ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The
Center for Alcohol Policy is pleased to announce that Summer Childers, Director
of the Licensing and Compliance Division of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, is the recipient of the Eighth Annual Leadership in Alcohol
Regulation Award.
The award, which recognizes a specific program, agency or
person who oversees the alcohol industry and promotes public health and safety,
was announced during the Center’s 13th Annual Alcohol Law and Policy
Conference.
Director Childers has served the State of Alabama for 10
years and has become an invaluable resource for the state and local
governments, the alcohol industry, and anyone interested in alcohol regulation
in the state of Alabama. Ms. Childers was chosen to receive this award because
she has dutifully organized and implemented major structural changes within the
Alabama ABC as well as served as lead on efforts to review and improve AL ABC
Administrative Rules and Regulations. Director Childers is noted for her
collaborative effort to achieve fairness and to ensure all voices are heard at
the table when seeking solutions to problems.
Moreover, Ms. Childers’ opinions and insights on proposed
legislation are frequently sought after on account of her deep institutional
knowledge of the industry and its governing laws. In Alabama ABC Administrator
Mac Gipson’s words, “Dedication, perseverance, hard work, and integrity define
Summer Childers.”
“The Center works diligently to promote public health and
safety through America’s state-based alcohol regulatory system and strives to
educate regulators on the importance of collaborating with varied stakeholders
to effectively regulate alcohol,” said Jerry Oliver, Center for Alcohol Policy
Advisor and former Arizona regulator and police chief of Richmond, Pasadena, and
Detroit. “The Center is proud to present its annual award to someone who is
well-known for sharing those same values.”
We ask that you help us celebrate Director Summer Childers
for her dedication to the industry and public health and safety.
The Center for Alcohol Policy is a 501c(3) organization
whose mission is to educate policymakers, regulators and the public about
alcohol, its uniqueness and regulation. By conducting sound and
scientific-based research and implementing initiatives that will maintain the
appropriate state-based regulation of alcohol, the Center promotes safe and
responsible consumption, fights underage drinking and drunk driving and informs
key entities about the effects of alcohol consumption. For more information,
visit www.centerforalcoholpolicy.org or follow the Center on Twitter at
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