PR exec Fred Yaeger named board president for NCADD/Westchester

Fred Yaeger, founder of the Yonkers-based Yaeger Public Relations, was appointed president of the board of directors of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence/Westchester (NCADD/Westchester).

“Mr. Yaeger is a veteran communications executive and has been an involved volunteer with NCADD/Westchester for the past 19 years,” said Executive Director Joan Bonsignore. “He has extensive public relations experience in the fields of health care, civil rights, and social, gender and economic justice.”

Yaeger succeeds Linda Liberatore, a health care executive with St. Johns Riverside Hospital.

“I am very honored to have been named President of the Board of Directors of NCADD/Westchester,” said Yaeger. “NCADD/Westchester has been in the forefront of education and prevention in the Substance Use Disorder field and I hope to be able to contribute my skills together with Joan Bonsignore, other board members and staff to reduce the incidence of substance use, foster recovery and ensure equitable access and better outcomes throughout Westchester County.”