About Us
The BEST Foundation for a Drug-Free Tomorrow
The BEST Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to providing schools and their community partners with the necessary information, materials and guidance to effectively implement Project ALERT, a skills-based substance abuse prevention curriculum for grades 7 and 8. BEST works with superintendents, principals, substance abuse prevention coordinators, curriculum administrators, counselors and youth-swerving organizations to encourage school-wide or district-level adoption of Project ALERT, and to encourage implementation fidelity trough training and on-going technical assistance.The services of the BEST Foundation are funded through multi-year grant commitments from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Fund supported the initial research and development of Project ALERT by RAND. Ongoing funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation subsidizes the dissemination of the program and the periodic updating of curriculum materials. The nominal fee for the Project ALERT curriculum and training package only partially offsets these costs.
RAND Corporation
RAND is a nationally recognized, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that helps inform and improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis.
Who We Are
Our Staff
- Leslie T. Aguilar Program Manager
- Patricia Allen VP of Administration
- Debbie Evans Program Manager
- Christy Inberg Program Manager
- G. Bridget Ryan President/CEO
- Patricia Whitlock Office Administrator
Board of Directors
- James R. Galbraith
- Conrad N. Hilton III
- Eric M. Hilton
- William B. Hilton Jr.
- Patrick J. Modugno
- G. Bridget Ryan
- Barron Hilton Emertius
- Donald H. Hubbs Emertius
Officers
- Eric M. Hilton Chairman
- G. Bridget Ryan President/CEO
- Patrick J. Modugno Vice President
- Patricia A. Allen Secretary / Treasurer