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Sean Fearns joined DEA in 1998 as part of the team in the Office of Public Affairs that developed and opened the DEA Museum in 1999. In 2015, Sean was promoted to Chief of DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section. In this capacity he is responsible for guiding a diverse and creative staff to develop and implement strategic national partnerships with other organizations that help educate the public on current drug threats facing the country, communicate the Administration’s key drug misuse prevention messages, and reduce the demand for those drugs.

Rich Lucey has more than three decades of experience at the state and federal government levels working to prevent alcohol and drug use and misuse among youth and young adults, especially college students. He currently serves as a senior prevention program manager in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section. Rich plans and executes educational and public information programs, evaluates program goals and outcomes, and serves as an advisor to the Section Chief and other DEA officials on drug misuse prevention and education programs. Rich formerly served as special assistant to the director for the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and worked as an education program specialist in the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. In 2024, Rich was awarded the National Prevention Network's Award of Excellence at their annual conference in recognition of his national efforts to prevent drug use.

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