Susan Chang
Susan Chang is a longstanding member of our MITI Coding team. Susan is a creative and intuitive person who has worked throughout her career to provide effective and articulate communication. The majority of her work has been focused on customer satisfaction and project management. We are so happy to have her as a foundational member of our Coding team where she works with our clients to enhance their skills in the techniques of Motivational Interviewing.
Susan received her BFA from Tufts University and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Gabrielle Ruiz Tudo
Gabrielle is a Puerto Rican, currently living in Puerto Rico. She is a consultant with studies in psychology. For 10 years she has had experience in the areas of research and community work, including in the roles of counseling, training, supervision, and coordination of programs mostly aimed towards disease and substance use prevention. Trained in Motivational Interview (MI) since 2006, a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2012. She has been part of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) Coders team since 2013, helping professionals become more proficient in their MI skills, both in English and Spanish. From her beginnings in MI, she has been involved in several efforts to make MI more accessible to Spanish speakers.
Orla Adams
Orla is a registered Dietitian originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland and now living in Cardiff, Wales working in the NHS and specialising in weight management. She delivers MI training across multiple health professions alongside her NHS work. Orla became a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) in 2011. She has served as a supportive committee member for MINT UK and Ireland chapter and continues to serve on the Program Planning Committee for the annual international MINT Forum. Orla completed her training in MICA (Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment) in 2019 and also completed training in learning to use MITI 4.2.1 in 2020. Orla is passionate about supporting people to develop their skills and confidence with Motivational Interviewing and she is delighted and honoured to join the team.
MITI Coding Team
Our MITI Coding Team
Alexandra Heinz
Alex Heinz LICSW, MPH is a trainer and consultant based in Boston, Massachusetts. In her role, Alex supports organizations to address issues related to substance use with prevention and early intervention strategies like SBIRT and Motivational Interviewing. She works with organizations to help them implement and sustain workflows, and to develop and deliver skills training and coaching with their staff. Alex has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2020. Her past experience includes several years of clinical work with youth and adults in the areas of intimate partner violence, sexual health, mental health, substance use, and infectious disease. Alex holds a Master’s of Social Work and a Master’s of Public Health from Boston University, and a Bachelor’s of Arts from Boston College. Outside of work, Alex loves getting creative with crafts and DIY home improvement projects, sharing meals with family and friends, and going on walks with her dog Thor.
Donna Darmody
Donna Lynn Darmody, M.S. C.W.P. is the Director of Health Education/Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Coordinator at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. She holds a M.S. in Health and Physical Education from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is a Certified Wellness Professional with the National Wellness Institute and holds a Certification in Chemical Dependency from Roger Williams University. With over 25 years in higher education she has been using MI skills for the past 10 years. She delivers and trains other staff to do Brief Alcohol Skills Interventions with College Students (BASICS). She was the site coordinator for Brown University’s Medical School of Addictions research grant “Project Assist” on stepped care for alcohol interventions with college students. She also was a smoking cessation coach with the “Pathways to Change Research Study” under Dr. James Prochaska at the University of Rhode Island. Presently she is a part time Clinical Research Interventionist with Project ReDIAL (Revisiting Decreasing Injuries from Alcohol) with Lifespan’s Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island and Miriam Hospital in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Trained in basic MI in 2006 (15 hours) by MINT trainer Stephen Berg Smith at the National Wellness Conference in Wisconsin she then attended the Health Education and Training Institute’s (HETI) Basic and Advanced MI Training in 2009 (22hrs) with MINT trainer Stephen Andrew and was trained in MITI 3.1 (15 hours) with Ali Hall, J.D. in 2010. Besides being a coder for HETI she provides individualized feedback sessions for her student Interventionists.
Kelly Tabor
Kelly Tabor MSW, RSW is a registered Social Worker in Ottawa, ON Canada, became a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2018, and is currently working as an independent clinical consultant and Motivational Interviewing trainer.
Kelly has 16 years experience in the not-for-profit sector working with a variety of populations, and has spent the majority of her career working on a multidisciplinary community based mental health treatment team. Over the course of her career, she has been recognized for her contributions to healthy workplace culture, staff learning and development, and community partnership building. Kelly is passionate about working with other helping professionals, health care and social service agencies as they work to integrate and develop competency in MI.
Kelly is trained in the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA) in 2019, the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) 4.2.1 in 2021, and is honored to be a new member of the HETI coding team!
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