Barbara Cofer Stoefen is a drug prevention activist in Oregon and advocate for recovering addicts. A graduate of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) National Coalition Academy, she is an active board member on several coalitions working to reduce drug and alcohol abuse among minors. She is a requested speaker on addiction in schools, colleges, churches, and at community events, and has been featured in various media events.

While she pursues this work with passion, her background is in business and not addiction. Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and spent her early career in human resource management at well-known high-tech Silicon Valley companies. For the past twenty years she has earned her living as owner of a Northwest physician recruitment firm. Barbara has been married to her husband Pete for 33 years. Their two adult children, Annie and Jeff, are the joys of their lives.