Staff
Annette Newton-Baldwin is the Assistant Director of the LION UP Recovery Program
(Collegiate Recovery Program) and Intervention. She has been employed at Southeastern
Louisiana University since 2003. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor as well
as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. In 1997, Annette earned a Masters of Arts in Counseling from the University of Louisiana
at Monroe. She has a special interest in trauma, Intervention and Recovery Informed
Counseling. Annette is ARISE Trained with Arise Continuing Care as an Interventionist.
Annette served as a Counselor and Assistant Director of Outreach at the Southeastern
Louisiana University Counseling Center. She has worked in a variety of settings including
Bancroft NeuroHealth Rehabilitation Center in Covington and New Orleans, Straight
and Narrow Treatment Center of Baton Rouge, and Lifestreams Behavioral Center of Leesburg,
Florida.
Annette has worked as grant coordinator with the Transforming Youth in Recovery, National
Highway Safety Commission and Tobacco-Free Living. She has also served as TRACC Coalition
Chair, Terrell Conference Chair, Jolly Jingles Market Chair as well as President of
the Junior Auxiliary of Hammond. She has recently helped launch Collegiate Recovery
Programming at Southeastern Louisiana University. LION UP Recovery launched Fall of
2019. It is the first collegiate recovery program for students in recovery at a public
university in the State of Louisiana. Annette continues to work with the LION UP
Collegiate Recovery Board to promote sustainability of LION UP Recovery Collegiate
Recovery Program and has recently been appointed to serve on the Association of Recovery
in Higher Education Board of Directors as the Southeast Representative. She was recently
awarded the 2022 President’s Award for Unclassified Staff Excellence in Service.
Currently serves as Project Director for the Louisiana Collegiate Recovery Expansion
Grant that will increase Collegiate Recovery Program in Louisiana to Louisiana State
University, Tulane University, Southern University Law School, Grambling State University,
River Parishes Community College and Northshore Technical Community College.
Annette is a native of Slidell, Louisiana. A Life Member of Junior Auxiliary and a
Proud Mom.
Lion UP Recovery welcomes its New Coordinator of Intervention and Collegiate Recovery
programming, Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni and current Counseling Graduate
student, Bryan Sadler. Bryan has been a member in the Collegiate Recovery Program
since 2018 and directly accredits his success in school to the program. He graduated
from SELU with BA in Psychology in the Spring of 2021 and entered the masters in counseling
program the following Fall. As coordinator and a person in long term recovery, Bryan
will champion recovery protective services such as groups and discussions, presentations,
training, and committees. Bryan will encourage students to build recovery capital
on campus by offering community/peer support, social engagement, and advice. As a
person in long term recovery, Bryan is interested in working with a diverse population
who are also in recovery, sober-curious, or an ally.
Recovery is a journey that does not have to be walked alone; it is an intentional
re-evaluation and reformation of a person’s relationship with substances and mental
health. Bryan enjoys helping students navigate their collegiate experience while having
expertise in substance misuse and/or also being in recovery. He can be found in the
Collegiate Recovery Space in the student union annex, just above starbucks.
Contact Information
LION UP Recovery
Collegiate Recovery Program
303 A Union Ave
Student Union Avenue
Room 2409 (2nd Floor of the Student Union Annex – Above Starbucks)
Assistant Director of Intervention and LION UP Recovery
Annette Newton Baldwin, LPC, LMFT
Tel. 985.549.3233
