Tuesday, Nov. 18 Welcome/Opening Session

West Virginia's Prevention System

Sue Hage
WV Department of Health & Human Resources
WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being Co-Chair

The Necessity of Collaboration
Gayle Manchin (Via Video Message)
First Lady, State of West Virignia

The Costs of Substance Abuse
Don Perdue
WV House of Delegates

The WV Partnership's Vision
Mike Lacy (Via Video Message)
WV Supreme Court of Appeals Probation Division
WV Partnership To Promote Community Well-Being Co-Chair

WV Prevention System Accomplishments
Don Chapman
WV Department of Education - Office of Healthy Schools

Plug Into Prevention
Trish Whitelatch
Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition
Anne McGee
Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

Tuesday, Nov. 18 General Session Keynote

David Austin Sky

Dave@DaveSky.com
www.davesky.com
614.235.7369

My goal is to create and tell humorous stories that share life's wisdom.

For the last 23 years, David Austin Sky has enjoyed life as a full-time speaker, trainer, and storyteller. He tells stories to share life's wisdom. His daughter says that he puts wings on simple words. Audiences say he is a child in a bald man suit.

David spent many years playing music in bars to rowdy crowds full of delightful characters. This experience gave him a perspective to write about drinking, relationships, and confusion. The people he tells stories about are based on folks he has met, or thinks he has met in the dim lit halls of taverns or churches. Regardless of the place, the people have their stories.

David has a Master's Degree from the Methodist Theological School. He is the author of See the Forest, Hear the Trees: The Art of Storylistening and Sky Stories: A Storybook for Grownups. David has been a counselor, a bar band musician, U.S. Air Force Crew Chief, and a janitor at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. Maybe he cannot hold a steady job.

David has been a full-time speaker, trainer and storyteller since 1985. He was an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist II from 1989 to 2003 and a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor III-E from 1981 to 2003.

Wendesday Nov 19 General Session Networking

Plug Into Prevention

Wendesday Nov 19 Luncheon