J. David Hamby is the National Coordinator of the National Emerging Threats Initiative (NETI), a national initiative of the National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA). Mr. Hamby has been with the HIDTA program since 2008 and has been the National Coordinator since 2017. Mr. Hamby has many years of experience commanding narcotics, homicide, intelligence, and countless other field operations. Mr. Hamby retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Chattanooga, Tennessee, with 31 years of service.
Roneet Lev, MD is board certified in emergency and addiction medicine and practices on the front lines. She was the first Chief Medical Officer of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2018-2020, after being chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. In her role as Chief Medical Officer for the Center of Community Research, she chairs the San Diego Community Response to Drug Overdose (CReDO) Task Force bringing together the 3 Ps: Public health, Public safety and Prevention leaders. In 2012, she established and chaired the San Diego Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force, the first of its kind in California. Lev’s medical publications known as the “Death Diaries” studied the details of prescription patterns of people who died from accidental medication overdoses. Dr. Lev is the current executive director of Independent Emergency Physicians Consortium, IEPC, served as President of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2000, and is founder and Vice President of IASIC, the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis. Lev is an energetic leader with a passion to assist communities in preventing and treating addiction. Lev hosts the podcast, High Truths on Drugs and Addiction.
Dr. Raymond Pomm is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. He is also a Certified Medical Review Officer. Dr. Pomm served on the Governor’s Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. In 1992, he began working for the Impaired Professionals Program of the State of Florida, the Professionals Resource Program (PRN). From 1998 until 2011, he served as Medical Director for this organization. PRN serves 29 healthcare boards and councils on matters relating to the impairment of healthcare professionals. Also, from 1994 until 2010, Dr. Pomm was an Expert Consultant to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. He served as River Region Human Services Medical Director from 1994 until 2017. Dr. Pomm presently serves as Chief Medical Officer for Gateway Community Services in Jacksonville, Florida (a nonprofit substance abuse treatment center offering all levels of care and including co-occurring psychiatric services). He has been with Gateway since 2006. He is a Courtesy Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. In addition, he holds an appointment as a Courtesy Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida. He has been a leader in the addiction field as it relates to the evaluation and treatment of co-occurring disorders and the management of impaired professionals. He, most recently, is the author of Project Save Lives, which is funded by the Jacksonville City Council. This program has been successfully initiated in the EDs of 6 hospitals. Dr. Pomm has received multiple awards, including “The Marie Award” from the American Association for treating Opioid Dependence. He is an international speaker and has written multiple publications on issues surrounding addiction as well as healthcare professional impairment.
Jason M. Hunt, MD earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois in 2002. He then completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of Louisville in 2006. He completed an Addiction Medicine Fellowship with the University of Florida in 2016. Before becoming an addiction medicine physician, he served on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association. Dr. Hunt practiced addiction medicine at UF Health / Florida Recovery Center. Currently, his responsibilities include evaluating and treating healthcare professionals and caring for patients in the Dual Diagnosis Unit at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. He also provided consultation services at UF Shands Hospital and treatment for patients admitted to the Florida Recovery Center. Dr Hunt's interests and expertise are in ob/gyn, specifically opioid use disorders in pregnancy, and he has given many lectures across the country. He is currently a Peer Mentor for FADAA and DCF.
