Conference Agenda

Schedule of Events

* All times are Central Standard Time. 

Pre-Conference: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

10:00 a.m. | Judges Only: Semi-Structured Discussion Among Treatment Court Judges 
Moderator

11:00 a.m. | Lunch for Judges

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

11:30 a.m. | Welcome: Presentation of Colors, National Anthem,
Governor Larry Rhoden, Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen

11:45 a.m. | Barbecue and Sweet Tea
Lt. Doug Varnell

1:00 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. | Building and Maintaining Your Team Roles
Shane Wolf

2:30 p.m. | Albert Awards
Noreen Plumage and Shelby Meintsma

3:00 p.m. | Break

3:15 p.m. | Workshop: Establishing and Maximizing Your Local Steering Committee
Desiree Hermocillo

4:30 p.m. | When Incentives and Sanctions Don’t Work: Responding to Addiction-Driven Noncompliance
Shane Wolf

5:45 p.m. | Conclude for the Day

Thursday, November 6, 2025

8:00 a.m. | Face It Together
Kattie Lail

9:00 a.m. | Peeling Back the Curtain on Drug Testing
Garry Metcalf

10:15 a.m. | Break

10:30 a.m. | Collaborative Case Planning
Helen Feroli 

11:30 a.m. | Lunch

12:30 p.m. | Co-Occurring or Mental Health Court: It’s the Same Thing, Right? 
Helen Feroli 

1:30 p.m. | Intimate Partner Violence
Brandi Storgaard and Kathy Rutten

2:30 p.m. | Workshop Report Out: Establishing and Maximizing Your Local Steering Committee
Desiree Hermocillo and Noreen Plumage

3:15 p.m. Closing Ceremony/Retiring of Colors