Alison Macklin, MSW is the Policy and Advocacy Director at SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change providing strategic guidance to communities looking to advance sex education and is a national leader in the comprehensive sex education field for over 19 years.

In 2019, she helped author and pass Colorado’s Youth Wellness Act, ensuring young people in that state are able to access inclusive comprehensive sex education. Alison is the author of the internationally published book: “Making Sense of It: A Guide to Sex for Teens (and Their Parents Too!),” a skilled sex education trainer, and adjunct professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work.