CINCINNATI— On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati officially appointed Mary F. Haag, RN, BSN, OCPSI, as the new President and Executive Director of the Coalition.
“The Board enthusiastically and unanimously appointed Mary Haag the Coalition's Executive Director. The Board believes that Mary possess the experience to spread the word of the Coalition's mission with passion and enthusiasm. Her tremendous experience in prevention and her network of local, state and national prevention and coalition-building professionals will enable the Coalition to further its goals” said Jim Kennedy, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Coalition and Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for American Financial Group.
Mary has been with the Coalition since 2000, and most recently was Vice President of Coalition Strategies for the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati. Mary is licensed as a registered nurse, since 1974, and received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, with an emphasis in Business Management, in 1986 from the College of Mt. St. Joseph. She holds an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist I certification and has been working in the field of substance abuse prevention since 1995. Mary recently completed terms as President of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio and President of the Nutrition Council of Greater Cincinnati boards. In 2008, Mary was appointed by Governor Strickland to the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals board where she serves as Secretary and co-chairs the Prevention committee.
“I am thrilled to be able to serve the Coalition in my new role. I look forward to blending my skills and expertise in substance abuse prevention, coalition-building, and non-profit management to sustain the Coalition into the next decade. It is a great honor to work for a board that is so engaged and invested in our mission ,“ says Mary Haag.