Speaker Bio:

Judith Carpenter RD

Judith has been a registered dietitian in the United Kingdom since 1987.  She currently works in the National Health Service within Specialist Diabetes Care, where she leads a Young Adult diabetes service. She has a vast amount of clinical experience and expertise in both adult diabetes care and weight management in the UK.

Judith became a MI trainer and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2000. With 25 years of experience delivering MI training, Judith started her own consultancy in 2008 to focus on delivering motivational interviewing training and has delivered hundreds of trainings over the past decades to a variety of professionals working in healthcare, social care, and other professional groups both nationally and internationally. She has been an active member of MINT since joining the organisation and has held many roles. Judith became involved in motivational interviewing (MI) to improve clinical care with her patients and continues to utilise MI in this way.  She has extensive experience in MI training and helping people to learn MI and is a MINT Certified Trainer. She is an active member of MINT, sat on the Board of Directors for this international organisation from 2009-2013, organised MINT’s annual international conference from 2014-2019, and was on the   of the MINT UK and Ireland Chapter from 2021-2025, the latter two years serving as chair.

Hillary Logan MSW, LCSW, LCAS

Hillary has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2011 and is a MINT Certified Trainer. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & Addiction Therapist and absolutely delight in helping individuals, groups, and organizations learn the essential skills of Motivational Interviewing. She has worked as a helping professional for 20 years, ranging from working in wilderness therapy to community mental health, providing in-home & school-based services, as a therapist with specialties including working with anxiety, trauma, addiction, and veterans. Training specialties include Child Welfare, those working with the unhoused community, and addiction. Hillary also serves on two MINT committees, and is actively involved in this international organization.