Stuart Smith, Chairman of the Board, said “I personally know Dona to be a dynamic but no-nonsense leader with integrity. I hope you all will share our enthusiasm for welcoming Dona to help lead FFR to grow and expand recovery support”.
Her accomplishments are vast and include:
- Developed, organized and led first statewide recovery community advocacy organization in Pennsylvania.
- Was the Director of Center for Education and Advocacy for the Johnson Institute (now a part of Hazelden).
- Developed and implemented the first ever Buprenorphine Coordinator Program and Recovery Specialist Program in Central PA, The Rase Project
- She currently serves in a recovery leadership position for United Healthcare’s subsidiary, Optum Behavioral Health.
- Dona Serves on the Board for the National advocacy group Young People in Recovery
- Past Board Chair for Faces and Voices of Recovery (She was chair while I served on the Board)
- Workshop presenter/facilitator and keynote speaker for various statewide and national conferences on addiction recovery including Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; Community Anti-Drug Coalition, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse of Columbia University, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Women in Government.
- Dona also is a Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer; QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) trainer and trained in WRAP facilitation.
Dona had this to say about her recent appointment:
“I am proud to have the opportunity to serve as Executive Director of the Foundation for Recovery to expand the mission and vision of the organization in providing recovery support services and advocacy for individuals in and seeking recovery. My passion and interest over the past 30 years has been to ensure individuals seeking recovery have the same opportunities I had in early recovery. I am very excited to begin this next chapter working with the grassroots recovery community, dedicated staff and board of directors at Foundation for Recovery in Nevada.”
We provide peer-based recovery support service. As an RCO, we share a recovery vision, authenticity of voice and are independent, serving as a bridge between diverse communities of recovery, the addiction treatment community, governmental agencies, the criminal justice system, the larger network of health and human services providers and systems and the broader recovery support resources of the extended community.
4800 Alpine Place, Suite 12
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Phone: (702) 257-8199
Fax: (702) 257-8299
info@forrecovery.org
