The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has reinstated the Governor’s Advisory Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The first meeting of the newly formed council was held on July 29 after a 10-year hiatus. The council will function in accordance with the original Act 63 of 1972. Attached is a copy of the meeting minutes for review. The following is a list of the newly appointed members of the council:
Three-Year Term
Mr. Peter Wambach, Executive Director, Bipartisan Management Committee
House of Representatives, Harrisburg
Trusandra Taylor,
MD, Medical Director
NETSTEPS, Philadelphia
Guy Diamond,
PhD, The Center for Family Intervention Science
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Two-Year
Term
Mr. Carlos E. Graupera
Lancaster
George W. Dowdall,
PhD, Professor of Sociology
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
A. Thomas McLellan,
PhD, Director
Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia
One-Year
Term
Marlene E. Burks
Tadiso, Homestead
Kenneth S. Ramsey,
PhD
Gateway, Imperial
The meetings are public. The next meeting will be on November 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Regional Training Institute, Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, Valley Forge.
PCPA has been advocating strongly for the reinstatement of the Governor’s Council on Drug and Alcohol as outlined in PCPA Recommendations For A Healthier and Stronger Commonwealth. The Association is hopeful that the new council will serve to strengthen the drug and alcohol program in Pennsylvania.
