Datacorp - Leadership

P. Allison Minugh, Ph.D.,
President and CEO

Dr. Minugh serves as Datacorp’s President and Chief Executive Officer, providing leadership to all of Datacorp’s research services. For more than 18 years, and in consultation with leading researchers across the country, Dr. Minugh has honed her research methodology skills and is widely respected for her outstanding needs assessment, social indicators, and data management protocols. Dr. Minugh has extensive quantitative and survey research experience, and has a lengthy history conducting randomized clinical trials.

Presently, Dr. Minugh holds an adjunct faculty position at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. In this capacity, Dr. Minugh served as co-investigator on a Brown University, NIAAA-funded brief intervention study of injured emergency department patients with hazardous drinking histories. Dr. Minugh’s longstanding relationship with Brown University provides the Datacorp staff with unparalleled opportunities to collaborate with top researchers in the substance abuse and mental health fields.

Previously, Dr. Minugh held a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and served as the primary technical advisor for the National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Needs Assessment. While at Harvard, Dr. Minugh developed the Adolescent Telephone Household Treatment Needs Assessment Questionnaire that was widely used by SAMHSA’s State Needs Assessment Program (McAuliffe, Minugh, LaBrie, et al., 1997).

Dr. Minugh received her doctorate in behavioral health psychology from the University of Rhode Island and completed advanced training in addictions and treatment research by completing the NIAAA-funded post-doctoral fellowship at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Dr. Minugh has taught at the University of Rhode Island and was also a visiting assistant professor at Wheaton College.

In addition to her faculty appointment at Brown University, Dr. Minugh also holds an appointment on the Wyoming Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse and Violent Crime where she chairs the Violence Subcommittee.

Susan L. Janke, M.S.,
Chief Operating Officer

Susan L. Janke is co-owner and Chief Operating Officer at DATACORP. With more than 19 years of experience in the fields of mental health and addiction treatment, Ms. Janke is regarded as an authoritative expert in the development and administration of behavioral health care programming. In addition to providing clinical project direction, she is responsible for managing Datacorp’s daily operations including: facility management, human resources, strategic planning, and corporate development.

Previously, Ms. Janke developed, implemented and managed a variety of programs across the treatment service continuum for both privately and publicly funded treatment and prevention agencies. Working in both funding sectors provided an unparalleled opportunity to work with culturally and socio-economically diverse populations requiring a full spectrum of services. In consultation with leading researchers, Ms. Janke gained extensive experience in the development, operation, and evaluation, of effective treatment programs.

Ms. Janke serves as project manager for all treatment-related projects. She has worked with many State level administrators, and treatment center executives to develop “Comprehensive Treatment Centers”, capable of providing evidence-based practices for the entire continuum of care. A ‘science to practice approach’ utilizing continuous quality improvement techniques is embraced. Ms. Janke has also directed treatment outcome evaluation studies that have documented significant improvements in levels of substance use and crime, and has used this information to help professionals understand how treatment affects their clients. Ms. Janke was appointed to serve on the Wyoming Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving.

Nicoletta A. Lomuto, M.A.,
Director of Operations

Ms. Lomuto brings over 10 years of research experience to her role as Datacorp’s Director of Operations. Her responsibilities include oversight of information technology services, workflow management, and she supports the President and Chief Operating Officer on infrastructure development. Ms. Lomuto is regarded as an authoritative expert in data management, and is credited with spearheading the development of Datacorp’s D3 Data Documentation Database, a cutting edge research tool. In addition, Ms. Lomuto draws on her strong economics background to provide project management and data analyst services on cost analysis, resource allocation, systems planning, needs assessment, survey research, and program evaluation studies.

Previously, Ms. Lomuto served as a statistical programmer at Harvard University’s National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Needs Assessment. In this capacity, she was responsible for developing scoring algorithms for complex telephone survey data. Ms. Lomuto is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and project manager. She received her Master’s degree in Economics from Queen’s University in Canada.