Staff
Becky Vaughn, MSEd, CEO
Becky Vaughn has been working in the field of substance abuse for over 25 years. She was a member of the founding board of The Georgia Association for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (known as GAPTSA) in 1992 and became their first Executive Director in 1994. Her responsibilities included providing education through training and advocacy at the local, state, and national level to ensure that all Georgians get appropriate and timely services. In July of 2000 GAPTSA merged with Mission New Hope, a substance abuse coalition for metro Atlanta creating The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse where she served as President and CEO until 2007. They work as a catalyst in the community on issues related to prevention, homelessness, and drug courts to reduce the impact of substance abuse. Beginning in 2008 she took over the helm of the State Associations for Addiction Services as their Executive Director after serving on its Board since 2000. Advocacy is her passion, bringing people to the table is her specialty. Her work includes passage of many bills addressing substance abuse solutions as well as securing budget resources. She has served on numerous state committees and panels and speaks on the issue in a variety of settings. Becky grew up in Atlanta, and now lives in Athens, GA. She earned her Bachelor degree at the University of Georgia and her Masters degree at Georgia State University. As a former teacher and the mother of four, she is passionate about preventing and finding solutions to the far-reaching problems caused by untreated addiction.
Enzo Pastore, MSW, Director of Health Policy
Enzo has over 15 years of extensive health, aging and disability policy experience. Before joining SAAS, Enzo worked as an independent public policy and grassroots advocacy consultant for clients in both Washington, DC and New York City. Enzo's government relations and political work has included lobbying at the state and federal levels, researching, analyzing and developing policy proposals and legislation, as well as training and organizing grassroots activists. His career has led him to work on a wide range of health policy and program issues such as Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform, prescription drugs, long term care, children's health as well as behavioral health and other disability issues. Enzo holds two Master's degrees, in Social Work and in Law and Social Policy, both from the Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Social Research. He also currently serves an adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Social Work teaching graduate courses in Health Policy/Health Systems and in Advocacy Practices.
Robertine Urey, Executive Assistant
