Mary Anne Mosack serves as the President and CEO of Ascend, a national membership and advocacy organization representing the Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) field. In this role she promotes an accurate understanding and appreciation for Sexual Risk Avoidance as an important primary prevention message for teens. She is dedicated to continuous program improvement, research and public policy impacting the SRA approach.
She is responsible for the ongoing development of educational materials and oversees the Sexual Risk Avoidance Certification training program offered by Ascend throughout the United States.
Mosack is the former Executive Director of Operation Keepsake, a SRA program that served over 27,000 students in 140 schools in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. As a result of her leadership, rigorous program evaluations provided one of the first peer-reviewed, published studies showing the effectiveness of SRA education for high-risk teens.