Elizabeth Temple serves as the President and CEO of Birchwood Solutions, LLC. – a healthcare compliance firm changing the engagement of substance abuse for individuals during and post treatment.

Elizabeth has over 14 years’ experience in healthcare primarily focusing on administrative processes and compliance. Her experience began as clerical work, quickly expanding to work in clinical billing and audits reviewing Medicare insurance claims and appeals. Elizabeth continued her clerical experience in a healthcare legal and compliance department where she assisted healthcare paralegals and attorney focus on facility compliance. With her strong healthcare experience, Elizabeth advanced as an office manager for a private network of family practice clinics while she worked her way through college.

After receiving a Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis of Instructional Technology from the University of South Florida, Elizabeth began developing a process for online recovery support groups for healthcare professionals. Combining her knowledge of healthcare and passion for education, Elizabeth designs and implements effective solutions for the recovery communities.

Her work with State Alternative Programs and Licensing Boards continues to enhance program offerings and make a positive impact on lives. Birchwood’s expanded solutions, including electronic assessments, allow programs to stratify the behavioral/dependency levels of a patient population to establish a dependency care plan.

Throughout her career, she has served on several educational committees including the Instructional Technology Student Association of Florida and Media & Tech Committee of Florida. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Hemophilia Association for almost 2 years.Lori McCarter, LADAC II, QCS, NCAC I, has worked in the recovery field for 28 years. She recently opened a 16-bed inpatient facility for women who are pregnant and/or have trauma issues. She has worked with Tennessee Professional Assistance since 1997. She was the 2014 President of Regional ETAADAC, the 2015-17 President of TN Addiction Professionals Association and in 2015 received the Lifetime Achievement Award for East TN Addiction Professional Association.