Mike Lowther is currently on detail to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as a senior policy analyst. At ONDCP he is staffing the Interagency Demand Reduction Working Group and providing input into the National Drug Control Strategy. He is the Director of the Division of State Programs at SAMHSA/CSAP. At CSAP he is responsible for the management of the prevention portion of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants, and the implementation of the Synar Tobacco Regulations. He previously served as the Director of Prevention Support Systems in the Center for Policy Analysis and Training at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation where he managed contracts and provided technical assistance to States and communities. He spent 13 years directing the Southwest Prevention Center (SWPC) at the University of Oklahoma where he led regional training and technical assistance centers including CSAP’s Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies and the Department of Education’s Southwest Regional Center for Safe and Drug Free Schools.

Mike has more than 25 years experience in supervising, developing, and implementing prevention programs at the state and community level. He has extensive experience in creating effective working relationships between local, state, and federal agencies and organizations, as well as expertise in social change theory, prevention planning, and facilitation. In June of 2001, Mike received the National Prevention Network Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the field of prevention throughout his career.