Steve Forzato
Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)
Forzato began his law enforcement career at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in 1986. In 1992, Forzato transferred to the Narcotic Enforcement Team and for the next 27 years, worked in undercover roles and investigated drug traffickers, pursuing them locally, nationally and internationally. As a Lieutenant, Forzato supervised undercover detectives and 480 local police officers who served in a drug task force. Forzato led more than 100 wiretaps where his team seized thousands of pounds of drugs including kilograms of heroin and fentanyl. Forzato was sworn-in as a federal agent in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. In 2017, Forzato joined Pennsylvania’s Attorney General as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives where he led new initiatives addressing the drug overdose crisis in Pennsylvania.
Forzato testified as an expert in drug abuse, trafficking, and wiretapping in local, state and federal courts. Forzato has interviewed hundreds of drug dealers, suppliers and users. Forzato remains up to date on the current drug-trafficking trends statewide, nationally, and internationally.
Forzato trained thousands of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and public health officials. Forzato now directs the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University and leads its Phoenix Training for first responders.
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Director, Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)
Bryan McCauley
Program Coordinator, First Responder Addiction Treatment (FRAT)
Bryan McCauley is the Program Coordinator for the First Responders Addiction Treatment (FRAT) Program at Livengrin Foundation, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Bensalem, PA. Bryan is a Marine Corps Veteran, a former firefighter, and served as a police officer/ detective in Montgomery County and Philadelphia for twenty years. Much like the veterans and emergency responders he works with, he had to overcome his own alcoholism and engage in recovery. He has been sober and working with others since September 2010. Bryan is continuing his education, attending Alvernia University in the Addictions and Mental Health program. His passion lies in educating and helping others to understand and overcome the disease of addiction.
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Program Coordinator, First Responder Addiction Treatment (FRAT)
Janene Holter, PhD.
PA LETI (Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative)
Dr. Holter develops and implements initiatives that assist law enforcement across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including developing, policy writing, and managing the PA LETI (Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative) for counties and the Office of Attorney General. Dr. Holter also instructs law enforcement officials on substance use disorder, stigma, and conducting referrals to treatment in conjunction with law enforcement diversions. She also works with private insurance and the Single County Authorities to help any individuals get into treatment. Dr. Holter’s serviced as an Undercover Narcotics Agent, Supervisory Narcotics Agents, Adult Probation/Parole Officer, Caseworker with Kids Peace National Hospital, and Alcohol Case Manager, provides her expert insight into developing diversion policies that meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders. She received her PhD in Leadership from Alvernia University where she is an adjunct faculty member in their Criminal Justice Department.
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PA LETI (Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative)
