Driven to Success: System Collaboration to Support Impaired Driver Case Plans

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James Eberspacher is the director of the National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC). NCDC is a division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) providing training and technical assistance to DWI court professionals. Jim’s background in treatment court includes experience at the state and local levels. For seven years, he was the state treatment court coordinator for the State of Minnesota, providing oversight in forming treatment court policy and strategic planning, state standards, funding, assisting in research, and providing training and technical assistance to treatment court teams. Prior to his role at the state level, Jim served as the coordinator on three treatment court teams in rural Minnesota. As a probation officer, his experience providing community supervision and supervision within a juvenile institution led to his complete buy-in and involvement in the treatment court model. In his current position, Jim is responsible for NCDC's overall daily operations, training, curriculum development, outreach, and promoting the expansion of DWI courts. Overall, Jim has over two decades of combined experience in treatment courts, corrections, policy development, and training/technical assistance.

Julie Seitz LGSW, LADC is a Project Director with National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC), a division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Julie joined NCDC in 2018, bringing with her 20 years of experience working in the clinical sector. Prior to joining NCDC, Julie was the clinical director of an internationally recognized treatment center offering the full continuum of clinical care in Duluth, MN. Additionally, Julie spent 10 years as the treatment provider on the Minnesota Sixth Judicial District DWI and Mental Health courts. She has spent the last 20 years of her career giving clients a voice. In her work with clients, she has focused her clinical practice on feedback informed, research and outcome driven practice. Julie has trained at the local, national and international levels on Feedback Informed Treatment, Drug Court Best Practices and the science of addiction.

"As National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Probation Fellow, Mark Stodola brings over 30 years of experience working in the field of court management and adult probation in Arizona. Mark worked at the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department for 18 years serving in a number of capacities including division director overseeing drug and alcohol treatment programs, problem solving courts and services for the mentally ill. Mark later became the Court Administrator of the Tempe Municipal Court where he served for eight years managing the day to day activities of the court. Most recently Mark served as Program Services Manager in the Adult Probation Services Division of the Arizona Supreme Court where he had oversight of treatment programs for Arizona’s Adult Probation Departments. Mark has presented training on topics surrounding high risk drunk drivers at national, regional and state conferences throughout the country. Mark also is an adjunct instructor at Arizona State University. Mark received his undergraduate degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Master’s Degree in Education from Northern Arizona University. Mark became a Graduate Fellow through the National Council of State Courts Institute of Court Management.