Roseanne Scotti

Roseanne Scotti brings a wealth of expertise to the Foundation in policy formulation and advocacy, political strategy, and managing legislative initiatives. Roseanne is the senior technical advisor for Syringe Access Services for Vital Strategies.  She is seconded to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, working to expand syringe services programs and harm reduction in Pennsylvania.  Before joining Vital Strategies, Roseanne served for 17 years as the New Jersey State director for the Drug Policy Alliance. While there, she directed  major campaigns focused on aspects of criminal justice reform and drug policy. Previously, Roseanne was a research coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Studies of Addiction in the HIV Prevention Research Division. Roseanne has authored and co-authored law review and medical journal articles on HIV prevention and drug policy, and frequently lectures on these topics. In 2004, Roseanne received the award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of HIV Prevention from the New Jersey HIV Prevention Community Planning Group. In 2005, she was appointed by the Governor to New Jersey's Gang Land Security Task Force. Roseanne received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from Temple School of Law.