Gobi is a comprehensive educational program with an accessible, web-based application. But there are real people behind it. 

We’re Educators, Experts, Clinicians, Parents - and Young Adults Who “Speak Teen”

Gobi Support, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping middle and high school teens and their families rethink their relationship with drugs and alcohol. Gobi is not a treatment program. The Gobi digital platform encourages self-knowledge, reflection and problem solving to build better communication within families.

MEET FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JUDSON (KIM) BEMIS, JR.

Kim created Gobi because, as a parent of four and professional in the treatment business, he and his wife could not find any programs that were a suitable consequence for one of their children who was experimenting with substance use.  He saw an opportunity to create an intervention program that would reach kids where they lived, online and through their smartphones. 

Kim began working in the field of addiction recovery in 2005 as the Executive Director of New Business Development for the Hazelden Foundation where he led the effort to expand Hazelden’s online business opportunities.  In 2010, he cofounded Clere Consulting LLC., focusing on interventions and long-term case management for families of wealth.  He is also a serial entrepreneur having started five different companies and served on the boards of over a dozen local and national nonprofit organizations. 

Kim is a person in long-term recovery, which means for him that he hasn’t used drugs or alcohol since August 13, 1988. 

ELENI GROSSOMANIDOU, M.A. IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

Eleni began as a volunteer for Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC and she currently works for Greenhope Services for Women in East Harlem and specializes in working with clients who suffer from trauma and anger-control issues. Eleni holds a strong passion for the field of addiction. Her passion is helping people orient themselves around their concerns and problems, realize their possibilities and support efforts towards better solutions--which is why she's so excited about working with Gobi!  Eleni is currently working on her CASAC. 

INTERVENTION BOARD OF ADVISORS

Ken C. Winters, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Oregon Research Institute (Chair)

Rachel Castaneda, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Azusa Pacific University

Jeff Lee, M.Ed., Senior Consultant and former Executive Director, International Society of Substance Use Professionals

Richard MacKenzie, M.D., Adolescent Medicine, USC (ret.)

COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS

Robert Tisdale, Integrity Recovery Foundation

Ira Liss, Integrity Recovery Foundation