Advisory Board Members
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• Celia Arriaga, representing K-12 education. Celia works for the Seattle Public School District in the Prevention and Intervention Department. She works on issues related to substance abuse and violence prevention with students, staff and parents. Celia has assisted K-12 schools implement best practice violence and drug prevention programs throughout the Seattle School District and abroad. She has been a Board member since 1989.

• Deanna Briese, representing children and family services. Deanna has been the Executive Director of ACAP Child and Family Services since 2004, which serves the day care and parenting needs of low-income people in the greater Auburn area. She also served as a Policy Analyst for the Washington State House of Representatives specializing in children and family issues. She spent 12 years managing the drug elimination grant for the King County Housing Authority. Deanna holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Masters of Public Administration.

• Dan Drischel, representing higher education in human services. Dan has a M.Ed. from University of Cincinnati, Ohio and taught for 5 years in the Cincinnati Public Schools before relocating to Washington State. He has also taught at North Seattle Community College/Education Department. Currently he is the Coordinator of the Highline Community College Human Services program, offering degrees and certificates in Human Services and Chemical Dependency Professional.

• Mark Howard, Vice Chair, representing law enforcement. Mark is a civilian employee of the Seattle Police Department where he has worked in Community Crime Prevention and currently works in Emergency Management. Mark has been on the Board since 1989.

• Kimberly Noel, representing student assistance programs. Kimberly Noel is currently the Director for the Prevention Center at the Puget Sound School District Educational Service District's Learning and Teaching Department. She manages grants at the Prevention Center involving school safety, substance abuse prevention and intervention, as well as comprehensive health and equity in K-12 education.

• Pamela Perez, representing employment programs. Pam was born and raised in Seattle. She is a mmother of seven and grandmother of three. Pam has worked in social services since 1992 working for Kinichitapi Indian Services, Seattle Indian Health Board, United Indians of all Tribes to name a few, she currently works for Center for Career Alternatives. Pam also worked at the University of Washington as a case mangager for Parents Child Assistant Program.

• Helena Stephens, representing local government and youth services. Helena has been the Family, Youth and Teen Services Manager for the City of Bellevue for the past 13 years. Helena has also worked on youth development, community building and juvenile justice initiatives. She works with numerous non-profit organizations that focus on advancing the issues of youth, low-income communities, and communities of color. She continues to work tirelessly to look for opportunities to reduce the impact of poverty, drug, alcohol and violence affecting the families of King County.

• Kim Walker, representing youth services and faith community. Kim began as a youth leader in one of our youth leadership programs. She is a Washington State University graduate in Communications. She currently works as the Healthy Youth Project Coordinator for Maple Valley Communities That Care project. She is also a leader for the youth in Greater Mt. Moriah M.B. church. She is a passionate advocate for healthy youth and healthy families.

• Liz Wilhelm, Chair, representing prevention programming and curriculum. Liz has been a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Preventionist for fourteen years. She received a Masters of Science in Community Wellness and Prevention at National-Louis University. After coming to Seattle, she developed the Washington State prevention curriculum to train and teach leaders in the prevention field. After managing the Alcohol /Drug Clearing House for over five years, she became the funding and policy analyst for the Committee for Children. She is also the Chair for Washington Association of Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention, a group that works to advocate for prevention.