User:Sarahgpotter

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Sarah Potter is an executive leader with more than 25 years of experience in behavioral health public policy, advocacy, community development, engineering large-scale initiatives. She is currently the Executive Director of Addiction Professionals of NC, where she represents the interests of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery. She also works as a nationally recognized consultant with leading organizations, such as S.A.F.E Project, a national non-profit dedicated to ending addiction. Ms. Potter is responsible for advancing the substance use disorder field, safeguarding the critical role of community-based efforts, designing innovative and effective new strategies, and promoting better public policies. She recently served as the NC delegate for the National Prevention Network, an organization representing substance use prevention efforts is all 50 states, and as the Chief of Community Wellness, Prevention, and Health Integration at NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. Prior to her recent state and national service, Ms. Potter was Director of Development and Health Policy for the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health and as a Policy Advisory for the Illinois Attorney General. Mrs. Potter’s experience has involved successful collaborative public-private partnerships between workforce development, education, economic development, and business communities as well as working partnerships with courts, law enforcement, public health and mental health agencies. Mrs. Potter received her Master’s Degree of Public Administration and Undergraduate Degree of Social Work from Southern Illinois University.