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Topic: True Confessions of a Reluctant Drug Czar - Reflections on a Career in Public Service

Over the past thirty years, Michael Botticelli has held a variety of leadership positions at the local, state and national levels.  He was most recently the inaugural director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center and a Distinguished Policy Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to these positions, he was the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the Obama Administration and the long serving Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.  He is also a person in long term recovery celebrating over 35 years in recovery.

He has also served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He has also co-authored many peer-reviewed articles that have significantly contributed to the field.  While mostly enjoying a leisurely life in retirement, Michael is currently consulting to the United States State Department leading efforts to establish a Global Recovery Network.  Michael’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and on 60 Minutes.  Born in Upstate New York, Mr. Botticelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College and a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University.

Date: Tuesday, October 29th

TIME: 8-9 AM ET

SPEAKER: Michael Botticelli

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