Presenters

President & CEO of Detroit Recovery Project

Dr. Andre L. Johnson, a native Detroiter, is currently the Founder/President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated, a trailblazing multi-service non-profit agency that provides a wide spectrum of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to…

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Anita Bradley is the founder and Executive Director of the Northern Ohio Recovery Association (NORA). Anita is a graduate of Kent State and Cleveland State Universities. She earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice studies…

Bobbi Bledsoe is the founder of Greater Louisville Recovery Project (GLRP), a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) based in Louisville, Kentucky. GLRP provides peer-led support services to individuals impacted by substance use disorders, with a specialized…

I was born and raised in the Rondo Community of Saint Paul Mn, Damone J Presley Sr, I am Founder and Director of Vision In Living Life (VILL) “Change is Possible”, Leadership program that has…

Associate Director of Social Justice & Recovery

Daryl McGraw is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and recovery advocate with lived experience in addiction and the criminal justice system. After spending 10 years cycling in and out of the Connecticut prison system, Daryl…

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Recovery Research Institute

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint serves as on faculty at Harvard Medical School and as the Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity at theRecovery Research Institute. As a community psychologist and an international speaker, her research focuses…

Dr. Darrell Gillespie is a distinguished leader in both faith and community service. As the founder and Senior Pastor of Proverbs Christian Fellowship Church in North Minneapolis, he has been a cornerstone of spiritual guidance…

Jeremy Drucker is the state’s first Addiction and Recovery Director and is a person in long-term recovery. In this role he chairs a subcabinet of state agencies focused on improving outcomes for Minnesotans experiencing substance…

My name is Jermale Kling, and I am a person in long-term recovery. I work as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with a Forensic Endorsement at Twin Cities Recovery Project, Inc., where I support individuals…

Kassandra Frederique is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a national nonprofit that works to end the war on drugs—which has disproportionately harmed Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and LGBTQ communities—and build alternatives grounded…

Co-Founder of Serenity Academy Chicago, Author, University Educator

Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC is CEO of On The Mark Consulting and Founder of the Museum of African American Addictions Treatment and Recovery.

Detroit Recovery Project, Inc

Michael E. Johnson is a nationally recognized trainer and lecturer in the field of addictions. Over the years he has served the addictions field in many capacities; as a counselor, program director, consultant and trainer.…

Philip Rutherford is the strategy lead for substance use in the Strategy and Growth Office at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. In this role, he expands the organization’s impact in addressing the quality, effectiveness,…

Executive Director

Tarusa Stewart is a dynamic leader in the field of recovery, having been in a long-term recovery since 2002. She began her impactful work in the Behavioral Health field in 2010, strategically aligning her efforts…

Director of Outreach, Fletcher Group Inc.

With over 12 years of dedicated service as a Program Director for two transformative residential recovery programs in rural eastern Kentucky. His leadership has impacted the lives of countless individuals, providing vital support to the…

Senior Vice President of Policy Advocacy

Tracie M. Gardner, Executive Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN), and former Senior Vice President of Policy Advocacy at the Legal Action Center, has worked for more than three decades in the…