David Marella '15 has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Law & Policy list. In 2017, the Trump administration declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. Behind the scenes was David Marella, then a 29-year-old attorney who managed the senior staff of the White House task force. Following his government service, Marella returned to corporate law at Gibbons P.C.
In 2017, David Marella received a presidential appointment to serve as advisor to the executive director of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis within the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. In that role, he advised then-Gov. Chris Christie, who chaired the bipartisan commission charged with evaluating the federal response to the opioid epidemic and recommending strategies to President Donald J. Trump.
Marella collaborated with senior officials across the White House and numerous federal agencies, including the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, as well as the National Security Council, to help address one of the nation's most pressing public health crises. To learn more about Marella, visit his Alumni Council Member page.
