Voice of the Recovery Community Award Nominations
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The Recovery Bill of Rights
is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Learn more…
Governance
A 21-member Board of Directors advises and directs Faces & Voices of Recovery. Thirteen regional representatives are working to link recovery advocates within their region and build our movement from the grassroots up.
Faces & Voices Board of Directors
Regional Representatives
- Central
East
Bobby Coffey
DC Recovery Community Alliance
Washington, DC
- Frontier
Carla Ayres
Catholic Community Services of Lane County Inc.
Springfield, OR
- Great Lakes
Donna Conley
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Chemical Dependency Prevention & Treatment (OCA)
Columbus, OH
- Gulf Coast
Ben Bass
El Paso Alliance, Inc.
El Paso, TX
- Mid-America
Judie Didriksen
Missouri Recovery Network
Jefferson City, MO
- Mid-Atlantic
Lisa R. Minton
Chrysalis House, Inc.
Lexington, KY
- Mountain
West
Tonya Wheeler
Advocates for Recovery – Colorado
Denver, CO
- New England
Patty McCarthy
FOR-VT
Montpelier, VT
- Northeast
Chris Wilkins
Loyola Recovery Foundation
Pittsford, NY
- Pacific
Southwest
John deMiranda
Stepping Stone of San Diego and National Association on Alcohol, Drugs & Disability
San Diego, CA
- Prairielands
Jo Campe
The Recovery Church of the Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
- Southern
Coast
Mike McLemore
Alabama Voices of Recovery
FORMLL
Eva, AL
- Southeast
Billy Lossiah-Bratt
Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Adult Drug Court “Wellness Court”
A Na Le Ni Sgi
Cherokee, NC
At-Large Representatives
- Dona Dmitrovic
The RASE Project
Harrisburgh, PA
- Steve Gumbley
Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England
Providence, RI
- Ed Jurith
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Washington, DC
- Kevin Kirby
Twelve-step Living Corporation (TLC)
Sioux Falls, SD
- Carol McDaid, Chair
Capitol Decisions
Washington, DC
- Stuart Smith
Foundation for Recovery
Las Vegas, NV
- Phillip Valentine, Treasurer
Connecitcut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
Hartford, CT
Dona is the Assistant Director of the RASE Project in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she manages the Buprenorphine Coordinator Program. Dona has been in long-term recovery for 22 years which drives her passion to advocate for persons in recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction.
She directed the Center for Education and Advocacy of the Johnson Institute in Washington, DC, where she managed Recovery Ambassador workshops across the country, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month events and assisted with the annual “America Honors Recovery” luncheon. She was the first executive director of the recovery advocacy organization, PA Recovery Organizations Alliance, Inc. (PRO-A) and has worked in the human service field for 22 years with 18 years in health-related public policy.
Dona has a Master’s Degree in Human Services from Lincoln University and served as a 2000 mentor for the Robert Wood Johnson Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse Fellowship Program. She has been a keynote speaker for many national, state and local conferences and workshops.
In recovery since 1986, Steve has been an advocate, educator, clinician, and administrator in addiction treatment and recovery services. He is presently the Co-Director of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England. He is a founder of the Institute for Addiction Recovery at Rhode Island College, and presently chairs its steering committee.
My father was sober for many years before his death. Two of his grandmothers died of alcoholism. Although the disease of addiction often destroys individuals and families, I want people to know that recovery can make them whole again.
Carol is a lobbyist who splits her time between Washington, DC and Richmond, VA. She helped co-found the McShin Foundation, a peer-led recovery community organization in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, John Shinholser. Carol represents addiction treatment providers including the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Betty Ford Center, Bradford Health Services and Hazelden Foundation in a national effort to end insurance discrimination against those who have addictive and mental illnesses.
Stuart is the founder and Chairman of Foundation for Recovery that seeks through its various initiatives and programs, to make recovery from addiction more available to the addict who still suffers and strives to remove barriers to recovery by propagating the availability of recovery for addicts, their friends, and families. He is also the founder and CEO of Central Recovery Treatment, the parent company of the Las Vegas Recovery Center and Central Recovery Press, dedicated to providing dignified and effective treatment of addiction for individuals and their families, offering a full continuum of addiction treatment services. Stuart is a person in long-term recovery since 1983.
Phillip Valentine is the Executive Director for the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR). CCAR is a three-time recipient of a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Recovery Community Services Program award. He served as the point man for all of CCAR’s six “Recovery Walks!,” annual walks held for those in support of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. He has willingly shared his experience and expertise with other Recovery Community Organizations across the country.
In recovery since December 28, 1987, Mr. Valentine is the author of the “Hooked on Recovery” column that has enlightened the general public about the recovery process. Mr. Valentine believes that by being public about his own recovery from alcohol and cocaine addiction, he can help ease the discrimination surrounding addiction and recovery. He is married and has five children. He coaches youth travel soccer and his three favorite hobbies are surf fishing, golf and watching movies.