Leadership

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  • The Honorable Michele Leonhart, Chairman of the Board, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Ms. Jill Roberts, President and CEO, Former Senior Vice President/Director of DEA YDP/Youth Programs
  • Mr. Lewis Rice, Secretary, Former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration; Currently Vice President of Global Security and Trademark Protection for Estee Lauder
  • Mr. Daniel Staffieri, Treasurer, Former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration. Currently President, Federal Agents, Inc.

Members-At-Large

  • Mr. Thomas Harrigan, Former Deputy Administrator, Former Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration; Currently Vice President, CACI International
  • Ms. Jessica Hulsey, President, The Brimley Group
  • Mr. Carl Jenkins, President, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes, Kroll, LLC
  • Ms. Colleen Maloof, President, The Maloof Companies
  • Ms. Helen Mars
  • Ms. EJ Milken, Owner/EVP, Partner, Kikori Whiskey; Consultant, Milken Scholar Program; and Co-Founder, Milken Young Leader’s Circle for the Milken Institute; Member, Everychild Foundation
  • Ms. Carol Safir, President, The November Group, Ltd. President, Board of Trustees, New York City Police Museum
  • Mr. Haywood Talcove, CEO, Government, LexisNexis Risk Security; CEO LexisNexis Special Services, Inc.
  • Ms. Sue Thau, Public Policy Consultant, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
  • Mr. Walter Wang, President and CEO, JM Eagle Inc.
  • Mr. Michael Yamaki, Esquire, Counsel

Ex-Officio Board Members

  • Mr. Charles Blau, Esquire, Former Associate Attorney General of the United States. Currently a member at Curran Tomko Tarski LLP.
  • The Honorable Robert Bonner, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Scott Canales, S.V.P., Lockton Insurance
  • Mr. Richard Crock, Chairman and CEO, DEA Survivors Benefit Fund; former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Jon DeLena, Retired Associate Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Marshall Fisher, President, Drug Enforcement Association of Federal Narcotics Agents
  • The Honorable Asa Hutchinson, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Paul Knierim, President of the Drug Enforcement Association of Federal Narcotics Agents
  • The Honorable John C. Lawn, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • The Honorable Donnie R. Marshall, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. James McGivney, Former Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • The Honorable Francis B. Mullen, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Kevin Sabet, Co-Founder, Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana)
  • Mr. Timothy J. Shea, Former Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Mr. Jason Sundby, Chairman and CEO, Verde Environmental Technologies Inc., maker of Deterra Drug Deactivation System
  • The Honorable Karen Tandy, Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

Executive Staff

  • Jill L. Roberts, President & CEO/Youth Dance Program Founder
  • Amy Danos, Special Events and Fundraising Consultant
  • Jonathan Kapaldo, Design and IT Consultant
  • Julie Kaphing, Administrative and Communication Officer
  • Lois Ludwikowski, Executive Office Consultant
  • Sarah Pullen, Community Outreach Manager
  • Daniel Staffieri, Treasurer
  • Colleen Whelan, Special Projects Coordinator