Department Contacts

Nancy Paull, MS
Chief Executive Officer

Voice: 508-324-3500
Toll-Free: 800-937-3610
TDD: 508-673-3328
Fax: 508-676-5671

Patricia Emsellem
Chief Operations Officer

508-324-3500

Louise Keane
Executive Assistant

508-324-3500

Linda Coutinho
Director of Human Resources

508-324-3509

Jon Brett, Ph.D.
Director SSTAR of Rhode Island

Voice: 401-294-6160
Toll-Free & TDD: 800-747-6237
Fax: 401-295-2513
E-Mail: jbrett@sstarnk.org
1950 Tower Hill Rd. North Kingstown, RI 02852

ATS – Acute Treatment Services

Director of Nursing
Susan St Amour, NP, CARN
508-235-7054

Clinical Supervisor
Sandy DeGaetano, CADAC, CCS, LADC I
508-235-7038

DDS - Dual Diagnosis Services

Program Director
Maggie Carr, RNCS
508-235-7006

Clinical Supervisor
Paul Lasiewski, M.A.
508-235-7025

SSTAR Step Down Services

Program Director
Sandy DeGaetano, CADAC, CCS, LADC I
508-235-7038

Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services

Program Director
Erica Sahlin, LICSW
esahlin@sstar.org
508-324-3511

IOP – Intensive Outpatient Program

Program Coordinator
Crystal Cote, LMHC
ccote@sstar.org
508-235-7087

Batterer’s Intervention Program

Program Director
Dan Buckley
dbuckley@sstar.org
508-324-3597

Driver Alcohol Education Program

Program Coordinator
Paula Beaulieu
pbeaulieu@sstar.org
508-324-3513

Women’s Center

Program Director
Dale Brown, M.Ed., LMHC
dbrown@sstar.org
508-324-3529

Project Aware

Program Director
Robert Hitt
rhitt@sstar.org
Tel. 508-324-7766

BOLD

Program Director
Karen Fischer
kfischer@sstar.org
508-324-3537

Youth Program

Coordinator
Michael Aguiar
sstaryp@aol.com
508-324-3598

SSTAR of Rhode Island

Director of Inpatient Services
Cynthia Adams, RN, CARN
401-294-6160

SSTARBIRTH

Program Director
Diane Gouveia, RN
dgouveia@sstarbirth.com
Location: 80 East Street Cranston, RI 02920
401-463-6001

LIFELINE

Lifeline Director
Lisa Garcia, BS
lgarcia@sstar.org