Shari Sprong has been a practitioner in the field of prevention and health education for over 25 years. She has worked for twenty-four years as a Prevention Specialist and Assistant Director of the Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities, a program of Health Resources in Action (HRiA). She works with coalitions that are focused on improving the health of their communities, especially in the area of substance abuse prevention. Shari assists groups with assessing the needs and resources in their communities, planning appropriate strategies and evaluating the results of their