Alissa Wendelken is the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO. In this role, Alissa provides day-to-day support to the Office of the Director in the execution of the duties and responsibilities of the National Coalition Institute; acts as a liaison on behalf of the Director for staff and external contacts; and prepares and administers a variety of contracts, travel, and reports for the Institute and Training Operations teams.  Acts as a project manager for fee-for-service contracts, including disseminating project information, monitoring staff time coding, and maintaining database to track staff time.  Builds budgets and proposals for Youth and Adult Fee-for-Service.

Alissa joined the CADCA team in 2016 after receiving her B.S. in Commercial Recreation from The Pennsylvania State University.  Alissa enjoys spending time with her husband and dog in the outdoors, hiking, golfing, and traveling!