2011 Featured Presenters

Doug Everhart serves as the Manager of Alcohol Programs at the University of California-Irvine. As
a primary prevention strategist, Doug has created and advises a nationally acclaimed peer education program. He has been a volunteer for the BACCHUS Network for over 15 years and currently serves as the Coordinator of Student-Athlete Affiliate Support. Doug also serves on the NCAA’s CHAMPS/Life Skills Advisory Team, has been a facilitator for the NCAA Leadership Conference, and serves on the APPLE Conference Advisory Team.

Linda Hancock is Director of the Wellness Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and a Family Nurse Practitioner who has provided primary health care to college student at VCU for two decades. Linda’s specialty is making science user-friendly and fun. Her high energy and lively sense of humor have made her a popular national speaker on topics such as sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse prevention, social norms, and tobacco issues. In 2003 she became the first national recipient for the Henry W. DeJong Award for Vision and Leadership in Collegiate Tobacco Use Reduction. In 2007, she was selected for the VCU Nurse Alumnus Award for Outstanding Practice.

Craig Littlepage is in his eighth year as the Athletic Director of the University of Virginia. He has set impressive goals and implemented positive changes based around UVa’s Athletic slogan “uncompromised excellence.” The first African-American athletics director in Atlantic Coast Conference history, Littlepage was named the Black Coaches Association’s “Athletics Administrator of the Year” in 2003 and 2006. He was also listed on Sports Illustrated’s list of the 101 most influential minorities in sports in 2003 and 2004. In March of 2005, Littlepage was named one of Black Enterprise Magazine’s “Most Powerful African- Americans in Sports.”

Dr. Kathy Turpin is Director of Collegiate Drug Testing for Drug Free Sport.  She currently oversees the administration of drug-testing programs for Drug Free Sport’s 200+ collegiate clients and two Division I conferences.  She assists colleges and universities with program administration, drug education and drug testing policy development for intercollegiate athletics. Turpin has more than 25 years as a collegiate athletics administrator and coach. A longtime NCAA Division II administrator, compliance coordinator and professor of education, Turpin has served on conference and NCAA committees and has conducted on-campus compliance reviews for the NCAA. She has been a frequent presenter on best practices in implementing a drug testing program.