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Biographies
August 8-11, 2005
Hotel Mead & Conference Center
Wisconsin Rapids
Hosted By:
The Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
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 Philip
DeVol, CCDC & OCPC
Mr. DeVol, from Marengo, Ohio, was director
of an outpatient chemical dependency treatment center for 19 years.
Now he consults and trains on poverty issues, on collaboration and
on the design of adolescent treatment programs, and improving retention
rates of new hires from poverty. He works with organizations to
redesign programs to better serve people in poverty, as well as
with communities to systemically address community sustainability.
He keeps in touch with the "real"
world by serving as coordinator of the Family and Children First
Council in his community. In this way Phil gets to practice his
skills as a partner and learn more about the concepts presented
in the two books he has coauthored, Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies
for Professionals and Communities and The Complete Guide
to Elementary Student Assistance Programs.
Phil consults for aha! Process Inc. and
has led numerous workshops based on Bridges Out of Poverty
since 1998.
 George
Hacker, Director Alcohol Policies Project -Center for Science in
the Public Interest
Mr. Hacker directs the Alcohol Policies
Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Since
1982, at both CSPI and the Advocacy Institute, he has promoted reforms
to limit alcohol advertising and marketing to young people and vulnerable
populations, to increase state and federal taxation of alcoholic
beverages, and to provide improved consumer information about the
health consequences of alcohol consumption. He coordinates two national
coalitions that pursue those objective sand from 1989-1992 served
as staff director of the National Coalition to Prevent Impaired
Driving. He is the author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles
on alcohol issues and several CSPI and Advocacy Institute publications,
including Last Call for High Risk Bar Promotions, State Alcohol
Taxes and Health, Marketing Booze to Blacks, The Booze Merchants,
and Taking Initiative. Mr. Hacker has appeared on numerous national
television and radio shows on alcohol issues and is frequently quoted
in prominent news reports. A 1998 Sunday New York Times Magazine
article referred to Mr. Hacker as the "undisputed general of the
nation's alcohol-control forces."
 Katherine
Kraft, Ph.D, Senior Program Officer - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Katherine Kraft is a Senior Program Officer
at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where her dynamic leadership
and program development skills focus on promoting healthy communities
and lifestyles. A specialist in youth development and whole community
approaches to developing capable, confident youth. Dr. Kraft has
developed the innovative "Reclaiming Futures," program, with integrated
care systems and community involvement opportunities for youth caught
in the juvenile justice system. These efforts have included connecting
the restorative justice field with the adolescent substance abuse
treatment arena.
A hallmark of Dr. Kraft's work is connecting
disparate community sectors and cross-disciplines in re-assessing
how to design communities and care systems that facilitate healthy
lifestyle choices. She is a recognized expert in how structural
environments impact health, and is a distinguished spokesperson
for the emerging "Active Living" movement. Her work has resulted
in collaboration between transportation, planning, design, and public
health professionals to identify new methods of placemaking for
health.
Prior to joining the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Dr. Kraft was on the social work faculty at Rutgers
University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and served as a research
associate at the University of Pennsylvania. Her consulting engagements
provided Dr. Kraft with significant hands-on experience in various
arenas including welfare-to-work, substance abuse and managed care.
A prolific researcher and writer, her published
work focuses on the cost effectiveness of support services, system
delivery characteristics, and cross-sector understanding of the
components of healthy communities. She serves on several national
task forces addressing healthy youth and community development,
including the Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence; and the
current National Academy of Science Report on Healthy Youth and
Family Development. She is on the board of The Funders Network for
Smart Growth and Livable Communities and is an active community
member serving on several nonprofit boards in the New Jersey area.
Dr. Kraft holds a Ph.D. in Social Research
and Social Work from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters in Social Work
from Temple University.
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