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James E. Copple has a long and distinguished career in youth work, education, substance abuse, and crime and violence prevention. A nationally recognized speaker and writer in this field, Mr. Copple has served as the Founding President of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Crime Prevention Council in Washington, D.C., President of the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness, and most recently Senior Policy Analyst for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and is a Founding Partner of Strategic Applications International, LLC. Over the past ten years, Mr. Copple has facilitated 22 state-wide... read more

 

Ms. Copple oversees the facilitation of training and technical assistance for SAI domestic projects focusing on methamphetamine and Drug Endangered Children for National DEC, SAMHSA, BJA and the COPS Office. Internationally, she builds the capacity of indigenous non-profits to mobilize communities to address HIV/AIDS in Swaziland and 6 other African countries. She served as a consultant with the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Capacity Development Office for five years (2004-2008). Her work at CCDO focused on creating national strategic partnerships for the Weed and Seed Initiative. Ms. Copple served as a former Weed and Seed site coordinator in Salt Lake City, UT in the mid 90's and... read more

 

Kevin D. Lum has served in executive roles for non-profits in the District of Columbia, Kansas City, and Oklahoma City. Recently, he served as the National Church and Outreach Coordinator at Sojourners. While at Sojourners, Mr. Lum developed and oversaw Faith & Justice Churches, a unique network that provides a place for churches across the country to receive much needed resources and a place to connect with other ministers. Under his leadership, Faith & Justice Churches grew to a national network of church leaders represented in forty-nine states and eleven countries. Mr. Lum has also served as CEO and Founder of Enfigo, developing one of largest ad networks in the faith community,... read more

 

Heidi Deutsch specializes in developing, facilitating, and coaching teams to do comprehensive community-based participatory planning. Heidi has over ten years of experience in strategic planning, project management, and organizational development. While working at the ONE Campaign as the Senior Project Manager, Heidi, coordinated high-profile projects designed to advocate for changing the systemic conditions that cause poverty in the least developed countries, particularly in Africa. She ensured projects were managed efficiently and effectively, fostered collaboration across teams and offices, and worked to improve project management skills of staff... read more

 

Anthony Coulson recently retired from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) where he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's Tucson District Office and directed the Federal Government's drug enforcement strategy in Southern Arizona. They partnered with other Federal, State, Tribal, County, and Municipal law enforcement organizations ensuring that there was a cooperative and comprehensive drug enforcement strategy to reduce the availability of drugs coming into and through Arizona. He had over 100 sworn law enforcement personnel, including DEA Special Agents, State and local Task Force Officers, and other Federal Agents, under his command. In 2007, Mr. Coulson was... read more

 

Carley Frohling has over 17 years of experience ranging from business management, systems development, community organizing, to strategic program advancement. Carley served in a variety of leadership roles with two large Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies. Her primary focus was to develop community resources in order to build and sustain mentoring programs for children living in at-risk circumstances including those with incarcerated parents. In this role, she developed effective partnerships with foundations, law enforcement agencies, corporations, faith—based and community-based organizations. She developed new programs that reached more children and attracted hard-to-reach volunteers... read more

 

Cassandra Bixler graduated from St. Cloud State University (SCSU) in Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Political Science and Women's Studies. She began her career in the non-profit sector focused on family values at the local, state and federal level. As a community organizer, Cassandra worked with various faith communities as well as the business/for-profit sector to leverage the concerns of the constituents in her district to local, state and federal officials. Cassandra also organized several political campaigns in her community that involved recruiting supporters, public presentations, and database management. In 2007, she... read more