Jane Callahan
Director
Jane Callahan came to work at Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) in the fall of 2002 as the director of the newly funded National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute. In this role, she is responsible for the conceptualization and development of a nationwide initiative with the aim of increasing the number of effective community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States. Institute activities include: training and technical assistance, creation of a coalition registry and data base, evaluation and research practices related to coalitions, and outreach and dissemination of evidence based coalition strategies.
Ms. Callahan distinguished herself as an administrator and community coalition leader during her 12-year tenure as the director of the Fighting Back Partnership (FBP), Vallejo, California. In this groundbreaking role, she oversaw the operation of this community coalition, which has worked to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, other drugs and tobacco. Under the guidance of numerous
community
partners, Vallejo successfully obtained a twelve-year Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Fighting Back grant, a Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
(CSAP) Community Partnership grant, and a large scale AmeriCorps and VISTA
project to support the activities of the Partnership. In short, one of
the largest, broadest and most comprehensive community collaboratives
in the country evolved during Ms. Callahan’s tenure as its executive
director.
Prior
to coming to her position with the Fighting Back Partnership, Ms. Callahan
was the coordinator of the Children's Network of Solano Country, one of
the first children's service multi-agency, multi-sector collaboratives
in California. With a strong policy and resource development focus, it
served as an early model for today's collaborative reform efforts, which
are working to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
Ms. Callahan also has a background in legislative advocacy for children
and has worked to pass several important California children and family
bills; has helped community groups start organizations and programs in
rural California counties and has participated in policy and program development
initiatives on the local and state level.
After majoring in English and Child Development and receiving a Master
of Arts Degree in Education, she helped found The Humboldt Child Care
Council to establish programs to help families in the areas of childcare
and family assistance. She devoted six years to managing this non-profit,
which continues to exist today as an organization with a multitude of
programs and services. She has a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) and an M.A. in
Education from Humboldt State University in California.
Kareemah Abdullah
Deputy Director,
Training & Technical Assistance
Kareemah Abdullah Kareemah Abdullah is Deputy Director of the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute established by Congress under the Drug Free Communities Support Act. The Institute administered by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), located in Alexandria, Virginia, is "both a vehicle for coalition-specific substance abuse prevention, policy development and a center for coalition training, technical assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building."
Under her leadership, as the deputy responsible for training and technical assistance, the National Coalition Academy was created in partnership with the National Guard Bureau and its Regional Counter-drug Training School Network. Designed to provide substantial support to communities across the nation, the Academy, the National Youth Leadership Initiative, and the other components of the Institute's comprehensive national training delivery system established
by Abdullah represents the largest sustained training and technical assistance
undertaking in CADCA's history. The Institute's training model is also
used in state, regional and international settings.
Prior
to assuming current accountabilities, Kareemah Abdullah a Certified Prevention
Specialist, Level 4 served as Vice-President and President-elect of the
Board of Directors for the Prevention Credentialing Consortium for the
State of Georgia, as a member of the Georgia Steering Committee for the
U.S. Department of Justice Serious and Violent Offender "Coming Home Reentry
Initiative," and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Prevention Coalition,
Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Agency
accomplishments included national recognition as successful Government
Partner by the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives
and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; CADCA Outstanding
Coalition; White House, Office of the President, National Drug Control
Policy Drug-Free Communities Coalition and the establishment of the Genesis
Intel Computer Clubhouse, an international collaboration with Intel, the
Boston Museum of Science, MIT Media Laboratory and the Clubhouse Network.
Kareemah, a visionary, creative and critical thinker, has been training and developing audiences throughout the United States for more than 25 years. This enhances her present focus on achieving the Institute's goal of "increasing the effectiveness of community anti-drug coalitions throughout the nation." She has provided consultative and technical assistance services for federal, state and local governments; faith and community-based organizations; school systems; corporations and other public and private sector entities.
With more than 20 years of successful corporate experience in executive management, sales, marketing, finance, operations, employee development and training; and over 12 years of coalition development expertise, Abdullah has distinguished herself among an exceptional pool of administrators, professional trainers, facilitators and developers by demonstrating a firm grounding in prevention research and theory; community, program, business and youth development; and a broad range of training curricula. Her charismatic and passionate style enhances her appeal as a keynote speaker as she engages broad-base diversified populations and systems.
Kareemah Abdullah, wife and mother of four daughters, is a champion for humanity and for causes that are just, noble and honorable. During her career, Kareemah has consistently brought millions of dollars and resources to the state, organization and community in which she has lived, worked and served.
Dr. Eduardo Hernández-Alarcón
Deputy Director,
Dissemination &
Coalition Relations
Dr.
Eduardo Hernández-Alarcón
is the Deputy Director for Dissemination and Coalition Relations for the
National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America. He has been a substance abuse prevention leader
at the local, state, and national level for over a decade. He entered
the field as a volunteer concerned about the alarming rise of alcohol-related
problems among Latinos, particularly youth. He then served as the Director
of the Multicultural Community Partnership in Santa Barbara California,
founded with a grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).
He subsequently served as the Project Director of CalPartners statewide
coalition, also funded by CSAP and headquartered in Sacramento. In 1997,
the California County Alcohol and Drug Directors Association named CalPartners
“Prevention Organization of the Year.”
During the period he served as CalPartners Director, he helped develop
the California Prevention Collaborative which is comprised of all of California’s
statewide substance abuse prevention organizations and served as its first
Chair. He also helped to create California Latino
Leadership United for Health Communities, one of the few statewide Latino organizations in the country addressing the issues of substance abuse among that fast-growing population.
In 2001, Dr. Hernandez-Alarcón
received an appointment as a Special Expert at the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration and relocated to the Washington
D.C. area. He first served at the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
in the Division of State and Community Systems Development where he focused
on multicultural issues and prevention work with faith-based communities.
His expertise in the latter area led to a subsequent appointment as an
Associate Director for the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Active in other national initiatives, Dr. Hernández-Alarcón
helped found the National Hispano-Latino Community Prevention Network,
an organization that grew out of the CSAP Community Partnership Initiative,
and served as its first co-chair. When CADCA created a National Coalition
Advisory Council in 1998, it selected Dr. Hernández-Alarcón
as one of its initial members and he served on that Council for two years
and a half years.
Widely known across the country for his work on Hispano/Latino issues,
particularly alcohol-related problems, Dr. Hernández-Alarcón
has authored reports and spoken extensively about these problems in relation
to Mexican-American cultural holidays. He has also lectured frequently
on cultural competency issues related to substance abuse prevention in
diverse communities.
Dr. Hernandez-Alarcón completed his undergraduate and graduate
studies at U.C.L.A.
Diane Galloway
Deputy
Director,
Evaluation & Research
dgalloway@cadca.org
Dr. Diane Galloway is the Deputy Director for Evaluation and Research for the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America. She has state, national and local experience. She was the Administrator of the Substance Abuse Division-Wyoming Department of Health from 1999 to 2003. She and served on the executive committee of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD). After leaving state service, Dr. Galloway was contracted to conducted an assessment on multi-faceted impacts of methamphetamine in Casper, Wyoming, a city of 70,000. She understands federal perspective from her experience on several SAMHSA task force committees and from contract work on the CSAP Data Consolidation project. She joined CADCA in December 2006 and brings her passion for prevention research and evaluation to the Institute.
Evelyn Yang
Senior Manager,
Evaluation & Research
Evelyn
Yang is the Senior
Manager for Evaluation and Research for CADCA’s National Community
Anti-Drug Coalition Institute. She is responsible for assisting the Institute’s
mission of advancing coalition research to improve coalition effectiveness
and evaluation. She is also involved in translation of research findings
into materials that the field can effectively utilize in their pursuits.
Her other responsibilities include preparing regular updates for the prevention
and treatment fields on research that is relevant to community-based work
on substance abuse and related issues; managing research projects generated
and developed by both CADCA staff and the Institute’s Scientific
Advisory Panel; and serving as liaison between the Scientific Advisory
Panel and the staff as a whole.
Before joining CADCA, Evelyn worked on several projects examining coalition
effectiveness and local systems change in the human service delivery arena.
She has been involved in evaluation and research projects of comprehensive
community-change oriented initiatives, with interest and experience in
organizational
development, multi-sector collaboration and qualitative and quantitative research methods. Evelyn also has a background in child and family service delivery. Evelyn holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology from The College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Evelyn is also a doctoral candidate in Michigan State University’s Ecological-Community Psychology Program.
Carlton
Hall
Senior Manager,
Training & Technical Assistance
chall@cadca.org
Carlton Hall is the Senior Manager of Training and Technical Assistance for CADCA’s National Coalition Institute. Prior to joining CADCA, Carlton was president and CEO of Carlton Hall Consulting LLC (CHC), a multi-faceted full service consulting organization designed to provide customized solutions and enable measurable change for communities, organizations, families and individuals. In 2005, CHC partnered with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) to provide training and technical assistance support to CADCA’s National Coalition Academy. The Academy, a year long coalition development program, is designed to increase the effectiveness of communities in drug demand reduction at population level outcomes. With over 10 years experience in fields of government, social services and prevention science, Carlton gained national prominence as a Communities That Care® Project Manager, for the Channing Bete Company. He had been a Communities That Care® trainer/senior consultant with Channing Bete Company for four years. He received his Masters in Human Services from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and is pursuing a Doctorate in Education from the Fielding Graduate Institute. He was appointed as the Project Director for the Communities That Care® process in Philadelphia as well as
Sue Stine
Senior
Manager, Dissemination
& Coalition Relations
sstine@cadca.org
Sue Stine is the Senior Manager of Dissemination & Coalition Relations at CADCA’s National Coalition Institute. She is responsible for developing Web content, communicating with coalitions, assisting with strategic planning, developing publications and promotional materials, and disseminating information to the field.
Prior to joining the Institute, Sue was a program officer for the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C., where she worked on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Sue edited the Campaign's bi-monthly newsletter, Update, and worked with a variety of national partners including the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
She was also project director for Working Women ROCC! (Reaching Out against Cervical Cancer), a CDC-funded communications campaign aimed at encouraging women in the workforce to have regular screenings for cervical cancer, and the Innovations in Social Marketing conference.
Sue holds a B.A. in Journalism, writing option, from the Pennsylvania State University.
Shannon Weatherly, MA, CRC
Technical
Assistance Manager
sweatherly@cadca.org
Shannon Weatherly joined the National Coalition Institute in November 2006 as the Technical Assistance Manager. Her role is to provide timely triage and management of technical assistance requests to each individual or coalition that calls upon the Institute for assistance.
Prior to coming to CADCA, Shannon worked at the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. There, she provided training and technical assistance to law enforcement and community members related to the prevention of underage drinking and enforcement of underage drinking laws.
Beginning in 2002, Shannon led an
Alcohol Enforcement Team that covered two counties in South Carolina with
funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention. Under her direction, the Alcohol
Enforcement Team grew from covering one school district to two entire
counties in central South Carolina.
The team included support from four community coalitions, a merchant education program for alcohol retailers, a diversionary program for first-time offenders and significant media coverage. This effort went on to win national recognition from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, when it was named one of the top five exemplary and innovative prevention programs in the nation, in conjunction with the National Association of State Drug and Alcohol Directors, the National Prevention Network and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. In addition, the Alcohol Enforcement Team was named the 2004 Law Enforcement Partnership of the Year by the US Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center.
Prior to her work in substance abuse prevention, Shannon was a therapist and program director at a group home for emotionally challenged youth.
Shannon completed her undergraduate degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia in 1996 and received her Master’s in Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1998.
Anne FitzGerald
Operations Manager
afitzgerald@cada.org
Anne
FitzGerald joined CADCA’s National Community Anti-Drug Coalition
Institute as Operations Manager in August 2007. Her primary responsibilities
include providing support to the Institute Director and ensuring that
the day-to-day activities of the Institute run smoothly. She is also responsible
for coordinating the contractual arrangements with regards to trainers
and facilitators.
Anne comes to CADCA with an extensive background in international shipping
and logistics. She has served as traffic manager for steamship companies
and agents in California and for an international tea trading company
in New Jersey.
Anne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Arilea DeCarvalho
Training
and Technical
Assistance Associate
adecarvalho@cadca.org
Ariléa de Carvalho is a native of Brazil, but has been raised in Northern Virginia. Ariléa completed a degree in Music at Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida. She is not new to CADCA because she has been an intern in Meetings and Special Events since 2002. Arilea now supports the training and technical assistance needs of our coalitions including coordinating Institute events such as the National Coalition Academy, the Youth Summit, and other activities.
She brings a passion to serve and help youth all across the nation become better community leaders.
Andrea de la Flor
CSAP
Prevention Fellow
adelaflor@cadca.org
Andrea de la Flor, M.A., is the CSAP Prevention Fellow for Evaluation and Research at CADCA’s National Coalition Institute. Andrea has always enjoyed working with community organizations that serve the diverse needs of individuals. Prior to joining CADCA, she worked with various organizations in the DC area. She interned at the Latin American Youth Center in their Transitional Living Program, as well as in their Family-to-Family Mentoring Program, and she served as a crisis hotline counselor and hospital advocate for the DC Rape Crisis Center. Andrea also has experience working with learning and behaviorally challenged children at the Lab School of Washington.
Andrea holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary
Studies from Michigan State University, and an M.A. in Psychology from
the American University. Both Andrea’s work and life experiences
have led her to pursuing a career in substance abuse prevention, and she
is enthusiastic about the training opportunities that CADCA will provide
to her over the course of her fellowship.