{"id":8663,"date":"2022-12-09T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.responsibility.org\/?p=8663"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:39:51","slug":"marc-bromfeld-board-chair-and-chris-swonger-president-and-ceo-announce-responsibility-org-executive-director-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.responsibility.org\/marc-bromfeld-board-chair-and-chris-swonger-president-and-ceo-announce-responsibility-org-executive-director-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Bromfeld, Board Chair, and Chris Swonger, President and CEO, Announce Responsibility.org Executive Director & Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ARLINGTON, Va.<\/strong> \u2013 Today, Marc Bromfeld, chairman of Responsibility.org\u2019s board of directors, and Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and Responsibility.org<\/a>, announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2023, the board appointed Leslie Kimball to serve as the new executive director, and announced that Maureen Dalbec will serve as chief operating officer and senior vice president, research and programs; Darrin T. Grondel, Ed.D., will serve as senior vice president of traffic safety; and Kelly Poulsen will serve as senior vice president of government relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responsibility.org<\/a> has made significant progress and impact towards our missions to end underage drinking, eliminate impaired driving and empower all adults to make responsible alcohol choices as part of a balanced lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Responsibility.org<\/a>\u2019s strong vision and commitment to its missions and the combined decades of experience, our new leadership team will help drive the organization\u2019s efforts in 2023 and beyond, and will propel Responsibility.org<\/a> to expand our lifesaving work to make families, communities, and roads safer. On behalf of the organization\u2019s member companies and partners, their expertise and dedication will add another layer to our strong foundation of prevention programming and thought leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her 21 years with Responsibility.org<\/a>, Kimball led the development and implementation of programming and communications campaigns for the not-for-profit including the rebranding of Responsibility.org<\/a> in 2015, the organization\u2019s 20th Anniversary celebration in 2011, and the Ask Listen Learn<\/a> and Talk Early and parenting influencer initiatives. As executive director, Kimball will lead the organization\u2019s team of 15 professionals. Before her new appointment, Kimball served as chief of communications and branding for DISCUS and Responsibility.org<\/a> in a shared services capacity, where she oversaw all communications work and built an award-winning, in-house team that helped achieve meaningful growth in reach and revenue for both organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalbec has served as Responsibility.org\u2019s chief operating officer and senior vice president of research and data analysis for nearly 3 years. In her role, she will continue to oversee the organization\u2019s operations, research, and program development and implementation to prevent underage drinking and promote responsible consumption. This includes overseeing the organization\u2019s research, measurement and evaluation, and reporting on Responsibility.org\u2019s impact. Additionally, Dalbec will lead the development of the organization\u2019s strategic planning process to define its vision, missions, and goals. Prior to these responsibilities, Dalbec spent 22 years leading the organization\u2019s research and data analysis work as the department\u2019s vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As senior vice president of traffic safety, Grondel will lead Responsibility.org\u2019s lifesaving work to eliminate drunk and impaired driving and will continue to direct the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving. Prior to joining Responsibility.org<\/a>, Grondel served on the executive committee of the Governors Highway Safety Association board of directors, and currently is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Roadway Safety Committee and National Sheriffs Associations Traffic Safety Committee. As a former captain in the Washington State Patrol and the state\u2019s governor-appointed director of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission, Grondel brings three decades of on-the-ground experience in preventing impaired driving and improving the legal and regulatory environment related to traffic safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poulsen has worked for six years to support the work of Responsibility.org<\/a> as vice president of federal government relations at DISCUS, including championing the passage of lifesaving impaired driving technology legislation and advocating for a Congressional policy agenda that supports Responsibility.org\u2019s work on traffic safety issues and responsible consumption. As senior vice president of government relations, Poulsen will guide the organization\u2019s federal and state government relations work, drawing on her nearly 20 years\u2019 experience in political advocacy and stakeholder engagement to shape policy and strengthen partnerships critical to making progress on the organization\u2019s missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Responsibility.org<\/strong>
Responsibility.org<\/a> is a national not-for-profit that aims to eliminate drunk driving and work with others to end all impaired driving, eliminate underage drinking, and empower adults to make a lifetime of responsible alcohol choices as part of a balanced lifestyle. Responsibility.org<\/a> is funded by the following distillers: Bacardi USA, Inc.; Beam Suntory Inc.; Brown-Forman; Campari Group; Constellation Brands; DIAGEO; Edrington, Mast-J\u00e4germeister US, Inc.; Mo\u00ebt Hennessy USA; Ole Smoky, LLC; Pernod Ricard USA; and William Grant & Sons. For more than 30 years, Responsibility.org<\/a> has transformed countless lives through programs that bring individuals, families, and communities together to inspire a lifetime of responsible alcohol choices. To learn more, please visit www.Responsibility.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Va. \u2013 Today, Marc Bromfeld, chairman of Responsibility.org\u2019s board of directors, and Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled 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