Milwaukee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

The Executive Committee is comprised of up to ten individuals, consisting of the coalition chair or co-chair as well as the chair or co-chairs of each of the four active sub-committees. The Executive Committee’s primary duty is to direct and guide the coalition in a positive and effective direction.

Additional responsibilities:

• Ensure that meetings and activities are able to operate in a structured format; meets prior to full coalition meetings to prepare agenda and necessary materials
• Spearheads crafting of coalition mission and guiding principles
• Creates and refines coalition bylaws
• Creates and executes Memorandums of Agreement with coalition members
• Identifies and proposes emerging sub-committee needs
• Receives reports from each sub-committee

Coalition Chairs: 

• Aaron Lipski, Assistant Chief, City of Milwaukee Fire Department

Executive Committee Members:

• Mike Bare, MCSAP Data and Evaluation Committee Chair; Research and Program Coordinator, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute
• Melissa Ugland, Data and Evaluation Committee Co-Chair; Principal, Ugland Associates
• Rachael Cooper, Prescription Drug Workgroup Chair; Prevention Specialist
• Alicia Malinger, Prescription Drug Workgroup Co-Chair, Co-Founder, West Allis-West Milwaukee Heroin/Opiate Task Force
• Jody Rhodes, Marijuana Workgroup Chair; Director, Neu Life Community Development
• Raymond Rivera, Marijuana Workgroup Co-Chair; Youth Development Specialist, United Community Center
• Kasaundra Brown, MCSAP Coordinator, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute