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Mike Moore

Mr. Moore, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi from 1988-2004, now practices law in the areas of dispute resolution and governmental relations with his own firm, Mike Moore Law Firm, LLC in Flowood, Mississippi. He received national attention in 1994, when he filed the first suit against 13 tobacco companies making Mississippi the first state to insist that cigarette manufacturers reimburse the State for costs it incurred treating smoking-related illnesses. The suit resulted in a $4.1 billion settlement for the State of Mississippi. Mr. Moore also led the national tobacco litigation effort, which resulted in a $246 billion recovery for all of the states. Mr. Moore continues to stay very active in tobacco prevention work across America.  He is chairman of the Board of Truth Initiative, formerly known as the American Legacy Foundation and created by the state Attorneys General to reduce tobacco use in America. Mr. Moore is currently very active in working toward obtaining a positive and effective solution to the opioid crisis.  

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Admiral Sandy Winnefeld

Retired Navy Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and served for 37 years in the United States Navy. He retired in 2015 after serving four years as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the United States’ number two ranking military officer. Admiral Winnefeld is a frequently published author and a director or advisory board member for several companies, including Enterprise Holdings, operating in a broad spectrum of business sectors. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, where he is also a member of the Engineering Hall of Fame. He is on the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy, and a senior non-resident fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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Colorado State Representative, Brittany

Pettersen

Brittany Pettersen (pictured in blue in the center) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 22 in Jefferson County. Previously, she served in the Colorado House of Representatives, representing the 28th district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She helped to pass the HB bills to fight the opioid epidemic, in honor of her mother, a recovered opioid addict.

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Congressman Ben McAdams

Benjamin Michael McAdams is an American politician and attorney, who served as the U.S. Representative from Utah’s 4th Congressional District from 2019 to 2021.  From 2013 to 2019, he served as Mayor of Salt Lake County, and from 2009 to 2012, he was the Utah State Senator from the 2nd district, which includes Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, and a portion of West Valley.  McAdams is currently a Senior Fellow at the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.  He also recently founded the Common Ground Institute.

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Destiny Garcia

Destiny Garcia was in a very abusive relationship resulting in numerous injuries, this started her addiction to opiates which turn into heroin. This addiction caused her to lose everyone and everything she loved. She was homeless for 5 years, shoplifting to support her habit. Today Destiny is a woman in long term recovery. She has rebuilt her life from being homeless.  She is an Odyssey House Graduate and a Drug Court Graduate. She is a huge advocate for recovery and shares her story at treatment facilities, jails, and detox centers. She is in love with service work and giving back to her community. She works Odyssey House as peer support for the residential clients and for Salt Lake County Mayor’s Office as an Executive Assistant and Volunteer Services Coordinator. 

Carl Henry

Carl Henry has been sober now for 3 years and started an entertainment called company Hive Ent with his brother producing small events and is developing our non profit which is called spredsumbred and volunteers to pass out food and hygiene packages at the park and raises his daughter Heaven, who is now 11.

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Jen Ramsden

Jen Ramsden is a woman who has been living in recovery for over 6 years from drugs and alcohol. She never imagined that “a girl like her”, who grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey and went to a great university, would eventually become an IV drug user. Prescription opiates led to heroin and then to treatment. Jen now works to help others find recovery with her involvement in a women’s treatment facility and volunteer work at a non-profit for teens in Southern California.