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Deacon D. Dzierzawski Bio

Since 1996, Deacon D. Dzierzawski has been the Chief Executive Officer of The Community Partnership, a systemic coalition dedicated to the prevention of the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Prior to moving to Toledo, Deacon was the Community Outreach Director for the Franklin County Prevention Institute, a federally-funded community partnership in Columbus, Ohio.

Deacon has been an adult probation officer, counselor and case manager in an in-patient adolescent treatment center in Southeastern Ohio. He also holds the elected office of Councilman in the Village of Swanton, Ohio, and is the Chairman of the Council’s Safety Committee.

Deacon is recognized as an expert in coalition development and environmental change and has been recognized as such by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Institute of Drug Abuse and CADCA. He is trainer for CADCA’s National Coalition Institute and was recently honored as the Institute’s National Coalition Academy Trainer of the Year. His work has been highlighted in NIDA Notes, a publication of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and received recognition from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.

Deacon holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Lourdes College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health from Ohio University. He is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and a graduate of the Franklin County Leadership Institute, Leadership Toledo and Leadership Ohio.