Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison first came to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) in 1998 when he worked on legislative and regulatory affairs as Public Policy Associate.  Robert then served as Associate Director of Government Relations at Smith, Bucklin and Associates from 1999 to 2001 where he directed government affairs programs for health care organizations, including the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.  Robert returned to NASADAD in 2001 as Director of Public Policy and went on to become Executive Director in 2009.  Robert first came to Washington in 1993 to work for the late U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ) for approximately four years.  Robert graduated from Drew University in New Jersey with a B.A. in Political Science and completed graduate work in American Government at the Johns Hopkins University.