Board of Directors
The elected Board members of Faces & Voices of Recovery are a voluntary group of leaders who serve the addiction recovery community. The Board jointly oversees the activities of the organization, supports its membership, and oversees the implementation of the strategic plan.
Meet our
Board of Directors
The board is led by its officers — Chairperson, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. As a national organization led and governed by the recovery community, over 51% of our Board members are individuals in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs and bring their personal lived experience of recovery to guiding the organization.
Lawrence Medina
Mr. Lawrence Medina has over 27 years of experience managing successful nonprofits serving individuals confronting addiction and criminal justice issues in urban, rural, and frontier communities….
Matt Boggs
Matt Boggs is the CEO and co-founder of Ryker Douglas which provides consulting for the creation of synergistic treatment and recovery systems across the nation,…
Evan Done
Evan Done began as a volunteer at Utah’s statewide recovery community organization, the Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness (USARA), in 2015 and has extensive…
Elizabeth Edwards
Considered a thought leader in the recovery movement, Elizabeth Edwards is a singer songwriter, recording artist and a person in longterm recovery from substance use…
Dr. Haner Hernandez
Dr. Hernández, Ph.D., CPS, CADCII, LADCI, is Puerto Rican, bilingual and has worked for over 34 years in the health and human service field developing,…
Laurie Johnson-Wade
Laurie, along with her husband, Dr. VonZell Wade, Co-Founded the Lost Dreams Awakening Recovery Community Organization (RCO), and the LDA Recovery Community Center – a…
Anna Mable-Jones
RCPF, CPRS, NCPRSS, CCEP, CHW, is the Community Liaison for Community Bridges Inc. DC’s first ever Stabilization Center in Washington, DC. She is the Official…
Ruby Takushi
Ruby Takushi, Ph.D. is a co-founder of the Recovery Café Seattle and currently serves as Director of Programs. The Recovery Café Network was birthed out…
Shelly Weizman, JD
Shelly Weizman, JD is the Associate Director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and GlobalHealth Law at Georgetown…
Philander Moore
Philander E Moore, Sr, is a retired Texas Health and Human services employee of 27 years, where he served as a Unit Manager for the…
Kevin Hyer, Esq.
Kevin Hyer, Founder/CEO of The Hyer Calling Foundation, Inc., formed Hyer Calling as part of his own higher calling: to break the stereotypes of addiction…