Alison Drain

NCFADS Speaker Alison Wood-Drain

Alison Drain

MSW, MPA

Biography

Alison Drain has over 20 years of experience working with government and nonprofit agencies at the local, state, national, and international levels as a social worker and public administrator managing evidenced-based prevention programs, communication and marketing initiatives, volunteer boards and committees, strategic planning, training and technical support, fund development, and grant management. She is the NC Problem Gambling Program Prevention Coordinator and manages over 60 statewide prevention grants, attends conferences and events to educate attendees on the statewide problem gambling treatment and prevention services, and trains and provides technical support to school staff on, Stacked Deck, an evidence-based prevention curriculum. Alison holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and a Master’s Degree in Public Administrator from West Virginia University.