Phillip Falcetti
| Mr. Falcetti | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 19 1965 |
| Residence | Orange County, California California, U.S. |
| Website | https://www.partners4wellness.org/about# |
Phillip Falcetti (19 October 1965) He has over 30 years of experience in the health education field, with numerous professional and community leadership positions in alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence – Orange County[1]
a Non-Profit Organization. In 1998, he created a county-wide prevention program for NCADD-OC[1], now known as Partners4Wellness, that has received grant funding in excess of $30 million.[2] He coordinates and participates in the Underage Drinking Task Force, Mental Health Coalition, DUI Prevention Coalition, RX/OTC Drug Workgroup, Marijuana Education Initiative (MEI), National Safe Schools Conference, School Climate Trainings and Conference, California School Resource Officers Association (CSROA), Drug Free Communities project, and the Prevention Coalition of Orange County.
Career[edit]
In the mid 1990s, he held the position as director of the Arthritis Foundation-Orange County/Long Beach Branch and was nationally recognized for developing the first Children’s Aquatic Therapeutic Program and creating “Bone Builders,” a curriculum and patch program endorsed by the Girl Scouts of America and certified by the National Arthritis Foundation.
He was the first Orange County Health Care Agency staff person focused on tobacco policy earlier in his career. He was influential in affecting millions of lives throughout Orange County by authoring no-smoking policies with Orange County organizations such as South Coast Plaza, Main Place Mall, Anaheim Stadium and Arrowhead Pond, Taco Bell Corporation, as well as numerous cities, restaurants, bars and worksites.
He has been a guest lecturer and presenter at more than 300 Local, State and National conferences and is a faculty member in the Health Science Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)[3] since 1999. In 2017, he was recognized by CSULB as the “Most Inspirational Professor.”[4] He also served on the CSULB Alumni Association board of directors and the Health Science graduate advisory council. He serves as the faculty advisor to the Eta Sigma Gamma Health Science Honor Society[5][6]. During the years of 2008-2011 he was a part-time instructor in the Human Services Department at Saddleback College[7] in Mission Viejo.
He also served as past-chair of the Orange County Methamphetamine Task Force, past-president of the Society for Public Health Educators - Southern California Chapter (SOPHE), and past-chair of the Orange County Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition. Falcetti has been an inspirational leader in the mental wellness arena, and was instrumental in creating and obtaining local funding directed toward the transitional aged youth in Orange County. Created the ConnectOC[8] mental wellness movement.
He was an original member of the HARTS/CHARTS movement and assisted with the passage of Measure H to preserve tobacco settlement dollars for health. He has been instrumental in coordinating and acquiring the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) program into the Orange County Hospital system and is involved in numerous ATOD prevention projects country-wide. Falcetti co-authored a California Assembly Bill to enhance penalties-related to Methamphetamine production labs and has been instrumental in numerous local policies and ordinances aimed at reducing alcohol, tobacco and drug availability and access. 'Bold text
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Partners4Wellness". www.partners4wellness.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ "Partners4Wellness". www.partners4wellness.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long; California 90840 562.985.4111 (2020-06-10). "Phillip Falcetti, MPH, CHES". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long; California 90840 562.985.4111 (2017-11-22). "Most Inspirational Professor - Honor Roll". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long; California 90840 562.985.4111 (2020-07-27). "Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG)". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ "FIND A CHAPTER – Eta Sigma Gamma". Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ↑ "Saddleback College", Wikipedia, 2021-03-02, retrieved 2021-03-18
- ↑ Coalition, Connect-OC. "Connect-OC Coalition". https://www.connect-oc.org/. Retrieved 2021-03-18. External link in
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