Be Well Texas Leadership

Our leaders are trailblazing new ways to build upon evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, research and care.

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH

Executive Director, Be Well Institute

Senior Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation at the
University of Texas at San Antonio

Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Briseida Courtois Director of Substance Use Services at Be Well Texas

Briseida ("Bee") Courtois, MSSW, LCDC, CMA

Director, Substance Use Services

Dr. Tara Kans-Wright Senior Director of Be Well Texas

Tara E. Karns-Wright, PhD, MS

Director, Naloxone Texas

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Van King Medical Director of Be Well Texas

Van King, MD, DFAPA, FASAM

Medical Director, Be Well Clinic

Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Adrienne Lindsey Director of the Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring

Adrienne Lindsey, MA, DBH

Director, Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Elise Marino, PhD

Director of Research Operations

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Jimmy Wise, MBA, PMP

Director, Operations