Biography

Elena M. Carr, M.A.

Elena Carr is a Program Analyst in the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL's) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy. She provides policy guidance and coordinates program initiatives related to substance abuse issues throughout the Department. She also directs DOL's Working Partners for an Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace program -- an outreach and information dissemination initiative to encourage and assist work organizations to implement drug-free workplace programs.

Ms. Carr has provided training and technical assistance to both labor unions and businesses regarding workplace drug and alcohol problems. From 1994 to 1997 Ms. Carr served as Director of the Substance Abuse Institute at the George Meany Center for Labor studies and she is also the former Director of Workplace Programs for the Corporation Against Drug Abuse (CADA). Prior to that she was the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Coordinator for the Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO.

Ms. Carr has a Masters degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Mason University.