FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tom Riley / Brian Blake (202) 395–6618
April 22, 2002
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ONDCP
CONFIRMED BY U.S. SENATE
MARY ANN SOLBERG TO BRING HER COMMUNITY COALITION AND DRUG PREVENTION EXPERTISE
TO DRUG CZAR'S OFFICE
(Washington, D.C.)–Today the United States Senate confirmed Mary Ann Solberg as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Mrs. Solberg's extensive experience working with community anti-drug coalitions at the grassroots level will greatly benefit ONDCP's efforts to reduce drug use in America.
John P. Walters, the Director of National Drug Control Policy, said, "Over the course of her career, Mary Ann Solberg has been a leading innovator in the community drug-prevention movement. Her advocacy has had a positive impact on tens of thousands of young people. Mary Ann's expertise and experience will be a tremendous asset in our efforts to reduce substance abuse."
Prior to joining ONDCP, Mrs. Solberg served in Michigan as the Executive Director of both the Troy Community Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and the Coalition of Healthy Communities. Her expertise is solicited by community coalitions all across the United States. She travels extensively as a lecturer and consultant helping communities form prevention coalitions and providing technical assistance to community partnerships and coalitions. She also serves as an advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.
