Collaborative Leadership Award

National DEC is pleased to announce the 2011 Collaborative Leadership Award Winners

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Lieutenant Ed Gould & Wayne Kowal (Connecticut DEC)

Jade Thomas (Colorado DEC)

Lieutenant Eric Nation (Jasper County Iowa DEC)

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At the 2011 National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Courts, "Putting the Pieces Together for Children and Families," National DEC was proud to honor these outstanding individual whose work has successfully created, enhanced, and promoted organizational change and effective collaborative practices to address the issue of substance use disorders among families in treatment, criminal justice, child welfare, and/or dependency court systems.

(L to R): Wayne Kowal, Lieutenant Ed Gould, Deb Spence (USDOJ COPS), Jade Woodard,
Lieutenant Eric Nation

Criteria for the Collaborative Leadership Awards
The Nominee:

• Has promoted effective relationships among systems over a sustained period of time
• Demonstrates leadership in facilitating collaborative processes at multiple levels
• Effectively promotes systems improvement at the local, State, tribal, and Federal levels
• Exercises professional and personal strengths that advance the field of systems collaboration through innovative strategies