As Training Director, Beth administers CODAC’s Motivational Interviewing training initiatives and oversees programs related to tobacco and nicotine treatment. She is an experienced MI trainer and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), developing and facilitating training tailored to a wide variety of medical, behavioral health and social service agencies nationwide.
With a clinical background in health coaching, she holds the National Board Certification in Health and Wellness Coaching, National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice and National Certification in Nicotine and Tobacco Treatment. Beth is a trainer for the internationally accredited Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) certification and co-author of the University of Massachusetts Medical School TTS training curriculum. Before joining CODAC in 2017, Beth conducted over 8,000 disease management sessions as a bilingual health coach and developed MI training for a team of 14,000 registered dieticians, exercise physiologists and registered nurses.
Her boots-on-the-ground experience translates into impactful, practical training programs that help participants increase their competence and confidence when helping others.
Beth has enjoyed living and working in Asia and Latin America and speaks fluent Spanish.
