October 25 & 26, 2018
This training occurred February 16, 2018.
Join us again in February 2020.
Presenter Bios:
Greg Hudnall, PhD, is the founder and Executive Director of HOPE4UTAH. Dr. Gregory A. Hudnall is a former high school principal, student service director and associate superintendent with the Provo City School District. He has been involved with suicide prevention for the past twenty years and has personally been involved with over twenty-five suicides as a first responder or consultant.
Dr. Hudnall has years of personal experience in working with suicide prevention. He has spent the last fifteen years as the executive director of a community crisis team responding to suicides, he spent four years working with Orem Community Hospital emergency room as a therapist and is in his 16th year as chairman of the Utah Suicide Prevention Conference in partnership with Brigham Young University.
Dr. Hudnall was invited to testify before the United States Surgeon General on suicide in Utah and in 2013 was invited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to present in Washington D.C. on the Circles4HOPE community mental health model at the “Dialogue on Behavior Health and Community Resilience in LDS Communities.”
Dr. Hudnall has years of personal experience in working with suicide prevention. He has spent the last fifteen years as the executive director of a community crisis team responding to suicides, he spent four years working with Orem Community Hospital emergency room as a therapist and is in his 16th year as chairman of the Utah Suicide Prevention Conference in partnership with Brigham Young University.
Dr. Hudnall was invited to testify before the United States Surgeon General on suicide in Utah and in 2013 was invited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to present in Washington D.C. on the Circles4HOPE community mental health model at the “Dialogue on Behavior Health and Community Resilience in LDS Communities.”
Kris Doty-Yells is a graduate of Utah Valley University, having received her bachelor degree in Behavioral Science. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from Brigham Young University and a doctorate in social work from the University of Utah. Kris is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in crisis intervention. Her practice experience includes working in the emergency room at Utah Valley Hospital, and disaster mental health work with the American Red Cross. Kris served as Chair of the Behavioral Science Department at UVU and taught in the social work program until she moved to Texas last spring with her new husband, David. She is now a therapist at a trauma recovery clinic in Texarkana, Texas.
Elijah Nielson is an Assistant Professor of Social Work (tenure-track) at Utah Valley University. He holds degrees in law (JD, LLM) and social work (PhD, MSW). His academic research appears in peer-reviewed journals and his short film "When a child comes out" was chosen for the Official Selection of the LDS Film Festival 2018.
Prior to entering academia Elijah practiced law full-time as a litigation associate with the law firm Gillespie, Shields, Durrant & Goldfarb and also served as a mediator on a number of mediation panels, including but not limited to the Arizona Attorney General's Civil Rights Mediation Panel.
Elijah holds an Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force Reserve and since 2014 has served as a mental health officer with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2017 he was appointed on behalf of the President of the United States as a member of the Selective Service Board.
Prior to entering academia Elijah practiced law full-time as a litigation associate with the law firm Gillespie, Shields, Durrant & Goldfarb and also served as a mediator on a number of mediation panels, including but not limited to the Arizona Attorney General's Civil Rights Mediation Panel.
Elijah holds an Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force Reserve and since 2014 has served as a mental health officer with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2017 he was appointed on behalf of the President of the United States as a member of the Selective Service Board.
