Ellen Morehouse is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor, Credentialed Prevention Professional, and the Executive Director of Student Assistance Services, a non-profit, corporation in Tarrytown, New York. She is the creator of three national model alcohol and drug abuse prevention and early intervention programs including the Westchester Student Assistance Program and Project SUCCESS (Schools Using Coordinated Community Efforts to Strengthen Students) which are currently being implemented in over 60 secondary schools in New York State, and being replicated nationally.

Mrs. Morehouse has served as a consultant to treatment programs, school districts, parent and professional organizations, community groups, and state agencies in planning and implementing alcohol and drug abuse prevention, early intervention, and treatment programs. She has published several articles in professional journals and was the recipient of several awards. She is also one of the founders and is currently an advisory board member of the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA), and Prevention Committee Co-Chair for the NY Association of Addiction Services and Professionals (ASAP). Mrs. Morehouse received her Bachelors Degree from Cornell University and her Masters Degree in Social Work from New York University.