Ovidio
B. Bermudez, M.D.
Dr. Bermudez is the Medical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended medical school at the Universidad Central del Este in the Dominican Republic, completed his residency in Pediatrics at The Medical College of Pennsylvania and his fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board-certified in both pediatrics and adolescent medicine.
Dr. Bermudez is affiliated with a number of professional societies, serving in leadership roles. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Medicine and the Academy for Eating Disorders. He has served on several boards and committees with special attention to eating disorders. Dr. Bermudez has also served on several editorial boards. In addition to his membership on the SADD National board of directors, Dr. Bermudez currently serves on the board of directors of the National Eating Disorders Association and on the advisory board of GirlForce at Vanderbilt University. He is founder and president of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee. Dr. Bermudez is fluent in Spanish.
Colonel
James E. Champagne
Lieutenant Colonel Champagne served as Executive Director and Governor’s Highway Safety Representative from 1996 to 2007. He was appointed to both posts by Governor Mike Foster on January 8, 1996. He began his state service in 1966 with his appointment as a state trooper. During his career with the state police, Colonel Champagne had numerous commands, culminating with his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, Chief of Staff for the Louisiana State Police. As the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative, he helped Louisiana implement a wide range of highway safety programs. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission serves as the coordinating agency between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and state and local government. The primary objective of the Highway Safety Commission is to reduce through proper problem identification the severity and number of traffic crashes, deaths and injuries on our highways.
Colonel Champagne has a degree in Criminal Justice from Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana, and a diploma in police administration and traffic management from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Louisiana State Troopers Association, and Southeastern and Northwestern Alumni Associations. He served as the vice-chairman of the Governor’s DWI/Vehicular Homicide Task Force, as a member of the Louisiana Responsible Vendor Board, on the Council on Automobile Insurance Rates and Enforcement, on the Railroad Task Force, as a member of the Metropolitan Safety Council of the New Orleans Area, and on the East Baton Rouge Mayor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Colonel Champagne was awarded the 2002 National Commission Against Drunk Driving (NCADD) Government Leadership Award at the 18th Annual NCADD Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. He received the SADD National Outstanding Achievement Award in July 2003. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in highway safety, Colonel Champagne was awarded the 1998 J. Stannard Baker Award by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the only civilian honored with the Baker Award in 1998. Also in 1998, he was selected to receive the Chairman’s Award by the Metropolitan Safety Council of New Orleans and the Traffic Safety Achievement Award, sponsored by AAA and the Safety and Occupational Health Council of Baton Rouge.
Felicity
DeBacco-Erni
SADD State Coordinator Representative
Audit Committee
Felicity DeBacco-Erni serves as the Director for Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking (PAUD) and coordinates efforts for PA SADD. As the director of PAUD for the last eight years, she has been instrumental in both coalition development and alcohol policy development. Felicity has actively pursued passage and implementation of legislation at the state level that positively affects the well-being of our future leaders. She worked diligently during the 2001-2002 session on passage of House Bill 850, passed in 2002, which legalized alcohol compliance checks in Pennsylvania. In 2001, the statewide underage drinking coalition received the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA)’s Coalition of the Year Award.
Ms. DeBacco-Erni provides technical assistance as well as training to youth and community groups and government agencies throughout Pennsylvania. She and her staff oversee the marketing and data collection for the state’s 1-888-UNDER-21 hotline. Ms. DeBacco-Erni earned a Master of Education in Training and Development from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Criminology from Millersville University. She is a native of Western Pennsylvania, and currently resides outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband and son.
Ken
Dec (Secretary/Clerk)
Executive Committee
Audit Committee
Development Committee
Ken Dec is the Chief Measurement Officer, Director of Strategic Planning, for PARTNERS+simons, an advertising and services firm in Boston that targets six industries: financial services, health care, life sciences, technology, consumer/retail and professional services. He is a 28-year marketing veteran with executive-level experience advising regional, national and international firms including Mercedes-Benz, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, EMC, Schering-Plough, Nationwide and others through brand, marketing, direct marketing, communications and sales strategy. His category experience includes technology, financial services, travel and hospitality, health care, not-for-profit and retail. Before arriving at PARTNERS+simons, he was Senior Vice President of Arnold Worldwide, where he oversaw brand development and new customer acquisition for Vonage, the world's largest online advertiser. Mr. Dec has also held leadership positions at Rapp Collins, Hill Holliday and Epsilon, and is former President and Chief Executive Officer of CGN (now Connelly Partners). In addition to his responsibilities at CGN, Mr. Dec was also Executive Vice President of Business Development at the agency's parent company, Epsilon, a leader in relationship marketing with special emphasis in the not-for-profit arena. He is also a communications veteran with expertise in strategic planning and delivery of integrated communications programs for companies and organizations that have included Fidelity Investments, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, U.S. Olympic Committee, PBS, and Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mr. Dec serves on the board of directors for two other nonprofit organizations, the Ad Club of Boston and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. He also provides pro bono services to The Children's Trust Fund, whose goal is to mobilize all segments of the community to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening and supporting families.
Peter Hooper, Ph.D.
Development Committee
Dr.Peter Hooper is recently retired Senior Managing Director of Guideline’s Market Research Division, a position he held for more than two years following the acquisition of Atlantic Research and Consulting, the marketing research company he founded in 1984. Dr. Hooper grew Atlantic from a startup, full-service marketing research company to a $9 million business unit of Guideline in 2007, serving clients in financial services, health care, communications, advertising, government and the nonprofit sector, among others. Prior to founding Atlantic Research and Consulting, he served as Director of Management Information Services for the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Consultant and Deputy Director of the City of Boston’s Survey Research Office in the Mayor’s Management Services Division, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, and Postdoctoral Fellow in Science Policy at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Joseph
A. Maddox, Jr.
Joseph Maddox is a consultant in the health care field. Prior to his present work, he was the president and chief operating officer of America’s Health Network, which was merged with the FOX network. In 1993, he co-founded the network with Webster Golinkin, chairman and chief executive officer. On March 25, 1996, they launched America’s Health Network as the first and only television source for around-the-clock health and medical information. As president and chief operating officer, Mr. Maddox oversaw day-to-day operations of America’s Health Network and implemented plans to ensure the company’s growth. He also directed the network’s advertising and sponsorship sales activities.
Before cofounding America’s Health Network, Mr. Maddox was a partner and executive vice president of Whittle Communications, L.P. During his tenure at Whittle, he helped launch Medical News Network, a satellite-delivered television news and information service for physicians. Previously, he was a member of the founding team of The Discovery Channel, where he was senior vice president of marketing and a director of the company. He was also a director and executive vice president of marketing at American Medical Communications, Inc. and circulation marketing director The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Maddox earned his BA from Michigan State University.
Danna Mauch, Ph.D.
Danna Mauch is principal scientist/associate at Abt Associates Inc., a company that applies scientific research, consulting and technical assistance expertise to a wide range of issues in social, economic, and health policy; international development; clinical trials; and registries. Dr. Mauch has more than 30 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing research, clinical, and administrative services in the specialty health arena. The focus of her work has been on integration of systems of care, financing, and management information to support clinical decisions and quality improvements toward excellent outcomes for children and adults with special health care needs. Prior to joining Abt, she worked as chief administrative officer of the Behavioral Pharmacy Management System and the Medical Research International subsidiary at Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc., developing an evidence-based decision-support system to improve the quality and efficacy of prescribing practices and conducting pharmacoeconomic research. Prior to that post, Dr. Mauch served as founding president and CEO of Magellan Public Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary of Magellan Health Services that provided managed care and administrative services to the largest number of lives in government-financed behavioral health, child welfare, and criminal justice organizations. She served in executive positions in the state governments of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, directing mental health, substance abuse and forensic medicine services. Dr. Mauch was appointed special master by the U.S. Federal Court of the District of Columbia to administer the Court’s consent decree governing mental health system reform in Washington.
Dr. Mauch was a member of the SAMHSA National Advisory Council, the White House Conference and the Surgeon General’s Task Force on Mental Health. She is past board president and current vice president for public policy of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and a founding board member and committee chair of the MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation. She is also co-chair of the development committee of the Conservatory Lab Charter School, a Boston elementary school that promotes learning through music for children from culturally diverse communities. Dr. Mauch is co-founder and chairman of the board of Treatment Effectiveness Now (the TEN Project), a private, nonprofit policy action organization affiliated with Georgetown University Department of Psychiatry, dedicated to ensuring access to effective health care for children and adults with co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions. She studied for her B.A. degree at Connecticut College and Wesleyan University and received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University.
Danna Mauch is the mother of a teenage son.
Sharon
Sikora
Audit Committee
Sharon Sikora is a national activist and speaker on drunk driving issues. She is also a survivor of a crash caused by a drunk driver. Ms. Sikora has been instrumental in the drafting and/or passage of several laws, most notably Arizona’s 1982 DUI law, the passage of raising the drinking age to 21, and the child endangerment law. She is a past national vice president of MADD and a co-founder of MADD-Arizona. Ms. Sikora is a co-founder of the Ashes to Life support group and the Arizona Children’s Burn Camp. Active in local and national citizens groups, she currently sits on the board of the Foundation for Burns and Trauma. She speaks to countless groups and organizations, ranging from victim impact panels to adult probation classes to Phoenix College law classes. She is also involved with Arizona SADD and Phoenix Fire Department Fire Pals. Her outreach also includes assistance with Nevada Stop DUI and the Roots and Wings organization, a not-for-profit counseling organization.
Ms. Sikora was appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court to a committee to draft Victims’ Rights Legislation. She was also appointed by the Governor to recommend legislation for Juvenile Justice Reform. She has received several awards, including the Twelve Who Care Award, the SADD National Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), the Outstanding Young Woman in America Award (1986), the 1998 Department of Justice National Crime Victim Award, and the 1999 Arizona Attorney General Distinguished Service to Victims of Crime Award. Ms. Sikora has been an advocate for youth on the local, state and national levels and a supporter and activist for SADD for more than 25 years.
Jessica
Smith
SADD State Coordinator Representative
Jessica Smith is the SADD State Coordinator from Arizona. She has been involved in the effort against impaired driving for more than 20 years, since her mother’s near-fatal crash caused by an impaired driver. Her mother was the co-founder of Arizona MADD, and she joined those efforts as a result. At age 16, she was also a victim in a crash caused by a juvenile impaired driver. The Zero Tolerance Law for under 21 was enacted the following legislative session as a result of her crash. Ms. Smith has been involved in numerous legislative issues: Zero Tolerance for juveniles, the lowering of DUI to .08, graduated licensing, "Kids Aren’t Cargo," and Safety Belt laws. She was appointed to the Arizona Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Council by Governor Jane D. Hull. The Team implements highway safety plans to ensure the safety of all Arizona citizens. She currently serves as the Chair of the Arizona DUI Task Force. She is dedicated to working with youth and being part of the solution to the problems and issues that young people encounter every day.
Ms. Smith was graduated from Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona, and attended Glendale Community College and Phoenix College. She worked for the Phoenix Metro Chapter of MADD before becoming the Arizona State SADD Coordinator in 1998. She is married and has three young children.
Stephen
Wallace
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
Executive Committee Chair
Development Committee Chair
Stephen Wallace serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer for the SADD National organization. He was elected to this position in September of 1995. He also directs SADD’s Teens Today project, a study of adolescent attitudes and behaviors. This research is reflected in the more than 50 columns, articles, and opinion-editorials he has published and is the subject of his book, Reality Gap: Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex—What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling. Currently, Mr. Wallace serves as president of Summit Communications Management Corporation located in Boston. His regional and national clients represent industries such as telecommunications, energy and consumer products. Mr. Wallace has broad experience as a psychologist and counselor; he has held positions in school-based psychological services departments in Florida and Massachusetts and the adolescent psychiatric unit of Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. He is a member of the American Camping Association and he currently serves as director of counselor training at the Cape Cod Sea Camps, Inc. Mr. Wallace serves as president of the Summit Foundation for Teen Leadership, Inc., a foundation he recently established that provides scholarships for underprivileged teens to attend teen leadership programs.
Mr. Wallace served as Undersecretary of Economic Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he oversaw policy, planning and management for a number of state agencies, including business development, film, international trade, and minority and women’s business development. He also managed the state’s marketing and advertising programs for business development and retention. Mr. Wallace also served Massachusetts as Assistant Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, where he was responsible for policy planning, consumer education, and external communications for the cabinet office and its nine regulatory agencies, including the cable television commission, the divisions of banking, public utilities and insurance, and the alcoholic beverages control commission. During this time, Mr. Wallace chaired or served on a number of gubernatorial task forces covering such issues as public health, underage drinking, the environment and education. He also co-hosted a statewide cable television program, Consumer Weekly, and was a regular guest on local newscasts and radio programs. A native of Westfield, New Jersey and Tequesta, Florida, Mr. Wallace earned degrees from Susquehanna University and Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.
Linda
Peterson Warren
Linda Peterson Warren is a veteran of film, television, and government. She was appointed Arizona Film Commissioner in 1994 after a national search to fill the post and served until 2003. Serving under the Department of Commerce, she led the Arizona Film Commission in attracting and supporting film and television production for the express purpose of economic development. Under her leadership, economic impact averaged about $100M annually for imported production of films, television shows, and commercials. Major motion pictures include Three Kings, What Planet Are You From?, The Postman, U-Turn, Jerry Maguire, Mars Attacks!, Tin Cup, Waiting to Exhale, Broken Arrow, and Flirting with Disaster. Television projects include Looking for Lost Bird, Point Last Seen, Jane’s Coming Out Party, Buffalo Soldiers, and The Magnificent Seven (TV pilot). Ms. Warren’s career spans more than 25 years in film, television and theater with professional experience as film commissioner, actress, writer, producer, director, publicist and college professor. Ms. Warren has served as an officer of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) and as a member of its board of directors. Other professional memberships include Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity, Women in Film and Film U.S. She is a member of the Governor’s Film and Television Advisory Board and the Scottsdale Community College Advisory Board for film curriculum, as well as the de facto chairman of the Governor’s Film Industry Competitiveness Task Force 1994-1995. She is a member of AAED.
In 1995, Ms. Warren received the Outstanding Achievement Award from her alma mater, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, from which she holds a BA in theater. Postgraduate work includes programs at Butler University, Harvard University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
Robert
K. Weiler (Treasurer)
Executive Committee
Audit Committee
Robert K. Weiler is the chief executive officer, president and a member of the board of directors of Phase Forward. Prior to joining Phase Forward in November of 2002, he served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Giga Information Group, an IT research company, from 1999 to 2002. Before joining Giga, he was president and chief executive officer of Eastman Software (formerly Wang Software) from 1997 to 1999. He also served as senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing for Lotus Development Corporation.
Currently, Mr. Weiler serves as the chairman of the board of trustees of Saint Anselm’s College. Other boards he has served on include Corporate Software, Waterville Company, Distributed Management Systems, Cullinet Software, Interleaf, DataLogix, and Giga Information Group. Mr. Weiler has coached youth soccer and lacrosse teams for the last 18 years. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Waterville Valley Ski Foundation and Academy for the last nine years. Mr. Weiler currently holds the position of Treasurer for the Massachusetts Bay Women’s Lacrosse League.
Penelope
Wells
(President and Executive Director)
Executive Committee
Development Committee
Penelope Wells is the President and Executive Director of SADD National. An attorney and manager, she served for 15 years as an executive in several government agencies. Most recently, Ms. Wells served as Acting Executive Director and General Counsel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, an agency overseeing the licensure and discipline of the state’s 30,000 physicians. Prior to her work at the Board of Medicine, Ms. Wells served as Assistant Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, overseeing the activities of several agencies, including the Division of Registration and the Alcohol Beverages Control Commission. Ms. Wells has also served as Executive Director of the state Cable Television Commission.
A graduate of Wellesley College and Boston University School of Law, Ms. Wells has been active in her community, sitting on the boards of several childcare agencies as well as chairing the governing committee of her church. Ms. Wells lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and is the mother of two children.
Stephen Winkler
2008-2009 SADD National Student of the Year
Stephen Winkler of Seneca, Kansas, is the 2008-2009 SADD National Student of the Year. He is an active member of the Kansas SADD Student Leadership Council and is on the executive committee of the Nemaha Valley High School SADD chapter. Stephen also served on the 2007-2008 SADD National Student Leadership Council as a member of the field services working group and on the scholarship committee for the 2008 SADD National conference. He also represented SADD at the NOYS (National Organizations for Youth Safety) meeting, the Kansas Transportation Safety Conference, and the Florida, West Virginia, and Northern Lights (North Dakota & Minnesota) SADD conferences. Stephen served as trainer for the Kansas Youth Leadership Summit, and he helped coordinate the Kansas Red Ribbon Training and Kansas SADD Leadership Conference. In 2007, he received the esteemed Nemaha Valley High School Leadership Award for his involvement with SADD at the local, state, and national levels. An excellent student, Stephen was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the top five of his class as a Kansas scholar. He was also active in other school activities – as business manager of the yearbook staff, a member of the forensics team as a state competitor, an active member of student government, and a participant in school plays. He has been active in his community and currently serves as a student mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. He also worked at a local hospital.
