📽️ Dry January Webinar (Video)

Founder/Publisher at The Riverside Record
Adjunct professor at the University of Southern California (USC)
Alicia Ramirez is a veteran journalist who has spent the last 15 years of her career in the local news space covering communities in rural South Texas, Chicago, Los Angeles. In 2022, she launched The Riverside Record, a nonprofit digital news outlet serving the nearly 2.5 million residents of Riverside County, California.
https://riversiderecord.org/

Chief Medical Officer at Dry January® USA
Professor Public Health at Meharry School of Global Health
Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation at Meharry Medical College
Dr Michael Caldwell is the Chief Medical Officer of Dry January® USA which is housed at Meharry Medical College and HBCU health science institution in Nashville, TN and celebrating 150 years in 2026. He is an internal medicine and public health physician with a national and global presence. He served as President of the National Local Health Officials organization, NACCHO and led Nashville through the first year of the Covid pandemic in 2020. Dr Caldwell is a recognized leader in tobacco control, vaccines, clinical research diversity and health science communications. He previously served as a resident doctor at the ABC News Medical Unit.
https://www.drmichaelcaldwellmd.com/
https://dryjanuaryusa.org/

Independent Consultant, Addiction Advocacy & Public Policy
Seasoned public policy professional with expertise in the continuum of care for individuals with substance use disorder; state and federal regulations impacting client access to safe, quality, and ethical care. Deeply committed to advancing evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies, including medications, and addressing social determinants of health.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-mcgr/