Rev. Dr. Burton Barr, Jr. has served as an associate minister of the West Side Missionary Baptist Church since 1994. He retired from his position as Director of Prison and Substance Abuse Ministries in 2019. He now serves as a State Opioid Response Consultant for UMSL and teaches Overdose Education & Narcan Distribution classes

Audrey Collins is a Peer Recovery Specialist, and health coach. Audrey’s style of training is to present fact and faith based presentations with tangible experiences with the opioid crisis/epidemic. Audrey aims to provide direct, yet personable training with a directed emphasis on the earnestness of educating and connecting an audience with information and resources to assist others and save lives.

Sidney Everhart currently serves as the Community Engagement Specialist at the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church where she works with rural churches as they explore mission and service opportunities. She attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and received undergraduate degrees in health science and communication and a master’s in public health. In her free time, Sidney enjoys baking, reading, and camping with her husband, Luke, and dog, Charlie.

Indigo Hann (they/all) is a caregiver, community organizer, sex worker, and harm reduction practitioner. They settled in Osage land (St. Louis city) in 2015, led the St. Louis chapter of Sex Workers Outreach Project from 2018-19, and co-founded the MO Ho Justice Coalition in 2020. They currently serve as MO Ho Justice’s Healing Justice Programming Lead. They also work at The T, where they support mobile outreach, opioid harm reduction, spiritual care, and wound care for people who use drugs and bullet injury survivors.

Rachel Hurtado (she/they) is a St. Louis-based master's level social worker dedicated to implementing strategies that build community power, invest in the livelihood of local families, and move toward collective liberation. In addition to consulting with the MIMH Addiction Science Team, she serves as the advocacy and development lead at MO Ho Justice, a grassroots sex worker rights organization, and also assistant teaches community organizing courses at her alma mater, the Brown School at Washington University.

Casey Johnson is an abstinence-practicing Indigenous Harm Reductionist with more than 15 years' experience in Harm Reduction efforts; first as a participant, then a volunteer, and now, a professional (whatever that means). Casey is an abolitionist that believes all people who utilize drugs deserve to live a self-determined life with love, respect, dignity, and justice.

Toni is a consultant/contractor for harm reduction for MIMH. She is an exemplified resilient testimony of recovery is possible. Toni has championed recovery for 19 years with the hope that many more are to come. She is a recipient of multiple awards including Mental Health Champion, Voice award SAMHSA, and Women of Achievement.

In addition to being a pastor, Pam is also a certified life coach, certified peer specialist, Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid Certified, Certified Wellness Champion, as well as being an expert consultant on the SOR grant. Pastor Pamela is a charismatic trainer who conveys information in a way that calls her audiences to action. Pastor Pamela is a peer with lived experience that provides overdose education and stigma reduction with empathetic and engaging presentations across Missouri.

Lesley Weinstein is a consultant for the Missouri SOR grant. Lesley has a heart for community outreach and that is reflected in her empathetic and passionate training style. Lesley has years of experience with community outreach work with people in active use and has a keenly studied approach to her presentations on overdose education, stigma reduction, and harm reduction strategies that offer information in a practical and concise manner.