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Meet | Case | History | Vision | Schools | Donors | Accolades Bios Our Parent Corps leader has already made great strides toward empowering the parents of our students and changing how we look at different issues in our district. ~Fred Lamkey, Principal, Riverton Middle School, Riverton Illinois Sue Rusche She Rusche knows the power of parents. As co-founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of National Families in Action (NFIA), Sue has helped shape the drug prevention field. Under her direction, NFIA has helped parents form drug-prevention groups throughout the United States, helped lead the parent drug-prevention movement, and helped contribute to the two-thirds reduction in regular drug use among adolescents and young adults and the 500 percent drop in daily marijuana use among high school seniors that occurred between 1979 and 1992. She is chief architect of the Parent Corps, which recruits and pays salaries to Parent Leaders to mobilize parents into drug prevention. The Parent Corps has been one of four prevention goals of President George W. Bush’s National Drug Control Strategy and was funded by Congress in the FY 2003 budget in February, 2003. She is administrator of a $4.2 million grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to implement the Parent Corps in nine states over three years. She is web editor and principal writer of National Families in Action’s Internet Website, the Addiction Studies Program for Journalists Internet Website, and the Parent Corps Internet website. She is co-founder of the Addiction Studies Program for Journalists, collaboratively formed by National Families in Action and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The Program holds intensive, two-day workshops for journalists who cover the drug story and provides an Internet website to connect journalists to scientists who are studying the effects of drugs on the brain. She also co-founded the Addiction Studies Program for State Legislatures with two additional partners, the Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and the National Conference of State Legislatures. This program is directed to legislators and legislative staff. She has been principal investigator of several federal grants, including two five-year demonstration grants from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The first (1990-1995) enabled National Families in Action to help parents in Atlanta public-housing communities prevent drug abuse among their children. The second (1994-1999) enabled the organization to establish an after-school program for children at risk that increased academic performance, increased parental and student bonding to school, and prevented substance use among participants. Ms. Rusche has served on numerous boards, including the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s Advisory Board, the White House Conference for A Drug Free America (Presidential appointment), Surgeon General Koop’s Task Force on Drunk Driving, and the advisory committee for the Congressional Office for Technology Assessment, which conducted a study on the root causes of drug abuse for the United States Congress. She currently serves on the National Advisory Council of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. From 1984-1990, Ms. Rusche wrote a twice weekly column on drug abuse,which King Features syndicated to more than 100 newspapers throughout the nation. She has written op-eds for journals, newspapers and periodicals, including Science, the New York Review of Books, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and countless other newspapers. She is principal author of the five-day Parent Corps Basic Training and co-author with Paula Kemp of the DARE Parent Program. She is co-author with David Friedman, a neuroscientist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, of False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain, (Harwood Academic Books, October, 1999). She is founding editor of Drug Abuse Update, author of A Guide to the Drug Legalization Movement, principal author of the You Have the Right to Know drug-education series, and author of How to Form A Families in Action Group in Your Community, Crack Update, and The American Prevention Movement. She contributed a chapter to A Handbook on Drug Prevention (Allyn and Bacon, 1995) and wrote several articles for the Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (Macmillan, 1996). She served as editorial advisor to the revision of Macmillan’s Encyclopedia in 2002 and to Drugs and Controlled Substances, a series published by the Gale Group. In the course of her work, Ms. Rusche has testified before many Congressional committees, given speeches throughout the world, and made numerous appearances on national television, including the Jim Lehrer Newshour, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN News, CNN and Company, CNN News Stand, Fox Cable Television, MSNBC, and various network evening news shows, as well as on numerous local television and radio shows across the nation. Paula C. Kemp Since 1986, Paula Kemp has served as Executive Vice President for National Families in Action. She is responsible for day-to-day management of the organization under the direction of the President & CEO. In this capacity she oversees the maintenance of insurance policies, lease agreements, payroll and human resources. She is responsible for meeting, conference planning, and training logistics. Ms. Kemp’s duties include writing and speaking for the organization, developing programs, and maintaining the information center with more than one million documents related to substance abuse. She handles referrals for those in crisis who call needing help for family members, and fills requests for media representatives and others who need information about alcohol and other drugs. From 1982 to 1986, Ms. Kemp was a volunteer board member for National Families in Action. She brings unique experience from her own family’s successful attempts to intervene and seek treatment for an addicted child. She has provided training for teachers and community volunteers and addressed parent groups around the country and in Italy, Australia and Malaysia. She has consulted with the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the State Department and served as Chair of the RADAR Network (Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource) Steering Committee, on which she continues to serve. Ms. Kemp assisted in the development of the Parent Corps Basic Training, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She is also co-author with Sue Rusche of You Have the Right to Know, a drug-education curriculum developed as part of a grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. She developed an innovative after-school program, Club HERO, recognized as a Promising Program by the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, for middle-school youth as part of another federal demonstration grant. She continues to provide training to communities and schools implementing Club HERO in many north Georgia counties. With Sue Rusche, she wrote the DARE Parent Program. She is author of a tip card, 12 Tips for Keeping Your Kids Drug Free. Ms. Kemp was editor of Drug Abuse Update from 1994-1999. Ms. Kemp received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California. Phillip Deal Phillip Deal recently joined National Families in Action (NFIA) as its new Vice President of Organizational Development. Phil has a long history of service to the community and brings his personal experience as a volunteer and professional experience as a fundraiser to help advance the mission of NFIA and its projects. Phil began his service to others as a student at Oglethorpe University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, as a leader in the Mu Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-ed service Fraternity. He served in various leadership roles and eventually became the Georgia chairman of the Fraternity after graduation. During this tenure, he helped recharter the Emory University chapter of Alpha Phi Omega and served on various national committees to advance the mission of leadership, friendship, and service provided by the Fraternity. Phil began his professional fundraising career with ALSAC, the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in the Atlanta regional office in 1987. In 1992, he moved to Dallas, Texas, and became the regional director of the Southwest Region of ALSAC/St. Jude. In 1996, Phil relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to start a new fundraising office in conjunction with a newly established medical St. Jude affiliate. During his time with ALSAC/St. Jude, he participated in implementing and developing a number of successful, national programs for St. Jude including the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® radiothon program, the Halloween pumpkin pin-up promotion, and the St. Jude Dream Home® campaign. Phil saw dramatic increases in revenues for each of his fundraising territories during his 18 years at ALSAC/St. Jude. Phil’s personal service to the community now continues by serving on the boards of various organizations that support children with various developmental disabilities. These organizations provide direct services to special needs children as well as educate parents about their children’s legal rights under various federal and state laws. Phil is excited about joining the NFIA team and being a part of the vision to establish Parent Corps and the other NFIA programs in all 50 states. Bill Carter Bill Carter serves as National Families in Action (NFIA) Parent Corps National Coordinator. Working with NFIA’s State Partners, Mr. Carter is responsible for interviewing and hiring Parent Leaders recruited by the partners and Parent Corps schools. Mr. Carter brings his personal experience in sales, field management, and as a small business owner to manage the work of 20 Parent Leaders working in nine states. Through scheduled and unscheduled calls, email, and conference calls, Mr. Carter provides the Parent Leaders, operating alone in their schools, a vast and responsive support system. As NFIA gradually adds Parent Corps State Coordinators to its State Partners’ offices, Mr. Carter also supports and manages them. A member of NFIA’s Board of Directors since 1992, Mr. Carter is devoted to the concept of drug prevention through parents as the most effective way to ensure that youth have unlimited opportunities to achieve their potential. He joined NFIA’s staff in 2004 as further commitment to his desire to give back to the community. After serving in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and completing his education, Mr. Carter began a long career in marketing, primarily with Xerox Corporation and was the 1984 recipient of the Black Achievers in Industry Award representing Xerox. In 1991, he and his wife LaVerne, realized a long-held dream to open their own business. For a decade, Quality Business Solutions, Inc. held the #1 ranking of Xerox agencies in the state and received numerous awards and press recognition. With three partners, Mr. Carter founded Mosaic Business Solutions, LLC in 2002. He was directly responsible for business operations, sales activities, management, and training. Bill’s personal service to the community continues with his service on the boards of: • Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Carter holds a B.S. degree in Psychology from City College of New York. Meet | Case | History | Vision | Schools | Donors | Accolades
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