2010 Drug, DUI and Mental Health Court Conference

Presenter Biographies 19
Dr. Claire D. Coles, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at Emory University
School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, and Director of the Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute. Dr. Coles established
and continues to direct clinical services for alcohol and drug exposed children and families at the Marcus
Autism Center. At Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Coles is the director of the Maternal Substance
Abuse and Child Development Prevention Project. Dr. Coles’ research focuses on the developmental and behavioral
effects of prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol and on the interaction of these effects with the postnatal environment.
In addition to the publication of articles and books on these topics, Dr. Coles has served on the Institute
of Medicine’s Committee on FAS, the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
and the FAS Work Group, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
Mr. Bruce J. Cross is a registered pharmacist and has worked for seventeen years as Special Agent for the Georgia
Drugs and Narcotics Agency after operating Cross Pharmacy for seven years in Alpharetta with his pharmacist
wife, Karen. The agency conducts statewide regulatory inspections and investigations for the Georgia Board of
Pharmacy and conducts criminal investigations of cases involving prescription drug diversion. Special Agent Cross is
also a Deputy U.S. Marshall assigned as a Task Force Agent under the supervision and direction of the Food and
Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations. Cross frequently conducts classes for medical and law enforcement
professionals relating to the prevention and investigation of prescription drug diversion. Cross retired
as a Commander from the US Naval Reserve as a naval aviator flying world-wide maritime patrol and antisubmarine
warfare missions in the Lockheed P-3 Orion. Bruce and Karen breed alpacas in Bremen as Wake Robin Alpacas.
Mr. Andrew F. Cummings is the Director of the DeKalb County Drug Court, a two year, judicially-supervised
treatment program for non-violent felony offenders in DeKalb County, Georgia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from
Georgia State University and a Masters in Developmental Psychology from San Francisco State University. Mr.
Cummings is an accomplished speaker and is also a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia Standing Committee
on Drug Courts.
Mr. Russell Eastman is the Policy Coordinator for the Division of Child Support Services. He has worked with
the agency since 1983 in various positions, including agent, supervisor, manager, program consultant, and policy specialist.
He has been the primary grant writer for the agency for 11 years and has overseen projects for Access and
Visitation, fatherhood services, and the Healthy Marriage Initiative. He currently supervises the DCSS Policy Unit.
He received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1976.
Ms. Ingrid Edwards has been with the Muscogee County Adult Drug Court as a Case Manager since May of
2008. In addition to her Case Manager responsibilities, she functions as the Lab Manager for the Siemens Lab,
which Muscogee County opened in October 2009. She received her master’s in Education and Criminal Justice
from Troy University in 2005 and earned her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Forensic Science from
Savannah State University in 1994. Before being blessed to be a part of the Drug Court Family she worked for Head
Start providing quality services to children and families in Case Management for 10 years. Ingrid has been married
for 10 years to Ricky Edwards who helps in raising an 18 and 14 year old (step children) and a four year old and
one year old.