Tim Dunn is the director of the Center for School Health Promotion. Mr. Dunn oversees and manages a number of school health projects, supervising 20 staff and $2.3 million of federal funding. He has been interim project director and part of the core training team of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Middle School Substance Prevention and School Safety Coordinators. The center has trained 900 coordinators and provided them with online continuing education and technical assistance in the area of evidence-based substance abuse and violence prevention and leadership skills.

As a member of the CDC-funded National Training Partnership team, he took the lead in developing and implementing 10 national trainings on research-based programs over the last three years. This work has included training design, materials development, follow-up technical assistance on implementation, and the development of distance learning programs. With a background in school-based mental health services, Mr. Dunn managed the Making Health Academic project, which disseminates a coordinated school health program to states and local school districts.