Hello! My name is Derek and I am the Founder/CEO of DrugUniversity.org. Thank you for visiting my bio. All of my trainings are available virtually! 

I have been a keynote and/or workshop presenter at over 100 live conferences and events and multiple zoom and webinar trainings and workshops. See the programs tab for a sample listing of some of the topics I present and my recommendations/evaluation page. 

I have presented to:

• Teachers, faculty, Board members and administration
• Corporate and business leaders/human resources/supervisors
• Health care professionals
• Social work professionals
• Physicians/Nurses
• Judges/attorneys
• Law Enforcement
• Prevention and treatment organizations
• Therapists and counselors
• Probation officers/ JPO's/ CRO's
• and many, many more and various career fields

Here is my official bio. Please feel free to reach out anytime!

Derek Osborn, CPS, CPM is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama who earned his B.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Law and the Courts from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. Derek served as the Executive Director of the Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) from 2013-2020 and turned a small, one-person prevention organization into a team of eight prevention specialists, multiple interns and hundreds of volunteers. Derek is a Certified Prevention Manager and Specialist through the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. He has been a featured presenter regarding drug trends and the dark net at multiple conferences across the United States including NCAD and the CADCA Mid-Year Institute.

Derek is the Founder/CEO of DrugUniversity.org which is a new initiative involving multiple partners in the addiction field. He currently works as a keynote and workshop presenter for webinars and virtual events and serves as a consultant for non-profit, treatment and drug prevention organizations.

Derek is a West Alabama Leadership Award Winner of 2017, graduate of Leadership Tuscaloosa class of 2009, a member of the Druid City Business League and the Non-Profit Policy Council, a member of the NCAD faculty, an instructor at the Alabama School for Alcohol and Drug Studies and serves on multiple advisory and planning committees for the State of Alabama. Under his leadership, PRIDE was awarded Non-Profit of the Year in 2019 by the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce.