Adolescent Expert Panel
Carey Haley Wong, JD
serves as Chief Counsel at Child Advocates, Inc., which provides GAL/CASA services to all of
the children in the child welfare system in Marion County, Indiana.
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While at both DCS and Child Advocates, Carey has been
responsible for training DCS case managers or volunteer GAL/CASAs respectively on the legal aspects of
their jobs.
She is the board president of the Indiana Chapter of AFCC, and a member of the
National Association of Counsel for Children, the IBA, ISBA and ABA. Carey is the cofounder of the
Child
Advocacy Clinic at
the IU McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis and currently serves as adjunct professor for the
clinic.
Carol Ott, PharmD, BCPP
is a clinical professor of pharmacy practice at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy and adjunct
faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
She teaches psychiatric and neurologic pharmacotherapy at Purdue and didactics in psychopharmacology in
the IU Psychiatry Residency Program.
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Carol is a clinical pharmacy specialist in outpatient psychiatry and gender health at Eskenazi Health
in Indianapolis, working under collaborative practice agreements in the Gender Health program to
provide medication management and monitoring services.
At Purdue, Dr. Ott is the faculty lead for mental health and gender health in the Center for Health
Equity and Innovation (CHEqI). She serves as the faculty advisor for AAPPPurdue student chapter and
QueerRx in the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Ott is a member of the Indiana Medicaid Drug Utilization
Review Board, Psychotropic Medication AdvisoryCommittee, and Mental Health Quality Advisory Committee
and serves as an expert panelist for the Project ECHO for Opioid Use Disorders through the IU School
of Medicine andthe LGBTQ+ ECHO through IU Fairbanks School of Public Health. She is a past secretary
of the board of directors for the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP)and past
member of the AAPP Foundation Board.
Dr. Ott is an editor for the AAPP Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course for Board Certification in
Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP). In the Lafayette, Indiana community, Dr. Ott is the president of the
board of directors for NAMI West Central Indiana and serves on the executive board of the Gateway to
Hope Syringe Service Program for the Tippecanoe County Health Department.
Dr. Casey Penderson, PhD, HSPP
Dr. Casey Pederson, Ph. D, HSPP, is a clinical child psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical
Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She directs the suicide prevention services
offered through Riley’s Child Outpatient Clinic.
David Butterfield, PharmD
is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center Adult Outpatient Clinic, where he
sees clients with various mental health diagnoses.
Additionally, David serves as the Residency Coordinator for the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Program at Eskenazi Health/Purdue University and is responsible for oversight of research, teaching,
committee work, and clinical development of the residents.
Laurie Redelman, LCSW
is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years' experience treating adolescents and
families.
Olawale Ojo, MD, MSC
earned his medical degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He completed his general psychiatry
residency at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn New York.
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He is ABPN board certified in general psychiatry. He trained at the Indiana University at the Addiction
Psychiatry program.
He is currently the Director of Addictions program at Methodist Hospital and an Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry at
the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Spencer Medcalf, RN
Spencer is currently the Director of Business Development at Spark Recovery in Indianapolis, IN. He has
worked in business development for several years at various acute inpatient and residential settings.
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He was formerly the Lead Peer Recovery Coach for the Virtual Behavioral Health Hub, with IU Health
Virtual Care Team. In that role, Spencer supervised a team of 6 recovery coaches that provided peer
recovery services to approximately 15 emergency departments & inpatient units across the IU Health
System.
Spencer recently graduated from Ivy Tech Community College, with his Associates of Science in Nursing
(ASN) cum laude and a licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Now, he is currently enrolled at IUPUI pursuing
his Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN). Spencer has served as both an expert panelist & facilitator
for several IU SoM Project ECHO Tracks. He believes advocacy and education are fundamental to breaking
the stigma of SUD and providing high quality care.
He obtained his Certified Addiction Peer Recovery Coach certification (CAPRC2) in 2018 in addition to
receiving his MATS
(Medication Assisted Treatment Specialist), CSPR-PR (Certified Supervisor of Peer Recovery coaches), &
TTS (Tobacco Treatment Specialist) certifications during his time at IU Health. Spencer is a person in
long term recovery from substance use disorder, with over 6 years of recovery & wellness. In 2018,
Spencer was recognized and received the Indiana Counselors Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
(ICAADA) Recovery Coach of the Year award.
As a recent graduate from Ivy Tech Community College, Spencer obtained his Associates of Science in
Nursing (ASN), as cum laude and a licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Spencer’s, currently enrolled at
IUPUI, pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). In addition, Spencer is an active member, with
IU School of Medicine (IUSM) Project ECHO serving as an expert panelist and facilitator on the ECHO
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) track.
He has served as an expert panelist and facilitator on previous ECHO’s such as the Non-Clinical Service
Professionals Substance Use Disorder track, Behavioral Health for Opioid Use Disorder, and the Emergency
Room track. He believes advocacy and education are fundamental to breaking the stigma of SUD and
supplying high quality care.
Tara Holloran, MD, MBA
serves as Chief Counsel at Child Advocates, Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana.She is a 1999 Graduate of
Depauw University and a 2002 Graduate of Indiana University McKinney School of Law.
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She worked as an attorney at the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) handling primarily Child in Need
of Services and Termination of Parental Rights cases from 2002-2009. In January of 2009 Carey was named
Chief Counsel of the Marion County Office of DCS. During that time, Carey also represented DCS in
administrative hearings for licensure or other various issues, appeals, and contested adoptions.
In February 2011 she began working at Child Advocates as an attorney representing Guardians Ad Litem
and the agency as a whole. Child Advocates is a non for profit agency providing GAL/CASA services to all
of the children in the child welfare system in Marion County, Indiana. While at both DCS and Child
Advocates Carey has been responsible for training DCS case managers or volunteer GAL/CASAs respectively
on the legal aspects of their jobs. She has presented at State and National Conferences. Carey is the
cofounder of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the IU McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis and currently
serves as adjunct professor for the clinic.
