Ben Spooner is an EDC project director and prevention expert specializing in youth health promotion. An experienced project manager and training and technical assistance (TA) provider, he brings extensive expertise in problem gambling prevention, substance misuse prevention, communications planning, sustainability and strategic planning, instructional design, product development, and event design and facilitation.

Ben is the associate project director of the Massachusetts Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling Prevention, where he supports state-wide efforts to prevent underage and problem sports betting. Recently, he served as project director for the Massachusetts Strategic Prevention Framework Rx Project. He was also co-director and a TA provider for the Center for Strategic Prevention Support. He specializes in providing training and developing tools that build the capacity of prevention professionals in key areas such as SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework.

Ben frequently presents on upstream prevention at national and regional convenings. He is the co-developer of a communications toolkit related to substance misuse prevention. He has authored the blog posts “Sports Betting Ads and Youth: A Growing Public Concern” and “Why Should We Engage Faith Leaders in Prevention?”

Ben holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Connecticut and a PMD Pro Certification from APMG International.