Speakers: 2025 NARR Best Practices Summit

Full Name	Company	Job Title	Speaking At	Website
Ms. Brandy Anderson	Acceptance Recovery Center, Inc	Founder & CEO	Building Recovery Capital through Community Partnerships: Integrating Recovery Residences, Recovery Cafés, and Recovery Community Organizations Why It Matters: Supporting TGXI Recovery with Data and Best Practices in Rural Communities	Click here
Dr. Madison Ashworth	Fletcher Group, Inc	Health Economist	Enhancing Recovery Housing Financial Sustainability and Resiliency: Evidence from National Projects	(not set)
Joel Bagley	NARR	Affiliate Committee Co-Chair	Ethical Decision-Making With Operators, Staff, Volunteers and Residents: Me and We	(not set)
Mr. Johnny Baker	Celebrate Recovery	Global Executive Director	Collaborating For Life Change: How Celebrate Recovery Supports Persons In Recovery	Click here
Ms Sara Barkley	Fellowship Recovery Community Organization	Chief Executive Officer	Wisdom from the Field: Veteran Operators Share Best Practices For Complex Recovery Housing Scenarios	Click here
Dr David Best	Recovery Outcomes Institute	Professor of Addiction Recovery	Expert Panel Discussion on the Future of America’s Treatment and Recovery Systems From Data to Action: How Outcomes Data Inform Recovery Residence Policy and Practice Building Recovery Capital and the Peer Workforce	(not set)
Ms Susan B. Blacksher M.S.W	Sacramento Recovery House, Inc.	Board President	Maintaining & Prioritizing Social Model Elements in NARR Levels 3 & 4 Recovery Residences That Have Clinical Features Part 2	Click here
Mr Jason Patrick Bliss	WAQRR	Executive Director	Best Practices for Recovery Housing	Click here
Ms. Danielle Bonanno	Inclusive Recovery Athens	Executive Director	Why It Matters: Supporting TGXI Recovery with Data and Best Practices in Rural Communities	Click here
Elizabeth A Bongorno	The Woodrow Project	Recovery House Manager	Resident Voices – The Impact of Peer Support in Recovery	(not set)
Dr. Thomasina Jo Borkman PhD	George Mason University	Professor of Sociology Emerita	Maintaining & Prioritizing Social Model Elements in NARR Levels 3 & 4 Recovery Residences That Have Clinical Features Part 1	(not set)
Gail Buzzelli	Ohio Guidestone Hope Recovery Community	CPRS VP	The Power of Lived Experience in Recovery Housing – Peer Supporter Panel	(not set)
Ms Candice Christman	Wolfe Street Foundation	Recovery Housing Specialist	The Importance of Peer Supervision in Recovery Housing	(not set)
Adam Ciganik	Hope Town Inc	Program Director	The Power of Lived Experience in Recovery Housing – Peer Supporter Panel	(not set)
Mr. Nic Cochran	YSS - Recovery Homes	Program Director	A Crash Course on Restorative Justice in Recovery Residences	Click here
Amanda Coldiron	Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources	Director	Best Practices for Recovery Housing	Click here
Lori Criss	Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center	Rural and Appalachian Health Lead	Hope as a Strategy: Advancing Recovery Housing Through Uncertain Times	(not set)
Mrs. Leah Davies	CLEAN Cause Foundation / Cause CHANGE Collaborative	Director of Programs	Closing the Gap: Making Recovery Housing Sustainable Through Peer-Informed Promising Practices	Click here
John DeMell	Hope Recovery Community	Sr. Program manager of Recovery Housing	The Power of Lived Experience in Recovery Housing – Peer Supporter Panel	(not set)
Mr. Gene Detherage Jr.	Bluegrass Area Development District	Recovery Support Specialist	The Power of Partnership: Aligning Community, Government, and Industry for Recovery Solutions	(not set)

2025 NARR BEST PRACTICES SUMMIT