Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and a Research Professor at the Vermont Center for Behavior and Health at the University of Vermont. Dr. Rawson has conducted numerous clinical trials on pharmacological and psychosocial/behavioral addiction treatments for the treatment of individuals with cocaine and methamphetamine disorders. He has multiple publications on contingency management (CM) from research supported by NIDA grants. He is a founding member of the Motivational Incentives Policy Group, a group established in 2019 to promote the use of CM for treatment of stimulant use disorder. He is a senior consultant to the California Department of Healthcare Services/UCLA on the design, development and implementation of California’s Recovery Incentive Program. He is currently providing consultation and technical assistance to 5 states on the development of CM. He was recently awarded the ASAM Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching and Leadership in Addiction Medicine and made a Distinguished Fellow by the International Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Rawson has published 3 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. and has conducted over 2000 workshops, paper presentations, and training sessions.