Speakers

Mallory is a dedicated recovery consultant with a one-of-a-kind background in substance use intervention, restorative justice, and criminal justice. She specializes in helping schools address student substance use through a restorative approach, providing innovative solutions that move beyond traditional disciplinary measures.

Her journey began in 2013 as a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), where she worked with individuals navigating addiction and recovery. While serving in the Department of Corrections, Mallory was deeply involved in restorative justice initiatives, helping incarcerated individuals take accountability through victim letters and restorative circles. She also played a key role in launching the department’s first Domestic Violence group and served on a local drug court board.

Expanding her expertise, Mallory became a Special Agent with the FBI, working on the criminal squad before returning home to focus on community-based recovery efforts. Drawing from both professional and personal experience with addiction, she shifted her focus to schools, spending the past five years as a chemical health coordinator and counselor. Her work has transformed the way schools approach substance use intervention, blending restorative justice principles with trauma-informed care to support students and families.

Mallory’s approach is unique—rooted in experience, education, and a deep understanding of what truly helps young people thrive. She provides training, consultation, and practical solutions for schools looking to shift away from punitive models and build supportive, restorative systems.

When she’s not working, Mallory enjoys writing, reading, working out, restoring furniture, and riding motorcycles. A true coffee and adventure enthusiast, she loves spending time with her husband and animals.

Leena has been a dedicated school psychologist since 1999, earning her Education Specialist Degree and becoming a Nationally Certified School Psychologist in 2009. Passionate about mental health since childhood, she specializes in understanding how trauma, entitlement, and life experiences shape child development. She excels at bringing school teams together to create effective support plans, valuing honesty and collaboration among educators, parents, administrators, and students. Continuously expanding her expertise, Leena has extensive training in trauma, brain research, restorative justice, and more, having read over 60 books and co-authored three on mental health. She also produces and edits online content for Healing Children, leveraging her talent for engaging audiences. Recognized for her contributions, she received Idaho’s School Psychologist of the Year Award in 2010 and 2019.

Dr. Kelly Olson, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist, author, and keynote speaker who believes that assessing and addressing disease requires an integrative approach.  Kelly's ability to illuminate the molecular misadventures that lead to disease is what makes her special - proving time and again that a splash of nerdy, with a big dash of passion, goes a long way.  Currently, she holds the position of Director of Clinical Affairs with one of the largest toxicology laboratories in the United States.  Here, she focuses much of her attention on mental health, particularly with an emphasis on addictions.  She thrives at taking very complex information and delivering it to audiences of all sizes and backgrounds in a way that promotes understanding and application of key concepts.  She has lectured all over the world as an invited session speaker and has authored/co-authored several peer-reviewed articles, textbook and book chapters, books, posters, and presentations, all aimed at providing a clinically applicable compendium of knowledge to ultimately help healthcare practitioners get their clients/patients well faster.

Dr. Olson received her Master of Science in exercise physiology from the University of North Dakota, and her PhD in Pharmacology & Therapeutics (with a focus on molecular neuropharmacology) from the University of Manitoba.

Nigel Wrangham has been a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Certified Prevention Specialist since 2000. He’s been a preschool teacher, counselor for federal prisoners on parole, parenting coach for families experiencing poverty and homelessness, and a freelance illustrator. When he worked in Uganda studying wild chimpanzees, he taught forest conservation to young people in local villages. From 2003 through 2017, Nigel taught prevention science, psychopharmacology, and leadership studies at the University of Oregon. He has served as the National Youth Coordinator for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and is a certified Master Level Trainer for CADCA, where he develops curriculum and mentors young trainers in prevention and leadership. His passion is supporting young people to build the healthy society they deserve. He works with groups across the United States, sharing skills in prevention, brain development, and youth leadership. Nigel also spends time at home in Eugene, Oregon with his wife, his two extremely disobedient cats, and his two young children. When he gets the chance, he listens to old punk rock music way louder than he probably should. But these days he hardly ever gets the chance.