Providing information to Minnesota about preventing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and related violence since 1981
Roger Svendsen, MS, CPPR
MPRC Consultant (Metro Region 7)
Roger was a senior staff member at the Minnesota Institute of Public Health where he was the Coordinator of Program Development and Training. In this capacity Roger has served as Prevention Specialist for a variety of projects. Roger retired from the Minnesota Institute of Public Health in 2007.
Roger has been involved in the substance abuse field in a variety of roles over the past 32 years including: Coordinator of Health/Drug Education for the Minnesota Department of Education; Minnesota State Drug Abuse Prevention Director on the staff of Governor Al Quie; Director of Program Development and Training for Hazelden Health Promotion Services. He has been on the faculty of Rutgers University Center for Alcohol Studies for the past 20 years. He has co-authored several publications related to ATOD issues and gambling.
The Minnesota Prevention Resource Center (MPRC) is a project of Invitation Health Institute with funding provided through a grant from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Minnesota Department of Human Services