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Tracy Desovich

Tracy Desovich
Technical Assistance Liaison

Tracy has more than 30 years of experience in substance misuse prevention and public health. In addition to working with CSPS for the past eight years, she provides technical assistance to Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia as part of the Regional Education Laboratory-Appalachia team to support the Cross-State Collaborative to Support Schools in the Opioid Crisis project. Before joining EDC, Tracy directed two regional technical assistance centers: the Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities and the Southeast Center for Healthy Communities. For 12 years she developed, implemented, and evaluated prevention services for students at the University of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Areas of expertise include community health assessment, strategic planning, community organizing, evaluation, leadership development, harm reduction, using data to mobilize change, and positive youth development. Tracy is a certified prevention specialist.