Board of Directors

Meet Our Board of Directors

CAN Behavioral Health seeks alignment with professional, disciplined, and like-minded individuals of impeccable integrity to accomplish our mission and vision. CAN currently has three distinct body’s of accountability: the volunteer board of directors, the administrative staff, and the clinical team.

Board Of Directors

President: John Havenar

VP Of Hurwitz & Associates

John H. Havenar graduated from University of Houston, Clear Lake in 1995 with a BS in Finance and started working for The Associates in Financial Planning (AFP) Group in early 1996. He has 30+ years of experience in the world of finance serving a vast cross section of the Houston area populace. In 2016 he was asked to serve on the leadership team at Hurwitz Associates Inc.

John founded Cease Addiction Now (CAN) Inc., now CAN Behavioral Health (CAN BH), a non-profit 501c3 in 2007 after becoming aware of the void of viable resources within the community of Baytown. Along with currently serving as the President and CEO, he is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) and facilitates a CJAD accredited Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP) when needed. John has been active in the treatment process for patients and has implemented unique old school techniques resulting in outstanding recovery results.

Financial expertise coupled with understanding substance use behavior are a skill set used proficiently to direct families with wealth transfer and preservation concerns as well as counsel family members through elements of the addiction process.

John has seven children with his wife of 36 years, Denise, along with seven children. John was an active member in Boy Scouts of America and received the Eagle Scout Award. His personal hobbies and interests include learning languages (Spanish & Hebrew currently), building renovation/design, history, tennis, and jogging. He has also volunteered as a mentor for inmates at the Texas Criminal Justice System for the last nine years.

Treasurer: Candace Gilbert Blount

Senior Accountant at KBR

Candace Gilbert works extensively in the energy industry. She has worked as a Senior International Accountant for 18+years. She graduated from Lamar University in 2009 with a BS in Accounting. In 2018 Candace joined CAN BH’s board of directors. Candace brings a diverse view for project planning and accounting with an edge in strategic planning. Candace grew up in Baytown. Working with CAN BH is her way of giving back to the community.

Secretary: Derick Gowdey

EHS&T, Specialist, Field Training at Enterprise Products

Derick began working in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry in 2007 as a deckhand and held increasingly responsible roles all the way to pilot in 2011. In 2011 transferred to Pipeline/Process operations land based locally in Mont Belvieu. Derick started as a Pipeline Technician and is now a trainer for the Oil & Gas operations. (Emergency response, CPR, First Aid, Hazardous communication, etc..)

Derick has a passion for helping the youth of our community and loves sharing life experiences with them. He hires high school students at his fence company to teach them life skills and work ethic.

Derick enjoys spending time with his 4 sons and wife Meagan. His personal hobbies include anything to do with basketball, camping, fishing, or watching his oldest son ride dirt bikes.

In addition, Derick is also very involved in his community, with his church, and his family. He has served his community in many other areas and has a passion for service. Take a look at some of the amazing opportunities he has had working within the community below:

Deacon First Concord Baptist Church since 2014
President of the Hardin Chapter of CMSA (coaches mentoring student athletes) since 2019
Volunteer at Operation Refugee from 2006-2011
Serves on committee of Liberty County Small business 2020-2022
President/CO-Owner GC Fence and Services LLC since 2020
Volunteer for Hardin Little Dribblers Association since 2013
Volunteer for Swarm AAU basketball since 2022

Board Member: Sagan Greenville

Community Relations Representative, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Sagan grew up in Galveston, TX and received her bachelor’s degree from University of Houston – Downtown. After graduation, she moved to New York City for a few years before making her way back to Texas to earn her MBA.
Sagan and her husband moved to Baytown in 2017 where she began working at Lee College in the Resource Development office and for the Lee College Foundation. Her passion for helping others was reignited through her work with the foundation helping others achieve their goals. After completing her master’s program at the University of Texas at Tyler, she began working in Public and Government Affairs for ExxonMobil Baytown Area. In July of 2023, she began her current role as Community Relations Representative at CPChem. Sagan remains passionate about helping others any way that she can and encourages those around her to do the same. She and her husband have a two-year-old daughter and a house full of rescue animals (3 cats and 2 dogs) that keep them busy.

Board Member: Kenrick Griffith

Council Member District 3

Kenrick Griffith is a 40 year Resident of Baytown (living just 3 years of his early life outside of Baytown). He resided most of his 40 years on Bayway drive between Lakewood and Wooster (in district 3). Growing up he spent a lot of time playing baseball at Baytown west league park, and on the Baytown swim team. Kenrick was also a member of boy scout troop 952.

Kenrick grew up as attending and serving at Church on the Rock in Baytown, before going on to serve as a minister at True Light family worship center. Currently he worships with multiple congregations in and around Baytown.

Kenrick is a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. He has worked over 10 years in private security as a security guard before working his way up to site Supervisor and then Director of Security for Home Depot distribution center. He is currently the site supervisor for Shell Federal Credit Union in Deer Park.

Over his years living in Baytown Kenrick has donated his talents, time, and efforts with multiple charities and organizations. Ken has served as chaperone for community in schools. He also spent many hours working for Love INC (love network) as a emergency assistance phone operator. However the most enjoyable and rewarding time Kenrick has given has been coaching youth football for Baytown Optimist club.

For recreation, Ken enjoys spending time with and spoiling his nieces Marayah, Jada, Brooklyn, and Ariya. He also enjoys watching sports, as well as both listening and playing music on his guitar.