader, (but I hate Star Wars)...
609 North Main, Suite 6, Panguitch, UT 84759
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(435) 676-8176
hdunton@sbhcutah.org

Heather Dunton

Prevention Specialist
​Garfield County
Years in Prevention: 2
Current Prevention Passion: Social development strategy.
What is you favorite holiday? Halloween!
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(435) 676-8176
npollock@shbcutah.org

​Nick Pollock

Prevention Specialist 
​Garfield County
Years in Prevention: 3
Current Prevention Passion: Youth strategies. 
Have you ever been hypnotized? No, but I know how to hypnotize others. 
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​(435) 676-8176
kjohnson@shbcutah.org

​Kelci Johnson

Prevention Specialist 
Garfield County
Years in Prevention: <1 
Current Prevention Passion: Bringing communities together; quality parenting
Most satisfying activity? Finding flat, smooth rocks, perfect for skipping.

Kane County
310 S. 100 E. #11, Kanab, UT 84741
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(435) 644-4520
aheaton@sbhcutah.org

Ashley Heaton

Prevention Specialist
​Kane County
Years in Prevention: 8
Current Prevention Passion: Prevention use and abuse on cannabis
Favorite time of the day? Nap time
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(435) 689-1588
​klittle@sbhcutah.org

​Kinsey Little

AmeriCorps VISTA
Years in Prevention: < 1
Current Prevention Passion: Helping strengthen the family unit by educating parents on how to protect their kids from harmful substances.
What is your favorite animal? Jellyfish.

Beaver County
75 W. 1175 N. Beaver, UT 84713
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(435) 438-5537
rhutchings@sbhcutah.org

Ronda Hutchings

Prevention Specialist
​Beaver County
Years in Prevention: 19
Current Prevention Passion: Suicide prevention
Do you have a nickname? 
The kids at school call me "Ro Ro", or "Mamma Ro Ro".
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(435) 438-5537
mgines@sbhcutah.org

Maddy Gines

AmeriCorps VISTA
Years in Prevention: Just over one
Current Prevention Passion: Decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors

What is something you hate, but wished you loved? Cilantro. I think it tastes like soap (it's genetic, look it up), so it always ruins delicious Mexican food. 

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