Mayor’s Task Force Members

  • Curt Benson
  • Katherine Cooper
  • Patty Gallivan
  • Judi Harper-Malecha
  • Mark Mohlke
  • Paul Hart Ruthenbeck
  • Joan Janusz*
  • Kristine Matson
  • Jackie McBeain
  • Mary F. Nelson
  • Susan Sanderson*
  • Kris Vohs (City Council Liaison)

(*denotes MTF co-chair)

Staff Liaisons

  • Zach Pruitt

As the mission of the Mayor’s Task Force on Youth and Alcohol and Drug Use indicates, members are “advocates for and with youth, committed to creating a community where our youth can lead healthy lives free of alcohol and drug use.”

City Council Charges

  • To raise community awareness about youth alcohol and drug use;
  • To support and encourage efforts to increase community education about youth alcohol and drug use;
  • To provide a citizen voice in community efforts to deduce youth alcohol and drug use;
  • To examine existing policies and practices in the community around youth alcohol and drug use;
  • To develop and implement the recommendations of the Mayor’s Task Force on Youth Alcohol and Drug use.