Directors and Staff
The Prevention Action Alliance Board of Directors
As of July 1, 2020
Executive Committee
President
Bobbie O’Keefe, Esq. | O’Keefe Family Law, LLC
President-Elect
David A. Bell, Esq. | Educator
Past President
Jody Allton, MSW, LISW-S, LCDCIII | Ohio Health Mansfield/Shelby Hospitals
Secretary
Claudia Khourey-Bowers, Ph.D. | Professor Emeritus, Kent State University
Treasurer
Ashley Neel, CPA | GBQ Partners, LLC
Directors
At-Large Members
John A. Heer, Esq. | McDonald Hopkins, LLC
Stephanie Loucka | State Medical Board of Ohio
Members
Peter Walsh | Columbus Temperature Control Co.
Corinne Gasper | Parent Advocate
Derek Siegel | Ohio HIDTA
George “Pat” Willis | Geauga County Educational Service Center
Ellen Schoonover | Parent Advocate
Amy Kurtz-Nagel | Ontario Local Schools
Prevention Action Alliance Staff
As of July 1, 2020
Fran Gerbig | Executive Director
Bobby Persinger | Deputy Executive Director
James Syphax | Community Prevention Manager
Jean-Philippe Dorval | Advocacy and Public Policy Liaison
Evi Roberts | Youth-Led Prevention Coordinator
Brittany Koza | Education and Events Coordinator
Lauren Marshall | Project Assistant
Sondra Mellott | Accountant
Sean Oziegbe | Civil Operator at the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Nathan Kraatz | Communications Officer