Coalition in Action
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MEET OUR COALITION MEMBERS
Youth Sector
Aliana Stanley
Aliana Stanley is a member of the class of 2020 at Whitewater High School with a 3.8 GPA. Born in New Jersey, she currently lives in Fayetteville, Georgia. Aliana is an active member and leader in several clubs and organizations at school. Additionally, Aliana currently serves as President of the Fayette County NAACP Youth Council and an intern at the Fayette County State Court. Aliana Stanley plans to attend college to pursue a degree in Law.
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Alyssa Wright
Alyssa is a senior at Whitewater High School. Alyssa is creative, helpful, and puts forth effort in everything she tries. She is a former competitive gymnast and is now in track & field. She is a member of Beta, Spanish, and Math clubs. She is also the Education Chair for the Fayette County NAACP Youth Council and the Vice President of FCCLA. Alyssa is planning for college and intends to major in neuroscience or biomedical/aerospace engineering.
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Kelly Padilla
Kelly is a senior at Whitewater High School. She enjoys volunteering at various
places such as the Real Life Center’s food pantry, Azalea Estates Nursing Home, and any other opportunities provided. Kelly is currently a member of AVPRIDE, Symphonic Orchestra, Beta Club, Spanish Honor Society, Drug Free Fayette Coalition, and the swim team. Her long term, academic goals would be majoring in engineering and minoring in architecture. |
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Business Sector Media Sector Parents Sector
Steve Blankenship
Steve is Human Resources Manager at TDK Components USA. He began his career in education and spent several years as a college instructor in Japan. After returning to the U.S. his passion for working with people, education and cross-cultural understanding led him to pursue a career in human resources. He has worked closely with educational institutions and has been involved in several state and local initiatives relating to workforce training and development.
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Christopher Dunn
Chris is a lifelong resident of Fayette County. A 2001 graduate of McIntosh High School and later, Georgia State, he started writing for the Fayette County News and Today in Peachtree City in 2009. He has been the Managing Editor since 2015.
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Doreen Barr
Doreen Barr: Born and raised in Hawley, PA and a graduate of Bloomsburg University with a teaching degree K – 6th grade with a minor in French. I have been married for 37 years to Chad Barr, a Delta Airlines Pilot. My greatest accomplishment is my four sons, Chad, Ryan, Tony and Alex. I was a stay at home mom until all of my children were in school, then I became a substitute teacher for the Fayette County School system for many years. I served as room mother for all of my sons in elementary school, Peachtree City Recreational Basketball Board of Directors and Touchdown Club Board at Starr’s Mill High School. I was the fundraiser coordinator for Starr’s Mill High School for 12 years. Today I am the proud “Nanny” of Jackson Ryan, my grandson. My new mission is drug education and awareness through my non-profit foundation, “In Ryan’s Name, Inc.”
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School Sector
Dr. Ted Lombard
Ted is the Coordinator for Safety, Athletes & Discipline for Fayette County Schools. A resident of Fayette County since 1993, he is a 23-year educator after 20 years as a combat arms Army Officer. He has taught at the elementary, middle school, and college levels and has been a high school assistant principal and middle school principal in Fayette County for 14 years. He has been married to retired educator, Linda Lombard, for 38 years and has three adult children and three grandchildren.
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Alana Barr
Alana Barr is a Junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she majors in Public Policy and minors in Health, Medicine, and Society. She has a passion for global health and works to learn about public health on the domestic and international levels. As a native of the Atlanta-area, Alana has worked with several public-health organizations since she was in high school. She enjoys helping others learn healthy practices in order to be successful individuals.
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Youth Serving Sector
Ronald Smith
Ronald Smith was born and raised in historic Selma, Alabama. He spent his childhood in the town that was the center stage for the Civil Rights Movement in the sixties. From a young age, Ronald showed promise as a basketball player and he played his way out of the small town of Selma to play with the Los Angeles Lakers summer league and overseas. Today, he mentors and trains young men and women of all backgrounds in conflict reconciliation and cultivating leadership. Ronald has facilitated hundreds of trainings for college students, civic organizations. Ronald Smith has experienced personal transformations from the Lord and his life experiences giving him the ability to teach about nonviolent social transformation and reconciliation which is powered by love.
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Nick Russo
Nick Russo is the Senior Counselor for the Insight Program in Tyrone, Georgia. Raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Nick began his recovery in July of 2008. For the last 10 years he has dedicated his life to helping teenagers and young adults find a better way of living through recovery. Nick lives in the Tyrone area with his wife Lindsey.
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Law Enforcement Sector
Sarah Munday
Sarah is a Deputy with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, currently assigned to the Patrol Division. She has been employed in the public safety field since 2010, first working as a Firefighter/EMT. Sarah began her law enforcement career in 2013 at the Fayette County Sheriff's Office working in the Jail Division. Since coming to patrol in 2016, she has become an instructor and is currently serving as a handler on the K-9 Bloodhound team.
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Scott Israel
Scott Israel has been serving in law enforcement for 24 years and has lived in Fayette County for 27 years. He and his wife of 23 years are raising a teenager. He has serve as Jail officer, Patrol Officer, School Resource Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, Chaplain and currently Criminal Investigation Division as the Juvenile and Gang Investigator.
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Ken Morrow
Ken has been in state law enforcement since 1999 and is employed by the Department of Community Supervision as a task force officer. He has been assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration since 2013 and is attached to the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad, which focuses exclusively on crimes involving the diversion of prescription medication. He has been a Fayette County resident since 2008, and is dedicated to doing everything possible to stop the opioid epidemic that is ravaging our country.
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Emmett Highland
Emmett has been a resident of Fayette County since 2010 and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. Emmett began his law enforcement career with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in 1985 and went on to accept a position as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1987. Emmett was assigned to DEA offices in Baton Rouge, LA., Philadelphia, PA., Washington, DC; Wilmington, NC; Canberra, Australia and Atlanta, GA. Emmett retired from the DEA in November 2017 and is currently employed as the DEA Atlanta Diversion Outreach Coordinator. He is married and has two children.
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Health Sector
Ted Kirk
Ted is currently involved with DBHDD as a representative from Fayette County serving a three- year term on the Region 6 Advisory Board, and the State of Georgia Leadership Board. Ted is a retired IBM’er, and social worker with experiences in Child Protective Services, Family and Children Services, Adult Protective Services, and Drug and Alcohol addiction. Ted also is an experienced psycho therapist with training in EMDR, CBT, Prolong Exposure, and PTSD treatments for military and civilian populations.
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Bren Briggs
Founder and Executive Director of the Eden Project, Bren Briggs is a retired senior Army officer with 28 years of service. He spent his first 8 years as an enlisted Marine then accepted a direct commission as a medical officer in the Army. He once served on an Alzheimers Board of directors and during that time, he ran a 153-mile ultra-marathon across the Sahara and raised over $50,000.
Bren is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with an MA in Leadership and is currently working on his PhD is Organizational Psychology. He has three children, Bren II , Eliah, and Eden. |
Mike LaTella
While not a native, Mike has lived in Fayette County for nearly 45 years. He owns and operates LifeSwitch Addiction Counseling Services in Peachtree City, having certifications in alcohol and drug addiction counseling both in Georgia and Internationally. In 2014 Mike worked with leadership at Southside Church to start CARTA, a Christian recovery group that still meets 3 nights a week. Mike received his undergraduate degree from. Georgia State University and a Masters of Arts in Addiction Counseling from Liberty University.
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Leah Rose Lehn |
Dr. Miles Johnson graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1990 and moved to Atlanta in 1994 where he began working at West End Medical Center. Dr. Johnson has served in the capacity of a Director at several long-term care and rehab facilities, hospice facilities and healing community centers. He also has experience working in addiction medicine and at behavioral services and treatment centers.
Dr. Johnson is a husband and father of two children and he likes to devote his time volunteering at several community organizations. |
Andra is a Certified Life Coach, Emotional Intelligence Specialist, and CADC-1 Addiction Counselor who is passionate about empowering men, women, and young adults to break through any circumstance or life pattern that leaves them stuck, stagnant, or stale personally, professionally, relationally, or spiritually. She is passionate about empowering personal growth, healthy communication, and conflict resolution with the goal of creating powerful corporate communities where people are utilizing their strengths and contributing to the mission of the organization at full capacity.
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Leah Rose Lehn is a Fayette County native, graduating from Starr's Mill High School in 2006 and recently returning to Peachtree City in 2019. Leah Rose is passionate about helping others and has been practicing as a doctor of Physical Therapy for the last 5 years. She is excited to be joining the Drug Free Fayette Coalition and is hoping her experience with addiction and recovery will help those in the next generation. Leah Rose is married to Anthony and enjoys her new role as a stay at home mom with their 15 month old son, Finn.
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Government Sector
Phil Prebor
Phil is a local business owner who has lived in Peachtree City since 1991. He presently serves on Peachtree City Council, Post 1. Phil is married to his wife Lali and together they have three children. They attend Southside Church. Phil graduated from Georgia State University with a Business degree in Marketing. He hopes that his actions inspire others to get involved in keeping Fayette County a great place to live, work, and play.
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Kathaleen Brewer
Originally from California, Kathaleen has been active in the community ever since moving to Fayette County in 2005. She was Founder/Owner of Artworks on the Square in Fayetteville for five years and remains active in both visual art and screenwriting. She worked with Becky Smith on Fayette’s Grandparents Raising Grand Kids group and is currently taking government classes through the Carl Vincent Institute of Government. Kathaleen also serves as the first woman elected to the Fayetteville City Council.
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Other Substance Abuse Organizations Sector
John Bringuel
John has been active in individual and community social change since 1986 and
have lived in Fayetteville since 1980. John works for the Council on Alcohol and Drugs and is the Project Director for the Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative which is funded by DBHDD/DAD/OPSP. John’s 25+ years in social work has centered on promoting healthy living and engaging people in community environmental change related to the safety, well-being and success of all people in the community especially the youth. |
Britni Overall
Britni Overall is the Education/Development Supervisor for the Georgia Poison Control. She ha s been in this position for over 5 years. Previously, she worked in the fields of exercise science and health promotion. Britni is a certified health education specialist (CHES) and personal trainer. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Science Degree in Health Promotion. Britni was raised in Fayette County and is a resident with her husband and two children.
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Civic Sector
Catherine Sanderson
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Catherine is a local trial attorney who has lived in Fayette County for 25 years. She has three children: Austin (23), Sarah (11), and Andrea (10). Catherine has been involved in a number of community service organizations, including AVPRIDE, Promise Place, Southern Conservation Trust, the YMCA, and the Rotary Club of Peachtree City. Catherine's passion is to make a positive impact on the community.
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