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Ms. Bass serves as Executive Director of Prevention for PPEP and is the founder and Director of the Pima County Community Prevention Coalition. She has a Master’s degree from ASU College of Public Programs, with a Policy, Administration and Community (PAC) major. Having 23 years’ experience working in youth and family services in positions as facilitator, coordinator, trainer, manager and director, Ms. Bass has effectively managed multiple grants from the local, county, state and federal levels and programs and projects covering a broad reach of the community. In 2006, Ms. Bass began the Pima County Community Prevention Coalition through a SPF-SIG grant from AZ GOYFF, which continues to thrive and serve as Pima County’s largest prevention coalition. In 2007, Ms. Bass started the Drug Free Communities Coalition in Amado, AZ and over the past 11 years, brought multiple funded projects in to serve this rural community. Ms. Bass writes grants to maintain the prevention programs and oversees all PPEP youth substance misuse prevention operations. Ms. Bass also serves as the field supervisor for ASU Social Work Interns and serves as an adjunct faculty for the ASU School of Social Work. Her passion lays in creating collaborative partnerships to prevent underage drinking and other drug use among youth to prevent addiction and its negative impact on individuals, families and the community.