Joe Markiewicz is the Senior Consultant at Building Stronger Communities. Recently, he was the Program Coordinator for the Statewide Prescription Drug Overdose Reduction Initiative at the University of Kentucky. He has over 20 years' experience as a community coalition trainer, prevention planner, evaluator and youth trainer. He has been a presenter at national conferences on the subject of risk and protective factors, evidenced-based prevention strategies, youth data, community planning and positive social norming. In 2012, Markiewicz received the Erie County Award for Youth Violence Reduction and as Chair of the Erie County Collaborative Board he received the Statewide Community Coalition of the Year Award in Pennsylvania. In his previous employment, Markiewicz was a statewide planner and trainer with the Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and Juvenile Court Judge’s Commission, as well as many other youth-serving organizations. He is also a national technical assistant for the Office of Juvenile Justice Training & Research (OJJTR).