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Meet the Voices of Recovery . . .
Our speakers come from a wide array of backgrounds and experiences, giving you the lived-experience perspectives, data-driven best practices, and recovery housing know-how that you need to excel as a recovery housing provider or advocate! Browse through our featured speakers or check the full Speakers list to learn more about the experts who'll be joining us this October.
Check out the Agenda Page for our upcoming schedule.
We are currently working to arrange for longer breakout sessions and special events - so you can get the most out of our informative speakers!
The full event schedule & speaker list will be available soon! Keep checking back for updates.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Piedmont Community Services
Assistant Clinical Director of ARTS
Peer Empowered Addiction Recovery Living (PEARL) for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Harvard Medical School, MGH Recovery Research Institute
Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity
Equitable Pathways to Recovery and the People Who Use Them
Illinois Assoc. of Extended Care
Board President
Great Lakes Area NARR Affiliates Panel
Dove Recovery House for Women
CEO
Taking an unknown to a well-known & changing the narrative around substance use disorder
Michigan Association of Recovery Residences
Chief Compliance Officer
How your state can successfully fund its NARR Affiliate
WVARR
Community Engagement Coordinator
The Intersections of Human Trafficking and Recovery Housing II
WAQRR
Director of Accreditation and Professional Development
Basic Mediation Skills for Recovery Residence Staff and Peer Leaders
Fletcher Group, Inc.
Director of Employment Services
Navigating Meaningful Employment in Recovery Housing: Results from a Community Collaborative
Fletcher Group
Director of Faith-Based Initiatives
Building Bridges of Hope: Fostering Faith-Based Partnerships in Recovery Housing
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Director of Government and Public Relations
GRANTS 2.0: Who Needs Funding?
Fletcher Group, Inc.
Director of Research and Evaluation
Navigating Meaningful Employment in Recovery Housing: Results from a Community Collaborative
Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR Affiliate)
Executive Director
How can Recovery Residences be a Diversion from Homelessness?
White Bison
Executive Director
Creating and Organizing Better Recovery Spaces for Indigenous and Islamic Communities
New Hampshire Coalition for Recovery Residences (NHCORR)
Executive Director
Collaboration with Towns for Reduction of NIMBY Issues
WVARR
Executive Director
Financial Landscape and Resilience of Recovery Housing in West Virginia
The Minnesota Association of Sober Homes (MASH)
Executive Director
Great Lakes Area NARR Affiliates Panel
Associate Recovery Communities
Executive Director
Peer Support Respite (Short Term Housing)
Truly Motivated Transitional Living
Executive Director
Forming a Sister Organization Relationship for the Mutual Benefit of Two Residence Operators
VARR
Executive Director
Equitable Pathways to Recovery and the People Who Use Them
St. Paul Sober Living / Narr Board / MASH Board
Founder
Experienced Recovery Residence Operators Panel
New York State Alliance of Recovery Residences,inc.
Founding Member and President
Great Lakes Area NARR Affiliates Panel
Fletcher Group, Inc
Health Economist
Financial Landscape and Resilience of Recovery Housing in West Virginia
Liles Parker
Managing Partner
Overview of Sober Home and Recovery Residence Fraud Enforcement Efforts.
Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, Inc.
Operations Manager
Finding Home: Using Photos and Storytelling To Share The Meaning of Recovery
Fletcher Group
Outreach and Engagement Specialsit
Financial Landscape and Resilience of Recovery Housing in West Virginia
Navigating Meaningful Employment in Recovery Housing: Results from a Community Collaborative
Nelson Hardiman LLP
Partner
Employment Law Issues in SUD Treatment and Recovery Residences
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers, PC
Partner
Fair Housing Update: Enforcing Rights for Recovery Residences
Ty Spisak Marketing & Communications
President
Taking an unknown to a well-known & changing the narrative around substance use disorder
Michigan Association of Recovery Residences, Inc.
President
How your state can successfully fund its NARR Affiliate
Great Lakes Area NARR Affiliates Panel
JG Research & Evaluation
Principal Researcher and Co-Owner
Mapping the gap: Leveraging data to build effective recovery housing infrastructure
George Mason University
Professor of Sociology, Emerita
Dynamics of the Social-Experiential Recovery Paradigm: New vision of social model programs
ODMHSAS
Program Manager of Housing
How can Recovery Residences be a Diversion from Homelessness?
Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
Public Health Program & Policy Research Associate
Peer Empowered Addiction Recovery Living (PEARL) for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc.
Recovery Housing Coordinator
BC-ROC: Successful Outcomes from Subsidizing Recovery Housing
BB Insurance Marketing Inc
Regional Vice President & Practice Leader
Insurance and Risk Management
Fletcher Group, Inc.
Research Coordinator
Financial Landscape and Resilience of Recovery Housing in West Virginia
Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
Research Faculty
Peer Empowered Addiction Recovery Living (PEARL) for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
University of Kentucky - Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
Research Project Manager
Navigating Meaningful Employment in Recovery Housing: Results from a Community Collaborative
Alcohol Research Group at the Public Health Institute
Research Scientist
Recovery Capital: Innovations in Measure and Application
An Ecological Model of Recovery Capital and Recovery Capital Measurements
Sessions are subject to change. You'll be notified via email of any major changes once you've registered. Check back here for the latest updates on speakers and view our Agenda for the scheduled sessions & special events.
Speakers by Session Track
Use the tabs to view the 2023 Summit Speakers by their session's track. If a session falls into more than one track, or the speaker is presenting at multiple sessions, they will be listed in multiple sections. Feel free to reach out to our presenters through their website or social media!
If you'd like to view a full list of our speakers by last name, you can find that here. See the Agenda page for updates on scheduling.
Speakers on Advocacy
Speaking At | Full Name | Job Title | Company | Website | Twitter Handle | |
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Finding Home: Using Photos and Storytelling To Share The Meaning of Recovery | Ms Beth Snyder | Operations Manager | Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, Inc. | Click here | (not set) | |
Fair Housing Update: Enforcing Rights for Recovery Residences | Ms. Robin Wagner | Partner | Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers, PC | Click here | (not set) | |
Finding Home: Using Photos and Storytelling To Share The Meaning of Recovery Building a Statewide Network and Recovery Ecosystem through Community Based Participatory Research | Elizabeth Feder | Program Evaluator | UW Population Health Institute | (not set) | (not set) | @Elizabeth Feder |
Speakers on NARR State Affiliate Operations
Speakers on Community, Government & Organizational Partnerships
Speakers on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Speaking At | Full Name | Job Title | Company | Website | Twitter Handle | |
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Creating and Organizing Better Recovery Spaces for Indigenous and Islamic Communities Unpacking BIPOC Affinity Group | Keith Murphy | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | |
Creating and Organizing Better Recovery Spaces for Indigenous and Islamic Communities | Ms. Kateri Coyhis | Executive Director | White Bison | (not set) | (not set) | |
Creating and Organizing Better Recovery Spaces for Indigenous and Islamic Communities | Dr. Hanad Duale | President | UNIK Foundation | Click here | (not set) | |
Creating and Organizing Better Recovery Spaces for Indigenous and Islamic Communities | Ms. Mona Abdallah-Hijazi | Public Health Managee | ACCESS | (not set) | (not set) |
Speakers on Recovery Housing Operations & Best Practices
Speakers on the Latest RH & SUD Research