Coordinator
Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region, United States
Debra L. McLaughlin has over 25 years of experience in the social policy field specializing in public-private partnership models and practices to affect social change in the areas of substance misuse, community development, afterschool, early childhood education, and youth development. She has expertise in strategic planning, project management, grant writing, meeting facilitation, and communications.
Since February 2017, she serves as the Coordinator for the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and North Quabbin Region (Opioid Task Force), a 400-member entity working to address the impact of the opioid epidemic in a 30-town region in rural Western Massachusetts. Led by the Franklin County Register of Probate, the Franklin County Sheriff, and the Northwestern District Attorney, the Opioid Task Force has a robust infrastructure and six staff to support its prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery efforts.
A native of Southeastern Ohio, McLaughlin graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Organizational Communications from Ohio University.
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