Speaker Biographies - Underage Drinking Enforcement Training ...

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Caroline Newkirk
Caroline Newkirk joined DREAM, Inc. in 2008 as Mississippi’s Statewide Underage Drinking Prevention Coordinator.
She is a resource to the Strategic Prevention Framework Statewide Incentive Grant subgrantees in the development
and implementation of programs targeting UAD. She also conducts training workshops on the prevention
of UAD. She is a co-chair of Mississippians Advocating Against Underage Drinking. Her master’s degree is from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a member of the 2010 NLC Leadership Institute Class.
Michelle Nienhius
Michelle Nienhius is a prevention consultant for the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Services. She plans and implements statewide changes in prevention and oversees quality assurance of prevention
deliverables from 33 county agencies in the State. She trains prevention professionals on the concepts and
strategies generated by the Governor’s Council. She is the State representative to the National Prevention Network,
the coordinator for the State’s EUDL grant, and the Project Director of the State Epidemiology Outcomes.
Karolyn Nunnallee
Karolyn Nunnallee has presented on personal achievement and overcoming tragedy throughout the United States,
Puerto Rico, and Australia for 35 years. She served as National President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and
has received its Golden Achievement Award. She is a consultant for UDETC in Policy and Media Training and coordinates
Victim Impact Panels for IDEA on the hazards of texting, phoning, alcohol and drug use while driving. Her
B.S. is from Birmingham Southern College, and her M.S. is from Florida State University.
Julie Nussbaum
Julie Nussbaum joined SADD in October 2003. As the SADD National Director of Prevention, Ms. Nussbaum is responsible
for incorporating prevention strategies into all SADD programming through environmental strategies and
youth development approaches. As the Massachusetts State Coordinator, she oversees the Massachusetts SADD
program and serves as an agent to deliver youth safety programming targeting underage drinking, other drug use,
impaired driving, traffic safety, and healthy decisionmaking to youth across the Commonwealth.
Jared Olson
Jared Olson is a national consultant and trainer specializing in impaired driving, vehicular homicide, and underage
drinking. His instruction includes using social media to investigate and prosecute underage drinking crimes.
His background includes investigating early Internet crimes as a detective for the Weber State University Police
Department. His master’s degree is in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati, and his Juris Doctorate is
from the University of Idaho.
Keith Otto
Lieutenant Keith Ott works for Goose Creek Police Department and in cooperation with the Kennedy Behavioral
Health Services. Part of his duties are to coordinate law enforcement operations with the 9th Circuit AET. He
handles supervisory duties with the Investigative Division at Goose Creek Police Department.
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