Speaker Biographies - Underage Drinking Enforcement Training ...

PRESENTERS
Emily Simons
Emily Simons is a freshman at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School and has been a member of Youth to Youth for
the past 3 years. Ms. Simons has been active in public speaking on behalf of the group, particularly in assemblies
and presentations provided at local schools.
Jeff Slowikowski
Jeff Slowikowski is the Acting Administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention
(OJJDP). He came to OJJDP in August 1990 through the Presidential Management Intern Program and became
a Project Manager in the Research and Program Development Division. Since joining OJJDP, he has managed
several projects, including the development of OJJDP’s Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic
Juvenile Offenders project and Pulling America’s Communities Together, Project PACT. Mr. Slowikowski earned
a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Baltimore in 1987 and a Graduate Certificate in
Police Administration and master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore in 1990.
Prior to joining OJJDP, he was a Graduate Fellow at the Schaefer Center for Public Policy in Baltimore, where he
assisted in the development and preparation of research proposals to Federal, State, and local governments in
the field of social science and public policy.
Matt Smith
Deputy Matt Smith works full-time for the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and part-time for the Phoenix Center
where he serves as the Alcohol Enforcement Team Coordinator for the 13th Judicial Circuit. The 13th Circuit
covers Greenville and Pickens Counties in the upstate region of South Carolina. He is one of the key contacts for
underage drinking issues with Furman University and Clemson University.
Shannon Smith
Mr. Shannon Smith is currently the Sheriff of Seminole County of Oklahoma. He works in collaboration with the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Mr. Smith understands the complexity of the Tribal jurisdiction within the Seminole
County.
Tara Smith
As the County Prevention Specialist and Chemical Dependency Treatment Coordinator, Tara works with community
partners and agencies to assess the needs of the county for prevention and treatment programming. Working
with youth ages 6 to 18 and their families from 1993 through 2003 and as the county prevention specialist
for the past 6 years she is passionate about prevention and addressing the multiple risk and protective factors
that influence the success of prevention.
Eric Smoot
Agent Erik Smoot is with the Oklahoma ABLE Commission. He has been a law enforcement officer for 10 years,
the majority of which has been working on efforts to reduce underage drinking. Agent Smoot trains police officers
and communities across the State on alcohol laws and how to conduct activities that have been proven to
reduce underage drinking. The activities include compliance checks and proper party dispersal techniques.
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