Sis Wenger is the President and CEO of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA). She directs NACoA's education and advocacy efforts to bring attention and help to the nation's 19 million minor children of alcohol and drug abusers. The recipient of many awards, Sis was honored twice by President Ronald Reagan for her leadership in the development of multiple alcohol and drug abuse community coalitions, and comprehensive school based student assistance programs, in Southeast Michigan. She also was the recipient of the Senator Harold Hughes 2000 Memorial Award for translating research into practice, given by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Most recently she received the 2005 Enrique Camarena Award from the National Family Partnership. She has been a child advocate and family recovery support advocate for twenty-five years.