Roy Walker

Roy Walker serves as the Senior Managing Principal of Synergy Enterprises, Inc.’s (Synergy) Division of Assessment and Evaluation Services, providing management oversight to multiple federal projects with combined, cumulative revenue of more than $25 million. For the last 10 years, Mr. Walker has overseen Synergy’s technical assistance/training (TA/T) staff members, who have successfully developed and implemented TA/T and developed culturally relevant materials for diverse audiences. He has overseen research and evaluation staff who have successfully analyzed complex data and created substantive reports for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the U.S. Department of Education. With more than 35 years of working in the substance misuse prevention and treatment fields, Mr. Walker has been instrumental in guiding Synergy’s staff to create useful products and services for constituents and consumers alike.

He has managed and provided technical support for public health and behavioral health contracts for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Center for Mental Health Services, NIDA, Health Resources and Services Administration, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Mr. Walker has also worked in similar capacities on projects for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Over the span of his career, he has developed hundreds of TA plans, materials, and tools to increase TA users’ implementation of substance misuse and HIV prevention and treatment strategies. He has presented on numerous health and education topics, including effective models for cultural approaches to prevent substance misuse and HIV at national conferences.

Mr. Walker’s expertise in education is grounded in his experience as a high school science teacher, and encompasses early childhood; students with disabilities; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; afterschool and education of homeless children; and emergency management planning and response.