Kentucky Chapter

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NADDI’s objective is simple: to improve its members’ ability to investigate, prosecute, and prevent illicit drug diversion.

Introduction

Welcome to the Home Page of the Kentucky Chapter of NADDI, also known as NADDI of Kentucky. Our goals are to provide education and training that will help our members identify illicit drug activity; to enhance drug prevention and investigation practices; and to promote cooperation and networking between stakeholders.

NADDI of Kentucky was established in 1995, and has consistently been an active chapter. Some of our members have been involved with NADDI from its inception. Our members are from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, state regulatory agencies, healthcare fraud investigators and pharmacy loss prevention. All of our members provide valuable time, energy, and resources to curb the current drug epidemic in the State of Kentucky.

NADDI of Kentucky’s main objective is to provide networking and training for the State of Kentucky. Our goal is to provide cooperative education and training in the current drug trends and specifics of illicit drug activity, including drug diversion, healthcare fraud, and techniques used for the investigation, prosecution and prevention within the state and nationwide.  We encourage the sharing of investigative information and communicating trends with our members. We strive to develop more effective measures to combat the illicit drug problem and enhance your individual job skills. We praise our members and the accomplishments of their efforts.

During the course of attaining that objective, NADDI of Kentucky will promote an atmosphere of cooperation and sharing of information between members and their respective agencies.

Stay tuned, there is so much more to come!

Kentucky Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

Benjamin Shirley
Anderson County Sheriff's Office

VICE PRESIDENT

Michael Wattenberger
Winchester Police Department

SECRETARY

James Scott
BrightSpring Health Services

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Phillis Combs
Kentucky River Community Care

TRAINING DIRECTOR

Emit Thompson
Kentucky Office of the Attorney General

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NADDI of Kentucky ~ Chapter History

Kentucky was the 4th State to establish a chapter within the NADDI organization. The State Chapter was approved on October 15, 1998 and has been a strong chapter and amazing resource for the past 26 years. Many of the Kentucky Chapter members have been with NADDI since the inception of the Chapter and have provided dedicated support to maintain and sustain the Chapter.

The Kentucky Chapter has been proactive in providing quality training for drug investigations and current trends for decades. The Kentucky Chapter has partnered with various State & Federal agencies to provide both basic & advanced training conference to their members and has excelled at networking with stakeholders at every level of the pharmaceutical diversion interests.

The efforts of the Kentucky Board have been awesome at providing updated information and resources to its members. We look forward to seeing what 2025 will bring. We thank the Kentucky Board of Directors for their time and all their efforts!

We would like to thank the following Kentucky members who have volunteered their time and efforts to the NADDI organization and the Kentucky State Chapter Board of Directors!

Tim Benedict – Regional Director
Michael Burton – Vice President, President
Katie Busroe – Training Coordinator
Jennifer Carpenter – Vice President, President
Irene Conder – Regional Director
Bruce Crouch – Vice President
Anita Fuqua – Secretary
William Goldey – Secretary
Chris Hacker – President
John McGuire – Vice President
Paula Redman – President
Kim Roy – Treasurer
Ben Shirley – Training Coordinator
Terri Spellman – Secretary
Brian Stanfield – Corresponding Secretary
Emit Thompson – Corresponding Secretary, President
Lynne Thompson – Vice President, President, National Treasurer
Ann Tino – Secretary
Judy Williams – Treasurer
Paula York – President, Vice President, Secretary