Ms. Richardson is the Health Education Supervisor at the Arkansas Department of Health in the Office of Tobacco Prevention and Education. As the Health Education Supervisor she provides technical assistance to coalitions and community organizations in strategic planning and grant application, formed tobacco-free coalitions and SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco) in the Central Region, provides leadership in planning Arkansas’s annual Teen Summit on Tobacco, conducts events promoting smoke-free dining, collaborates with the Office of Minority Health to reach diverse populations in reducing the burden of tobacco and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities, serves as the liaison for various organizations, disseminates resource materials and provide tobacco prevention and education presentations to schools, churches and community organizations.