Following over a decade of tobacco prevention and control experience, Karla S. Sneegas was named Executive Director for Indiana’s newly funded Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Executive Board in January 2001.  Prior to assuming duties as Executive Director for Indiana’s board, Mrs. Sneegas was a national consultant to tobacco prevention and control organizations.  Her clients included the Advocacy Institute and numerous state and local programs and coalitions.  Mrs. Sneegas co-facilitated the Creativity in Leadership Course for the National Tobacco Use Prevention Institute for six years.  She also co-chaired the Skill Building Workshop Committee for the 11th World Tobacco Conference held in Chicago, IL in 2000.  From 1992-1994, she directed South Carolina’s ASSIST program and state tobacco prevention coalition. 

Mrs. Sneegas holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of South Carolina and a B.S. in Education from Western Kentucky University.  She resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, Mark, and children Gretchen and Jon.