Our Mission is to “reduce substance abuse in Lee County by raising awareness of prevention resources through collaboration, education and inspiration.”

• Collaboration is the pathway to accomplishing our goals.
• Individual, family, community engagement is key to prevention.
• Prevention saves lives and money

Since its founding in 1989 by Jim Nathan, Sheriff Mike Scott and a group of local leaders, the Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida has worked to provide prevention resources to families in Lee County.

Our Board of Directors

• Jonathan Engh (Busey Bank) – Chair
• Deputy Chief Lisa Barnes (Cape Coral Police Department, Ret.) – Vice-Chair
• Syndi Bultman (Lee Memorial Health System Trauma Department) Secretary/Treasurer
• Meaghan Brady Palumbo (Park Royal Behavioral Health)
• Heidi Brescher (Osprey Counseling)
• Heather Cross (Empowerment Center)
• Sgt. Dede Diogo (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
• Samuel Fisher (Lee County School Board)
• Mary Fischer (Lee County School Board, ret.)
• Lt. Allen Kolak (Cape Coral Police Department)
• Riley Kempton (TM Strategic Consulting)
• Samuel Laguerre (Lutheran Services)
• Kevin Mace (The Hanley Foundation)
• Keri Malinoski (The Hanley Foundation)
• Russ McCaskey (WINK-TV)
• Hugo Mir (Alufab, USA)
• Hannah Nieves (White Sands Treatment Center)
• Damini Parkhi (Fort Myers Progress Panel)
• ​Katie Whalen Polewsi (Operation Medicine Cabinet Lee County) Derrek’s Mission Foundation)
• Mary Ellen Saba (AIM Target Programs, Inc.)
• Destiny Unsworth (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

Honorary Life Members

• Jim Nathan, Founder
• Betty Harmon
• Charlie Styles
• Sheriff Mike Scott