Laurie Jo “LJ” Wallace is a Senior Director, Capacity Building Assistance at HRiA.
She has spent the last 3 decades years promoting healthy communities and healthy youth in Boston. She has expertise in peer leadership, program development, curriculum development, coalition building, youth/adult collaboration, conflict resolution, physical health and healthy eating, and alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention. She brings special expertise in youth development, having provided training and support to numerous programs, coalitions, and youth serving agencies in the Boston, Massachusetts, and across the US. She has also trained youth and adults in Canada and Singapore.