March 11, 2026
Joan Masters
Joan Masters is the Senior Project Director of Partners in Prevention and has led the organization since 2001. Joan is responsible for the training and technical assistance that PIP provides to the 28 member campuses and serves as the Primary Investigator for PIP’s grant projects. A frequent contributor to the Drug Enforcement Administratoions, Prevention with Purpose program, Joan is also the author of the “Fundamentals of Substance Misuse Prevention in Higher Education” course for new professionals. Joan assists campuses with coalition building, implementing evidence-based strategies, building peer education programs, and strategic planning. Joan is a Missouri Advanced Prevention Specialist and…
March 11, 2026
Margo Leitschuh
Margo Leitschuh holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences from the University of Missouri – Columbia and leads the Prevention and Implementation Team of Missouri Partners in Prevention, a role she has held since January 2017. In Partners in Prevention, Margo coordinates projects related to substance misuse prevention, suicide prevention, and bystander intervention. Margo also helps plan and implement the annual Meeting of the Minds Conference and Missouri’s Suicide Prevention Coalition Academy. In her free time Margo loves watching movies, cooking and baking, and spending time with her partner and two cats.
March 11, 2026
Kate Kazlauskas
Kate Kazlauskas is a program coordinator with Partners in Prevention and primarily manages the alcohol misuse prevention and impaired driving programs funded by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Kate is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), she earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky where she created her own major, Sexual and Reproductive Health Studies. She later earned her Master of Arts in Health Studies from University of Alabama, where she discovered her passion for helping educate young people about their health.