Speaker Biographies - Underage Drinking Enforcement Training ...

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reduce the incidence of alcohol-related crashes and fatalities through policy/environmental change strategies.
She has 30 years of experience with corporate, nonprofit, private, and public entities.
Kim Harris
Kim Harris is the Founder and Director of the Kids TV Academy. She loves planting and cultivating the seeds of
life.
Marisa Harris
Marisa O. Harris has been an Education Coordinator with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
since 2006. Her duties include UAD prevention initiatives for the Commonwealth. Previously, she worked as a
Juvenile Probation Office with the Richmond Juvenile Drug Court Program. She has more than 10 years of prevention
experience working with the at-risk youth population, in the areas of probation, residential group home
settings, substance abuse prevention, and health promotion.
Curt Henderson
Captain Curt Henderson is a 25-year employee of Iowa State Patrol and currently is assigned as Assistant to the
Field Operations Major. He also served in the role of accident reconstructionist for nearly 12 years and knows
firsthand the cost that underage drinking has had on Iowa roadways. He remains committed to the task of using
the Iowa State Patrol’s resources to combat the problem of underage drinking.
Pride Henry
Sgt. Pride Henry has been with the Detroit Police Department since 1987. As a Patrol Supervisor for the Central
District, he oversees the downtown area of Detroit, which has become an easy target for party promoters to host
rave parties in unoccupied buildings.
Kris Hervert
Kris Hervert is the Executive Director of the Sherman County Prevention Coalition. She has years of hands-on
experience in working directly with at-risk youth. Ms. Kervert has organized and led the Live Free Youth Group to
not only be advocates in their own communities, but also to take their message about the dangers of underage
drinking to youth in other communities.
Mary Hill
Mary Hill is the coordinator for Texas Higher Education Statewide Initiatives for Prevention and is a former Senior
Administrator/Dean of Students, Professor, and Coach at West Texas A&M University. She is a trainer for OJJDP,
PIRE/UDETC, and Center Fellow for the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol,
Other Drugs, and Violence Prevention. She has written white papers on community coalitions and colleges, and
has extensive knowledge of the “culture” of higher education.
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