Though he grew up in Memphis, Jeremy Kourvelas has spent over a decade in East Tennessee. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s in psychology, he spent more than four years in multiple emergency departments in Knox, Roane, Blount and Claiborne counties as a medical scribe. He returned to UT for a master’s in public health and certificate in health policy and became SMART’s first employee in 2022. He also works for the Prevention Alliance of Tennessee, which seeks to advance prevention efforts pertaining to substance, alcohol and tobacco use disorders. 

Trevor Henderson grew up in Northern Ireland and has been living in Tennessee for the past twenty years. He has a broad background from working in construction, outdoor education, peace and reconciliation programs, unemployment issues, supporting victims of violent crime, HIV and several other public health issues. Most recently he has been working on the opioid/overdose crisis as director of the Metro Nashville Public Health Department Overdose Response Program and as a public health analyst with the CDC Foundation Overdose Response Program (ORS). His work with the ORS program across Tennessee has involved collaboration with multiple state and local agencies and coalitions. He has had the opportunity to develop an extensive network of relationships and access to expertise on opioid/overdose response strategies.