Awards Nominations & Recipients

Leaders of the addiction recovery advocacy movement from across the nation will be honored at the Recovery Leadership Summit (RLS), June 2-5, 2024. RLS salutes the legacies of dynamic recovery trailblazers who dedicated their lives to removing barriers for individuals and families affected by addiction and honors the future of their legacies.

Our Awards

Appointed Award:

Excellence in Equity and Justice Award, in honor of Dr. Calvin Trent Jr., recognizes transformational leadership in creating authentic, diverse, equitable, just, and inclusive recovery communities. Dr. Calvin Trent of Detroit, Michigan, was a nationally recognized expert widely lauded for his fierce advocacy for the recovery community and a strong proponent of Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) transformation. Dr. Trent's work helped to modernize how black and indigenous people of color are viewed and treated by health care providers.

Accepting Nominations:

Recovery Organization of the Year Award recognizes the exemplary achievements of one local, state, regional, or national nonprofit grassroots recovery organization for its advocacy and mobilizing of the recovery community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery from substance use disorder.

2024 Awardees

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint

Excellence in Equity and Justice Award

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint is a recovery scientist who serves as instructor at Harvard Medical School, Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity at the Recovery Research…

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Recovery Organization of the Year

Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness

Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness believes everyone deserves the chance to see tomorrow. We are a state recognized non-profit Recovery Community Organization (RCO), led…

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Past Awardees

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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…

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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…

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Ashley Gardner

Ashley Gardner has been in the field of recovery services since 2021. Ashley is a woman in long-term recovery. Thanks to her lived experience, Ashley…

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Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force

The Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives has been a leading voice in Congress with their…

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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…

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CLEAN Cause Foundation | Clean Cause

Clean Cause Foundation FOUNDING PURPOSE: CLEAN Cause Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization formed with the founding purpose to act as a trustee for giveback funds…

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Dona Dmitrovic

Awardee Organization: SAMHSA Awardee Title: Senior Advisor for Recovery Currently serving as the Senior Advisor for Recovery at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…

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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…

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