Chelsey Goddard, EDC vice president and nationally recognized expert in prevention science, leads EDC’s U.S.-based health, mental health, and behavioral health work. A certified prevention specialist, she has decades of experience successfully promoting the use of evidence-based, substance misuse prevention practices. Nationwide, she advances knowledge of effective strategies to address current and emerging challenges in substance misuse, co-morbid conditions, systems change, and prevention workforce training.
Goddard is a senior advisor for Prevention Solutions, which delivers customized consultation, training, and resources to strengthen the substance misuse prevention workforce. She is the technical monitor for the Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center.
Goddard is a former member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. During her eight years as the director of the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies at EDC, she led the delivery of training to over 44,000 practitioners and technical assistance to over 14,000 people.
Goddard completed a fellowship in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program at the Institute for Community Inclusion at Boston Children’s Hospital. She holds an MPH from the University of Michigan.