Executive Board

• Chairperson: Claudia Kasten, Chief of Juvenile Division, Lake County State's Attorney's Office
• Co-Chairperson: Chief Steven R. Casstevens, Chief of Buffalo Grove Police Department
• Past chair: Deborah H. Stern, Psy.D.
• Treasurer: Howard Deutsch, Parent
• Co-Secretary: Officer Bethany Brown, Lincolnshire Police Department
• Co-Secretary: Karyn Gitler, Community Business Owner
• Community Member at Large: Dr. Cristina Cortesi, Ph.D., Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
• Community Member at Large: Martin Sussman, Chairman of Link Together Coalition

Stand Strong Coalition Staff

• Executive Director, Project Coordinator, DFC Grant: Jamie Epstein
• Project Director: Margaret Polovchak
• Digital Communications and Website Management: Sylvia Lima