{"id":129898,"date":"2024-11-22T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T22:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?page_id=129898"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T22:05:50","slug":"madd-ambassador-erica-linn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/madd-ambassador-erica-linn\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD Ambassador Erica Linn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"129898\" class=\"elementor elementor-129898\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9635e72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9635e72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2304539\" data-id=\"2304539\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3946ebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3946ebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7f47e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7f47e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c15ed2c\" data-id=\"c15ed2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0117a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0117a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Erica-Linn_Headshot-copy-1.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-129174\" alt=\"Erica Linn\" style=\"width:100%;height:93.75%;max-width:240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a953fa\" data-id=\"6a953fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0946490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0946490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Erica Linn<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c0c71 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c0c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Erica Linn lost both her mother and father, Henrietta and\nCarmelo Sbezzi, in an impaired driving crash on October 28, 2016. This tragedy\noccurred on what should have been a joyous occasion, Erica\u2019s birthday, following\nthis immense loss, Erica has dedicated herself to a mission of advocacy,\nleaving her career in media sales and marketing to combat this 100% preventable\ncrime. Residing in New York, Erica is a regional member of MADD\u2019s New Jersey,\nNew York and Pennsylvania Regional Advisory Board and has also served on the\nMADD New York State Advisory Board. In addition, she served on MADD\u2019s National\nBoard, where she guided the organization\u2019s direction and played a key role in\npassing the HALT Drunk Driving Act. This landmark law mandates impaired driving\nprevention technology in all news cars. Alongside MADD\u2019s Government Affairs\nteam and the MADD Ware Room, Erica mobilized cruicial support for the HALT Act\n\u2013 sharing her personal story with influential legislators, including\nRepresentative Mike Lawler, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senator Ben Ray\nLujan. As part of MADD New York\u2019s Legislative Action team, Erica is dedicated\nto passing lifesaving legislative to address and ultimately end the public\nhealth and safety crisis of drunk and drugged driving. Erica is a passionate\nfundraiser, actively participating in events like Alk Like MADD and producing\ntwo MADD benefit concerts in NYC to raise vital funds for MADD\u2019s mission.\nErica\u2019s voice resonates deeply as she regularly shares her powerful story\nacross the region through speaking engagements and media interviews.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faeef08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"faeef08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7780e6a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7780e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walklikemadd.org\/?language=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to Ambassadors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b616e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"16b616e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-474dc80 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"474dc80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f34a72\" data-id=\"6f34a72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erica Linn Erica Linn lost both her mother and father, Henrietta and Carmelo Sbezzi, in an impaired driving crash on October 28, 2016. 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