America Honors Recovery Gala & Dinner
October 3, 2022
Past AHR Agenda
(Interactive Agenda)
Past Awardees
2021, Joel Hernandez Award
Advocates For Recovery Colorado
Advocates for Recovery Colorado (AFRC) is an independent non-profit organization that is governed by representatives of the statewide recovery community. AFRC is the state-wide authentic…
2021, Dr. Calvin Trent Award
Dr. Dietra Hawkins
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist who holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Program for Recovery…
2021, William L. White Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Ron Williams
Ron Williams is an Industrial Areas Foundation trained Community Organizer residing in Portland, Oregon. Has been a local and national leader in recovery advocacy since…
2021, Lisa Mojer-Torres Award
Zac Talbott
Zac is a native of Eastern Tennessee, a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor (LADAC), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), and Qualified Clinical Supervisor (QCS)…
2021, Vernon Johnson Award - Individual
Bobbi-Jo Reed
Bobbi-Jo Reed is a person in long-term recovery with 25 years of continuous sobriety. She has provided safe, transitional housing for nearly ten thousand individuals…
2021, Vernon Johnson Award - Individual
Donna Woods
Donna Woods refers to herself as a woman in recovery first and then a professional. Her recovery began the day she picked up the phone…
2021, Vernon Johnson Award - Family Member
Pam Lanhart
Pam has lived in the shadow of addiction her entire life. Growing up in a family where substance use was prevalent, Pam was determined that…
2020, Voice of Recovery
Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy and four-time James Beard Award winning TV personality, chef, writer, teacher and social justice advocate. In February 2020, Andrew returned…
2020, Lisa Mojer-Torres Award
Ivette Torres
Ivette Torres is currently a free-lance consultant, most recently engaged by the National Latino Behavioral Health Association. She retired from the Center for Substance Abuse…
2020, William L. White Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Tom Hill
Tom Hill identifies as a gay man in long-term recovery from addiction and has been a part of the recovery advocacy movement since 1998. Tom’s…