Adam Swanson, EDC project director, brings extensive expertise in mental health promotion and suicide prevention. He provides consultation support to state agencies, U.S. territories, and other public health systems as the senior technical assistance and state partnerships advisor at the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.

Previously, Swanson worked at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health America, and the United States Senate.

Swanson has completed graduate programs at George Mason University and The George Washington University, and he is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate at Emerson College.