John Hamilton

Chief Executive Officer

John Hamilton has worked in the field of addiction prevention and treatment since 1981 and is the CEO for Regional Network of Programs, a non-profit behavioral health agency serving the greater Bridgeport community.  Mr. Hamilton holds licenses in Alcohol and Drug Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. Currently, John is President of the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals and President of the Connecticut Southwest Mental Health Board. John is a permanent appointee for the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee and serves on the Executive Committee and Research Utilization Committee. John serves on the Advisory Board for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and is actively involved in community prevention councils in Fairfield County.  Previously, John was Chair of the Dissemination Committee for the NIDA Clinical Trials Network and Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Connecticut Certification Board.  John presents locally and internationally on a variety of topics in the field of addiction treatment and prevention.

Dorna Stover

Chief Operating Officer

Dorna Stover, RNP's Chief Operating Officer, acquired her Bachelors Degree in Sociology from Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut. She received her Masters Degree in Public Administration from University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.  Ms. Stover's vast accomplishments constitute twenty-five years of diversified and progressively responsible experience within the behavioral health environment. Some of the highlights of her accomplishments are: coordinated renovations at the shelter's third and fourth floors; monitored compliance to fire and building codes; successfully secured funds via State Bond Commission; designed and edited organization's annual reports; prepared policy and procedure manual; secured additional funding for renovations through applications for grant-in-aid; revised the organization's brochure; implemented first multi-user/multi-tasking computer system; planned/implemented automated medication dispensing system; supervised/prepared descriptive and trend reports in an automated environment.  Dorna is a member of DMHAS Multicultural Advisory Council and the Co-Chair of Region I, Multicultural Council.

Paul Kelly

Chief Financial Officer

Tina Klem

Chief Clinical Officer

Tina Klem, Chief Clinical Officer for Regional Network of Programs, Inc. has worked in the behavioral health field since 1990.  She received her Master in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University and holds licenses in Clinical Social Work and Alcohol and Drug Counseling.  She is recognized as a certified supervisor in Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Women's Health Education. She is responsible for supervising, directing and coordinating activities of all of the outpatient and residential clinical programs within the organization. With over eighteen years of social service experience, Ms. Klem is actively involved in program planning, grant writing, system analysis, leadership, training, and clinical supervision.  She has secured grants to provide expanded programming to the Latino community and persons living with HIV/AIDS as well as enhanced clinical service delivery for clients with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health issues.  Ms. Klem coordinates and manages clinical research trials in cooperation with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network.  She has successfully collaborated with the University of Connecticut Health Center and Yale University principal investigators and research assistants to implement the following research protocols: Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Women & Trauma, and Group-based Contingency Management.  She currently collaborates on the following research protocols: Contingency Management and Galatamine for Cocaine Abusers to enhance memory.  Ms. Klem serves as the educational coordinator and field instructor to social works schools in Connecticut and New York.  She creates individualized placements for interns, orients them to the service delivery system and provides sound clinical supervision to increase knowledge and skill level.  Thus, she is always contributing to the profession of social work and the future of counseling services.

John Schultz

Quality and Risk Management Director

John has been employed at various Human Service Organizations since 1980. He has worked in residential programs with adolescents, adults with developmental disabilities and adults with substance abuse issues. John was a residential manager for the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation for fifteen years, with a primary focus of maintaining licensing and accreditation for a residential group home program. In 1999, John became the Director of Quality for a large substance abuse provider in Fairfield County and was instrumental in the process of successfully becoming a CARF accredited facility. In 2005, John became the Director of Risk Management and Quality Systems at Stonington Institute.