Our Organization

The Wyoming Prevention Action Alliance has four subcommittees that carry out the mission of the WPAA. The WPAA is always looking for volunteers who are interested in substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion on a statewide level. If you are interested in learning more or becoming a volunteer, contact Rhea Parsons at rhea@wascop.com .

These committees include:

  • ATOD – (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs)
  • Cannabis
  • Legislative/Policy
  • Youth

Our Team

Chief of Police Roy Eckerdt
Powell Police Department
Powell, Wyoming

Wendy Morris
Healthy Park County
Community Prevention Specialist
Cody, Wyoming

Ashley Schluck
Wyoming Highway Safety Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
Laramie, Wyoming

Kristi Lipp
Weston County Prevention Coalition
Community Prevention Specialist
Newcastle, Wyoming

Dawn Sides
Wyoming Department of Corrections
Field Service Administrator
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Lisa Patterson
Converse County Prevention Alliance
Community Prevention Specialist
Douglas, Wyoming
Kelly Hunt Wyoming Department of Revenue Liquor Division
Chief of Enforcement
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Brittany Ritter
Lincoln County Prevention Community Prevention Specialist
Kemmerer, Wyoming

Toni Decklever, MA, RN
Wyoming Nurses Association
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Ann Perkins
Sheridan County Community Prevention Specialist
Sheridan, Wyoming

Hailey Bloom
Natrona County Community Prevention Specialist
Casper, Wyoming

Rhea Parsons
WASCOP Prevention and Education Project Director Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police
Gillette, Wyoming

Membership

A number of outstanding organizations have been part of launching the Wyoming Prevention
Action Alliance. These organizations include:

The Wyoming Association of Municipalities
 https://wyomuni.org/

Wyoming Association of County Commissioners
https://www.wyo-wcca.org/

Wyoming Hospital Association
https://www.wyohospitals.com/

Wyoming School Boards Association
https://www.wsba-wy.org/

Wyoming Prescription Drug Stakeholders Task Force
https://www.wyrxabusestakeholders.com/

Wyoming Medical Society
https://www.wyomed.org/

Wyoming Nurses Association
https://wyonurse.nursingnetwork.com/

Wyoming Association of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
https://wamhsac.org/

Wyoming Liquor Division
https://wld.encompass8.com/Home

Wyoming Department of Corrections
https://corrections.wyo.gov/

Wyoming Business Council
https://www.wyomingbusiness.org/

Wyoming Coroner’s Association
https://wyowaco.org/

Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center
https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wysac/

Wyoming Department of Health
https://health.wyo.gov/

Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
http://www.wyomingworkforce.org/

Wyoming 211
https://wy211.communityos.org/
Wyoming Boy Scouts of America
https://wyoscouts.org/

Wyoming Department of Family Services
https://dfs.wyo.gov/

Mercer Family Resource Center
https://mercercasper.com/

Students Against Destructive Decisions
https://www.facebook.com/SADDWY/

12-24 Club
https://www.1224club.org/

Parents as Teachers
https://www.wypat.org/

Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters
https://bbbswyo.org/

Casper Star Tribune
https://trib.com/

Wyoming Governor’s Council on Impaired Driving
https://wygcid.org/

Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation
https://wyomingdci.wyo.gov/

University of Wyoming
http://www.uwyo.edu/

Wyoming Community Foundation
https://wycf.org/

Volunteers of America
https://www.voanr.org/

Wyoming Traffic Resource Prosecutor
https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home.html

Wyoming Community Prevention Coalitions and individual Wyoming residents.