Julia Sherman has joined the Resource Center on Impaired Driving as the Coordinator of the new Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project (WAPP). The Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project’s mission complements the Resource Center on Impaired Driving by providing community leaders and law enforcement officers with evidence based tools and technical assistance on policies and practices that prevent and reduce alcohol misuse. Improving the community alcohol environment will support appropriate alcohol consumption.
Very few states, including Wisconsin, regulate alcohol locally. As a
result, information drawn from the experience of other states or
created for a nationwide audience is often difficult to adopt or
implement in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project will help
bridge this gap by providing evidence based policies and practices
framed for Wisconsin and the political landscape of local government.
Ms. Sherman has worked on alcohol related policy issues since 2001,
first at the American Medical Association’s Reducing Underage Drinking
through Coalitions project and later as national field director for the
Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University. Most
recently she worked at the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention
Resources where she provided technical assistance to communities and
coalitions on preventing and reducing underage drinking.
Before beginning her alcohol policy work, Ms. Sherman worked for the
Wisconsin Legislature where she served as Director of the Assembly
Democratic Caucus Staff, Deputy Director of the Senate Democratic
Caucus Staff, and as an aide to members of both the Senate and
Assembly.
Julia Sherman can be reached at:
jsherman2@wisc.edu
608-262-0370
Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project
Resource Center on Impaired Driving
University of Wisconsin Law School
432 East Campus Mall Room 127
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-3411
