SUSAN MILSTREY WELLS Senior Writer Susan Wells is an accomplished senior writer/editor with more than 30 years of experience. She is known for her ability to translate research findings into reports for lay audiences. For the past 18 years, she has researched, written, and edited documents about homelessness and mental and substance use disorders. Ms. Wells is the primary author of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Blueprint for Change to end chronic homelessness (2003), and of SAMHSA’s Federal Action Agenda in response to the Final Report of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2005). She also helped draft SAMHSA’s Report to Congress on the Prevention and Treatment of Co-occurring Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders (2002) and has written numerous speeches and presentations for former SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie and other top SAMHSA officials. Ms. Wells helped draft a 10-year plan to end homelessness for the City of Raleigh and Wake County, NC, and she is the author of A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness (Perseus Books, 2000).
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