223. Cindy Cipriani | US Attorney Office in San Diego

Episode 223 March 31, 2025 01:03:49
223. Cindy Cipriani | US Attorney Office in San Diego
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
223. Cindy Cipriani | US Attorney Office in San Diego

Mar 31 2025 | 01:03:49

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Show Notes

Cindy Cipriani, Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, develops partnerships and programs to enhance crime prevention and community resilience. She serves on the Executive Leadership Committee and Co-Chairs the Prevention and Education Committee of San Diego’s Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Task Force, a multi-disciplinary coalition that works across sectors to raise awareness and prevent fatal overdoses, and chairs the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force, which funds community groups that facilitate reentry and prevent gangs and gun crime. Ms. Cipriani was a driving force behind San Diego’s Juvenile Smuggling Prevention team, which was recognized by the Attorney General in 2019 as DOJ’s Outstanding Community Partnership for Public Safety. In addition, she has organized numerous events and efforts to protect houses of worship and address targeted violence and hate incidents, earning ADL’s Sherwood Prize for community engagement work combatting hate.  

Ms. Cipriani obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at The Ohio State University and held staff positions in the Ohio Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives.  She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and litigated for nearly a decade at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper) before becoming an Assistant United States Attorney in 1999.  Ms. Cipriani has held several senior management positions, including Deputy Chief of the Civil Division, Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Senior Management Counsel.

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