^{Los Angeles, CA
heather@heatheredney.com

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© 2021, Heather Edney}

^{As Executive Director of
the fourth authorized syringe exchange program in the United
States, Heather Edney

has developed harm reduction services
that prevent opioid overdose, HIV and viral hepatitis for over thirty
years.}^{She is a founding member of
the National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC) and
the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN).

In
2013, the Obama Administration invited Edney to serve

as a member of the SAMHSA
Opioid Overdose Prevention Working Group, which led to the first federal resource promoting overdose prevention.

Today, she develops and
implements fundraising and communication strategies for Homeless Health Care Los Angeles and provides training and technical assistance to organizations
preparing to provide naloxone and syringe service programs.

Most recently, she designed Bevel Up, an open
source digital and printable resource funded by the
Centers for Disease Control and distriuted by NASTAD.}

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