2010 Drug, DUI and Mental Health Court Conference

Presenter Biographies 23
Mr. Mansfield completed his required supervision hours and became fully licensed as a professional counselor in
2004. His clinical interests expanded to include the treatment of clients with Axis II personality disorders, repeated
treatment failure and resistance, and anger management. In June 2006, Mr. Mansfield partnered with John
Capachione M.Ed., LPC and the Resiliency Institute for the sole purpose of developing an agency that specialized in
drug court services. The Resiliency Institute was awarded the drug court treatment contract in July 2006. Under
Mr. Mansfield’s leadership, the Resiliency Institute became the first CARF accredited drug court treatment program
in the State of Georgia in September 2007. Mr. Mansfield lives on St. Simons Island with his wife, Alyssa, and
their two daughters, Anne Riley and Pasley. He is an avid surfer, a grateful recovering alcoholic, and a proud cancer
survivor.
Dr. J. Denise McKinney, MA, Psy. D., has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University. She spent
several years working with sexually abused children and adolescent sex offenders. In addition, she has worked in
the community service board setting serving children and adolescent consumers. In 2007, she began her career as
the clinical coordinator for the Hall County Mental Health Court (H.E.L.P. Program). During her tenure with this
program she has implemented several treatment programs and started collaboration with Hall County Drug Court
to develop a dual diagnosis track.
Mr. Grady A. Moore is Senior Assistant District Attorney for the Cobb Judicial Circuit. He graduated in 1996
from Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as assistant district attorney in Nashville
from 1996 to 2001. In 2001 he moved back home to Georgia serving a brief stint as a civil attorney before
returning to prosecution in 2002. Mr. Moore worked for one year as the designated drug prosecutor for the Tallapoosa
Judicial Circuit. He was hired as Assistant District Attorney in his home county of Cobb in 2003 and promoted
to Senior Assistant District Attorney in 2006. Mr. Moore oversees the prosecution of drug court cases in
Cobb Judicial Circuit..
Dr. Merrill Norton, Pharm. D., NCAC II, CCS, CCDP-D is currently on staff serving as Clinical Associate
Professor University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy in Athens,
Georgia. Dr. Norton is President/CEO Chemical Health Associates, Inc. Athens, Ga. He has expertise in addiction
pharmacy, the specialty areas of addiction medications, psychiatric medications, and pain management medications;
addiction counseling and treatment modalities; psychopharmacology of psychotropic medications; and pain
management of the addicted patient. He has been a trainer/consultant for the National Football League, National
Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, Georgia Medical Association, and is currently a trainer and consultant
for the Atlanta Braves. He also provided counseling assistance for law enforcement involved in the Columbine
school tragedy.