Traci Toomey Ph.D. is the director of the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota. This program has conducted studies on policy and prevention for underage alcohol use and heavy drinking, underage access to alcohol, alcohol sales to intoxicated persons, and alcohol use among different populations. She received her MPH in Epidemiology in 1991 and her PhD in Epidemiology in 1994 from the University of Minnesota. Professor Toomey is an expert in public health policy, with particular expertise in alcohol control policies. She has served as the principal investigator or co-investigator of more than 30 research studies addressing policy issues.  

Jeffrey Glazer is a Clinical Associate Professor at the UW Law School’s Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, where students provide free legal services for startup businesses throughout the state of Wisconsin. He also leads the Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic’s Rural Entrepreneurship Project. Jeff has worked with and represented suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcohol beverages for over 13 years. 

Niki received her Masters of Public Health in Policy & Administration from UW-Milwaukee's Zilber School of Public Health and has worked for multiple public health organizations in the state including UW Health, Wood County Health Department, UW Population Health Institute, Wisconsin Initiative for Stigma Elimination, Outagamie County Public Health, Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin, and the Zilber School of Public Health. Currently, she is the Public Health Policy & Equity Coordinator at the Winnebago County Health Department. Niki has experience working on a variety of public health issues and is passionate about improving public health through equitable policy solutions. 

Samantha’s roots are in EMS (emergency medical services) where she began as a paramedic. As she advanced through her career in EMS, she developed a passion for preparedness, planning, and fostering collaborative solutions to community problems. She received her Master of Organizational Leadership from Marion University and opened her own consulting firm. Samantha works with EMS agencies and professional associations across the country to improve effectiveness, communication, and development. Currently, she is the Coordinator for the Drug-Free Communities Grant with the Winnebago County Drug & Alcohol Coalition. Samantha has a variety of experience in project management, organizational development, grant management, and facilitation. 

Chuck Klevgaard is a nationally recognized expert in substance misuse prevention, public health, and school-based health. Drawing on his experience in collective impact and prevention-focused partnerships, he builds the capacity of states, tribes, schools, communities, and cities to use evidence-based substance misuse prevention and intervention strategies. He specializes in behavioral health support; training and technical assistance; and evidence-based alcohol, opioid, and substance misuse programs and policies. As a consultant to Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center, Klevgaard provides training and technical assistance to substance misuse prevention entities within the Great Lakes region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio.

Joyce Gau is a charter member with Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac, WI (DFC). Her interest in prevention stems from her years of teaching at the high school level. Gau completed her studies in Substance Abuse Counseling through Moraine Park Institute.  She began her counseling career at the ADARC, a program of Lutheran Social Services in Fond du Lac that provides services for teens and adults. Joyce later completed a master’s degree in Community Counseling. Combining teaching, substance use counseling, and prevention, Joyce became an external coach in Positive Behavior Integrated Support (PBIS) with the Fond du Lac School District. She remains active in DFC and is currently working to improve compliance conditions of the click and collect process with businesses and law enforcement.

Thomas J. Alisankus, J.D., is the municipal judge for Evansville and Union, Wisconsin.  He has practices law for 29 years, focusing on criminal law and civil litigation.  Thomas graduated from St Lawrence University and holds a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law.

Beth Cox, J.D., has been the municipal judge for the Village of Oregon since 2008. She has practiced law since 1998, focusing on estate planning, elder law, and probate. Before going to law school, she worked for the State of Wisconsin for twenty years, directing the Mendota Mental Health Institute, a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. In addition to holding a law degree, Beth holds master’s degrees in social work and Business, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jodie Sorenson has been the Village of Waunakee Municipal Clerk of Court for 19 years. She is a member of the Wisconsin Municipal Court Clerk's Association, and is the current Association President for the 2018-2020 term. She served on the State of Wisconsin Municipal Court Clerk's Advisory Committee 2013. Jodie received her Professional Judicial Assistant Certificate, Professional Judicial Assistant in Administration Certificate, Professional Judicial Executive Certificate, and Judicial Leadership Management Certificate.  She is a founding member of the Waunakee Community Cares Coalition and is currently the Executive Board Chair.  Jodie graduated from UW-La Crosse with a bachelor's degree in Recreation Management.

Julia Sherman coordinates the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 2001, she began her work in alcohol policy at the American Medical Association’s Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Chicago and later served as the national Field Director for the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth. In 2009 Sherman chaired the Alcohol, Culture and Environment Work Group of the Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and authored its final report, Changing Wisconsin’s Alcohol Environment to Promote Safe and Healthy Lives. In 2010, she became the first coordinator of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Allison Weber oversees the Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) from the federal government for prevention at DHS as well as the Small Talks underage drinking prevention program, the Emerging Leaders Program, and other SABG related funding opportunities. Allison has spent the last few decades in human services including the Director of Community Relations and Development for a large Latinx non-profit in PA in frontline prevention, community relations, coalition building, grant writing, and education. She has a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lori Weibold is a trained sociologist and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Before working at the Dept. of Health Services, she taught over a decade in the university setting, specializing in Racial-ethnic, Class, and Gender Inequalities, Medical Sociology, and Social Theories. Her research includes a mixed-method study of rural community survival, in addition to articles on qualitative methodologies and Black Masculinities and Middle-class Success.

Katie Wilson (she/her/hers) has worked as a health educator at UW-Eau Claire for twelve years.  Her passions include alcohol and commercial tobacco policy work. She works to create environments where healthy behaviors are the default. In her non-work life, Katie loves to get outdoors with her family, spend time on her road bike, tend her native garden, do social justice advocacy, and read.  

Michael Sparks M.A. is an Alcohol Policy Specialist and President of SparksInitiatives. His primary interest is assisting communities to implement evidence-based strategies to reduce alcohol and other drug problems. Among others, Michael is currently working with Johns Hopkins University, Wake Forest University, Texans Standing Tall, Centers for Disease Control, St Joseph's Healthcare Foundation and Paso Del Norte Health Foundation on a range of public health issues.