Ovidio
B. Bermudez, M.D.
Dr. Bermudez is the Medical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended medical school at the Universidad Central del Este in the Dominican Republic, completed his residency in Pediatrics at The Medical College of Pennsylvania and his fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board-certified in both pediatrics and adolescent medicine.
Dr. Bermudez is affiliated with a number of professional societies, serving in leadership roles. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Medicine and the Academy for Eating Disorders. He has served on several boards and committees with special attention to eating disorders. Dr. Bermudez has also served on several editorial boards. In addition to his membership on the SADD National board of directors, Dr. Bermudez currently serves on the board of directors of the National Eating Disorders Association and on the advisory board of GirlForce at Vanderbilt University. He is founder and president of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee. Dr. Bermudez is fluent in Spanish.
Deanna Boucher
2011-2012 SADD National Student of the Year
Ms. Boucher graduated from the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, in May. She was a member of the National Honor Society and served as co-president of the Academy’s chapter of SADD over this past academic year and as secretary for the previous two years. She previously served on SADD National Student Leadership Council and on the Massachusetts Student Advisory Board of SADD in 2010-2011. While at Notre Dame, Ms. Boucher was a member of the Liturgy Committee through which she choreographed Liturgical Dance and served as secretary of Campus Ministry. Ms. Boucher was a four-year member of the Academy’s Glee Club and was a cast member in the school’s production of Annie.
Ms. Boucher’s official term of office will run from the SADD National Conference in June 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, until the SADD National Conference in 2012. As SADD National Student of the Year, Ms. Boucher not only holds this seat on the SADD National Board of Directors, but she also chairs the SADD Student Leadership Council comprised of 10 extraordinary peer leaders who will work with the National staff on various projects, including the planning of the national conference. In addition, she will serve as a SADD spokesperson at various conferences, media events, and public occasions. During the summer of 2012, Ms. Boucher will serve as an intern at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations in Washington, D.C.
In September 2011, Ms. Boucher will attend Marywood University located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she will study Photography. She is the daughter of Norm and Kathy Boucher of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Colonel
James E. Champagne (Secretary/Clerk)
Executive Committee
Governance Committee
Lieutenant Colonel Champagne served as Executive Director and Governor’s Highway Safety Representative from 1996 to 2007. He was appointed to both posts by Governor Mike Foster on January 8, 1996. He began his state service in 1966 with his appointment as a state trooper. During his career with the state police, Colonel Champagne had numerous commands, culminating with his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, Chief of Staff for the Louisiana State Police. As the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative, he helped Louisiana implement a wide range of highway safety programs. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission serves as the coordinating agency between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and state and local government. The primary objective of the Highway Safety Commission is to reduce through proper problem identification the severity and number of traffic crashes, deaths and injuries on our highways.
Colonel Champagne has a degree in Criminal Justice from Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana, and a diploma in police administration and traffic management from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Louisiana State Troopers Association, and Southeastern and Northwestern Alumni Associations. He served as the vice-chairman of the Governor’s DWI/Vehicular Homicide Task Force, as a member of the Louisiana Responsible Vendor Board, on the Council on Automobile Insurance Rates and Enforcement, on the Railroad Task Force, as a member of the Metropolitan Safety Council of the New Orleans Area, and on the East Baton Rouge Mayor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Colonel Champagne was awarded the 2002 National Commission Against Drunk Driving (NCADD) Government Leadership Award at the 18th Annual NCADD Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. He received the SADD National Outstanding Achievement Award in July 2003. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in highway safety, Colonel Champagne was awarded the 1998 J. Stannard Baker Award by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the only civilian honored with the Baker Award in 1998. Also in 1998, he was selected to receive the Chairman’s Award by the Metropolitan Safety Council of New Orleans and the Traffic Safety Achievement Award, sponsored by AAA and the Safety and Occupational Health Council of Baton Rouge.
Felicity
DeBacco-Erni
SADD State Coordinator Representative
Audit Committee
Field Services Program Committee Chair
Felicity DeBacco-Erni serves as the Director for Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking (PAUD) and coordinates efforts for PA SADD. As the director of PAUD for the last eight years, she has been instrumental in both coalition development and alcohol policy development. Felicity has actively pursued passage and implementation of legislation at the state level that positively affects the well-being of our future leaders. She worked diligently during the 2001-2002 session on passage of House Bill 850, passed in 2002, which legalized alcohol compliance checks in Pennsylvania. In 2001, the statewide underage drinking coalition received the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA)’s Coalition of the Year Award.
Ms. DeBacco-Erni provides technical assistance as well as training to youth and community groups and government agencies throughout Pennsylvania. She and her staff oversee the marketing and data collection for the state’s 1-888-UNDER-21 hotline. Ms. DeBacco-Erni earned a Master of Education in Training and Development from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Criminology from Millersville University. She is a native of Western Pennsylvania, and currently resides outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband and son.
Peter Hooper, Ph.D.
Governance Committee
Resource Development Committee
Dr. Peter Hooper is recently retired Senior Managing Director of Guideline’s Market Research Division, a position he held for more than two years following the acquisition of Atlantic Research and Consulting, the marketing research company he founded in 1984. Dr. Hooper grew Atlantic from a startup, full-service marketing research company to a $9 million business unit of Guideline in 2007, serving clients in financial services, health care, communications, advertising, government and the nonprofit sector, among others. Prior to founding Atlantic Research and Consulting, he served as Director of Management Information Services for the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Consultant and Deputy Director of the City of Boston’s Survey Research Office in the Mayor’s Management Services Division, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, and Postdoctoral Fellow in Science Policy at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Joseph
A. Maddox, Jr.
Joseph Maddox is a consultant in the health care field. Prior to his present work, he was the president and chief operating officer of America’s Health Network, which was merged with the FOX network. In 1993, he co-founded the network with Webster Golinkin, chairman and chief executive officer. On March 25, 1996, they launched America’s Health Network as the first and only television source for around-the-clock health and medical information. As president and chief operating officer, Mr. Maddox oversaw day-to-day operations of America’s Health Network and implemented plans to ensure the company’s growth. He also directed the network’s advertising and sponsorship sales activities.
Before cofounding America’s Health Network, Mr. Maddox was a partner and executive vice president of Whittle Communications, L.P. During his tenure at Whittle, he helped launch Medical News Network, a satellite-delivered television news and information service for physicians. Previously, he was a member of the founding team of The Discovery Channel, where he was senior vice president of marketing and a director of the company. He was also a director and executive vice president of marketing at American Medical Communications, Inc. and circulation marketing director The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Maddox earned his BA from Michigan State University.
Danna Mauch, Ph.D. (Chairman)
Executive Committee Chair
Governance Committee Chair
Danna Mauch is principal scientist/associate at Abt Associates Inc., a company that applies scientific research, consulting and technical assistance expertise to a wide range of issues in social, economic, and health policy; international development; clinical trials; and registries. Dr. Mauch has more than 30 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing research, clinical, and administrative services in the specialty health arena. The focus of her work has been on integration of systems of care, financing, and management information to support clinical decisions and quality improvements toward excellent outcomes for children and adults with special health care needs. Prior to joining Abt, she worked as chief administrative officer of the Behavioral Pharmacy Management System and the Medical Research International subsidiary at Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc., developing an evidence-based decision-support system to improve the quality and efficacy of prescribing practices and conducting pharmacoeconomic research. Prior to that post, Dr. Mauch served as founding president and CEO of Magellan Public Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary of Magellan Health Services that provided managed care and administrative services to the largest number of lives in government-financed behavioral health, child welfare, and criminal justice organizations. She served in executive positions in the state governments of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, directing mental health, substance abuse and forensic medicine services. Dr. Mauch was appointed special master by the U.S. Federal Court of the District of Columbia to administer the Court’s consent decree governing mental health system reform in Washington.
Dr. Mauch was a member of the SAMHSA National Advisory Council, the White House Conference and the Surgeon General’s Task Force on Mental Health. She is past board president and current vice president for clinical and educational outreach of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and a founding board member and committee chair of the MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation. She is also co-chair of the development committee of the Conservatory Lab Charter School, a Boston elementary school that promotes learning through music for children from culturally diverse communities. Dr. Mauch is co-founder and chairman of the board of Treatment Effectiveness Now (the TEN Project), a private, nonprofit policy action organization affiliated with Georgetown University Department of Psychiatry, dedicated to ensuring access to effective health care for children and adults with co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions. She studied for her B.A. degree at Connecticut College and Wesleyan University and received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University.
Danna Mauch is the mother of a teenage son.
Susan Scarola (Treasurer)
Audit Committee
Resource Development Committee Chair
Susan Scarola is Vice Chairman of DCH Auto Group, the largest auto group in New Jersey and one of the largest in the nation with 27 dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and California. With a Bachelor of Science degree from Buffalo State College and after obtaining her M.B.A. from New York University in 1982, Ms. Scarola helped DCH in its early growth years solidifying the group’s treasury functions and spearheading its first Human Resources Department. Her people skills assisted the senior team to strategize for growth, and she assumed ongoing responsibilities with the Executive Management Team. In her role as Vice Chairman, Ms. Scarola spends the majority of her time assisting the Chairman with the strategic direction of the company and making sure the company’s interests are represented in public forums. She is a strong advocate for The DCH Way and DCH’s community endeavors assuring that the company stays true to its core values for employees and customers. Prior to accepting her current responsibilities, Ms. Scarola was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President overseeing Human Resources and other administrative functions, and from 2007 to 2010, Ms. Scarola was President and CEO of DCH Auto Group.
In response to the growing concern about teen driver safety, as well as fatal crashes in its service areas, DCH made a substantial commitment to promote teen safe driving through a partnership with SADD and active involvement in local high schools and communities in their dealership footprint. As a leader in the field of vehicle supply and service, DCH believes it can play a positive role in improving teen driver safety. Last fall, DCH Auto Group and its innovative program partnership with SADD won them the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award from the Governors Highway Safety Association for notable achievements in highway safety.
Ms. Scarola is the recipient of the 2008 Women’s Automotive Association International Professional Achievement Award, the 2010 Women Certified Vision Award and, in 2010, was selected by Automotive News as one of the top 100 women in the North American auto industry. Ms. Scarola is also a Member of the Board of the New York State Auto Dealers Association and a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers. She is active with the National Automobile Dealers Association in support of their Dealers Driving Road Safety initiatives.
Sharon
Sikora
Audit Committee
Sharon Sikora is a national activist and speaker on drunk driving issues. She is also a survivor of a crash caused by a drunk driver. Ms. Sikora has been instrumental in the drafting and/or passage of several laws, most notably Arizona’s 1982 DUI law, the passage of raising the drinking age to 21, and the child endangerment law. She is a past national vice president of MADD and a co-founder of MADD-Arizona. Ms. Sikora is a co-founder of the Ashes to Life support group and the Arizona Children’s Burn Camp. Active in local and national citizens groups, she currently sits on the board of the Foundation for Burns and Trauma. She speaks to countless groups and organizations, ranging from victim impact panels to adult probation classes to Phoenix College law classes. She is also involved with Arizona SADD and Phoenix Fire Department Fire Pals. Her outreach also includes assistance with Nevada Stop DUI and the Roots and Wings organization, a not-for-profit counseling organization.
Ms. Sikora was appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court to a committee to draft Victims’ Rights Legislation. She was also appointed by the Governor to recommend legislation for Juvenile Justice Reform. She has received several awards, including the Twelve Who Care Award, the SADD National Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), the Outstanding Young Woman in America Award (1986), the 1998 Department of Justice National Crime Victim Award, and the 1999 Arizona Attorney General Distinguished Service to Victims of Crime Award. Ms. Sikora has been an advocate for youth on the local, state and national levels and a supporter and activist for SADD for more than 25 years.
Maria Torrez Anderson
SADD State Coordinator Representative
Maria Torrez Anderson is the SADD State Coordinator from Kansas. She also serves as the Director of Programs for Kansas Family Partnership and is the Coordinator of the Kansas Red Ribbon Campaign. Ms. Anderson has been the Kansas SADD State Coordinator for the past nine years, and has been involved with youth programming for more than 20 years.
Ms. Anderson has been involved in legislative issues including “Not in Our House,” a nationwide initiative on underage drinking and social hosting and “Be Wise About Underage Drinking,” a campaign to alert Kansas legislators to the dangers of underage drinking. She was appointed to serve on the Kansas Governor's Breath Analyzer Advisory Committee, which implemented new guidelines for Breath Alcohol Testing to be used by Kansas law enforcement officers. Ms. Anderson also serves on the Traffic Safety Conference Planning Committee of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Safety & Technology and as a member of Safe Kids Kansas, a nonprofit coalition of over sixty statewide and regional organizations and businesses dedicated to preventing accidental injuries to Kansas children ages 0-14.
Ms. Anderson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Journalism, from Washburn University of Topeka, KS. She is a Kansas native and currently resides in Topeka with her husband. She has two grown daughters and one granddaughter.Penelope
Wells (President and Executive Director)
Executive Committee
Development Committee
Penelope Wells is the President and Executive Director of SADD National. An attorney and manager, she served for 15 years as an executive in several government agencies. Most recently, Ms. Wells served as Acting Executive Director and General Counsel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, an agency overseeing the licensure and discipline of the state’s 30,000 physicians. Prior to her work at the Board of Medicine, Ms. Wells served as Assistant Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, overseeing the activities of several agencies, including the Division of Registration and the Alcohol Beverages Control Commission. Ms. Wells has also served as Executive Director of the state Cable Television Commission.
A graduate of Wellesley College and Boston University School of Law, Ms. Wells has been active in her community, sitting on the boards of several childcare agencies as well as chairing the governing committee of her church. Ms. Wells lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and is the mother of two children.
