Executive Director Lindsay Sweet was born and raised in Highland Park and Northbrook. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s Honors Humanities Program, with a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where she studied health policy and promotion.

Lindsay began her career as a health educator and project officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working in tobacco control. She then moved back home to Chicago and managed community health programs at the American Academy of Pediatrics.  After taking a career break to raise three children, Lindsay is delighted to run Community – The Anti-Drug Coalition.