Georgia Prevenion Speakers Directory

Statewide Speakers

Chuck Wade

Name: Chuck Wade

Title: ​Executive Director and CEO

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​​​​Drug Free workplace Education for Employees, Drug Free workplace Education for Supervisors, Drugs Don't Work

Contact Details: Phone: (404) 223-2277 or Email: cwade@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://www.livedrugfree.org

Chris Manning

Name: ​Chris Manning

Title: ​​​Director of Information Technology

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​​Environmental Public Awareness Campaigns, How Technology Is Being Used To Market Addictive Substances To Our Youth, Positive Social Norms, Counter Advertising, Drug Free workplace Education for Employees, Drug Free workplace Education for Supervisors, Drugs Don't Work

Contact Details: Phone: (770) 725-1837 or Email: ​cmanning@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://www.livedrugfree.org

Karen Tinker

Name: Karen Tinker

Title: ​​Business Development Manager

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​​Drug Free workplace Education for Employees, Drug Free workplace Education for Supervisors, Drugs Don't Work, DOT FMCSA Compliance, DER Training, Suicide Prevention-QPR Gatekeeper Training

Contact Details: Phone: (404) 223-2481 or Email: ktinker@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://www.livedrugfree.org

John Bringuel

Name: John M. Bringuel, MA, ICPS

Title: Project Director Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​Prescription Drug Safe Storage and Secure Disposal, Prescription Drug Awareness

Contact Details: Phone: (404) 223-2484 or Email: jbringuel@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stoprxabuseinga.org

Region 1

Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fanin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun


Ester Lopez

Name: Ester López, ICPS

Title: ​Region 1 Project Director for the North Georgia Alcohol & Substance Abuse Prevention Project (ASAPP)

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​Red Ribbon Week, Social Host Liability, Underage Drinking Prevention

Contact Details: Phone: (770) 372-3703 or Email: elopez@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stopalcoholunder21.org/region-1

Region 2

Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Emmanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson

Kay Manning

Name: Katherine M. Manning, LCSW, MAC, ICPS

Title: ​Associate Director of Prevention/Intervention

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: Alcohol Awareness, Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service (RASS), ​Red Ribbon Week, Social Host Liability & Ordinances, Sticker Shock, Underage Drinking Prevention

Contact Details: Phone: (770) 725-1837 or Email: kmanning@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stopalcoholunder21.org/region-2

Region 3

Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale

Afiya King

Name: Afiya King, MPH, ICPS

Title: ​Assistant Director of Prevention/Intervention Atlanta-DeKalb Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​Red Ribbon Week, Underage Drinking Prevention, Alcohol Compliance Checks, All Stars Program

Contact Details: Phone: (404) 223-2487 or Email: aking@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stopalcoholunder21.org/region-3

Region 4

Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Worth

Region 5

Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

Harry Stevenson

Name: Harry Stevenson, ICPS

Title: ​Project Director Southeast Georgia Alcohol Abuse

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​Red Ribbon Week, Underage Drinking Prevention, Project ALERT, Social Host Liability

Contact Details: Phone: (912) 523-5445 or Email: hstevenson@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stopalcoholunder21.org/region-5

Region 6

Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson, Webster

Carmen Caldwell

Name: Carmen L. Caldwell, M.P.A., M.Div., ICPS

Title: Project Director Middle Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative

Organization: ​The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.

Speaking Topics: ​Red Ribbon Week, Underage Drinking Prevention, Project ALERT, Social Host Liability

Contact Details: Phone: (404) 223-6604 or Email: ccaldwell@livedrugfree.org

Website: http://stopalcoholunder21.org/region-6

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