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August Speaker 2026: Gordan Graves
Gordon is a community employment coordinator for the VAs Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program. Gordon has graciously offered to tell his story of recovery, sobriety and connecting with that “little voice inside of you that’s constantly trying to guide and direct...
September Speaker 2026: Roger St Julian
Roger St Julian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private practice in Washington state. He is an Army Veteran, having served in the 82nd airborne with a deployment to Iraq in support of operation OER. He is a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach...
October Speaker 2026: Alan Basham
About Alan Basham Alan Basham is a recently retired faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Eastern Washington University, where he helped to train Mental Health Counselors and School Counselors for over twenty years. He has presented multiple times at the...
November 2026 Speaker: Dr Young GU
Dr. Young is an Associate Professor at Gonzaga University where he serves as Director of the Marriage and Family Counseling program in the Department of Counselor Education. His research interests are healthy couple relationships and live supervision. He has written...
July 2026 Speaker: Spokane County District Therapeutic Courts
Presenters: Tara Carter (Case Manager), Jill Walker (Administrative Support Specialist/Referral Lead), Misty Griffith (Therapeutic Courts Coordinator) Misty has been in her current role as the Spokane County District Therapeutic Courts Coordinator since 9/16/24. She...
April 2026 Speaker: Free Rein
Executive Director, Margot Petersen Margot was born and raised in Spokane and is proud to call the Pacific Northwest home. She spent most of her career in the financial service industry, and her passion to pursue a new opportunity with heart brought her to Free Rein. ...
March Speaker: Heather Hesse
Heather Hesse is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She earned her Bachelor’s in Social Work from the University of Kentucky and her Master’s in Social Work at the University of South Florida. Heather has over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She...
February 2026: Heather Lynn Bahme
Heather has been part of the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) since 2011, first joining the Brain Injury & Recovery Team as a contractor before transitioning to full-time staff in 2019. She initially served as the Program Specialist for the Brain...
November Speaker: Dr. Pritchard, DO
I'm Dr. Pritchard. I'm a mama to three, wife to Jon, an outdoor-enthusiast, a terrible cake-baker, a writer & an advocate for movement and nutrition. I also happen to be a board-certified Family Medicine Doctor. After almost a decade of work in an...
2025 Army vs Navy Tailgate Fundraiser
BUY TICKETS HERE Saturday, December 13, 2025🕚 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Pacific Time)📍 Kalispel Golf & Country Club2010 W Waikiki Rd, Spokane, WA 99218 Celebrate, Support, and Salute Join us for the 2025 Army vs. Navy Tailgate Fundraiser — an afternoon of great food,...
