AHR and RLS

Nominations and Recipient

Leaders of the addiction recovery advocacy movement from across the nation will be honored at the America Honors Recovery (AHR) Gala Dinner and at the Recovery Leadership Summit (RLS). AHR and 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.

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Our Awards

  • February 15

    Nominee Submissions Open

  • April 1

    Nomination Submissions Closes

  • February 15

    Nominee Submissions Opens

  • April 1

    Nomination Submissions Closes

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Congratulate past

Awardees

Dr. Corrie Vilsaint

Excellence in Equity and Justice Award, Past Awardees

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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Past Awardees

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…

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Past Awardees

Dr. H. Westley Clark

H. Westley Clark retired in August 2022 as the dean’s executive professor in the Department of Public Health at Santa Clara University in California. He…

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Dr. Vincent “Peter” Hayden

Past Awardees

Dr. Vincent “Peter” Hayden

Peter Hayden is the principal and president of Turning Point, Inc., a Minneapolis-based nonprofit agency devoted to integrated holistic health services programs. Under his leadership,…

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Emily Newton

Emily Newton is a young woman in long-term recovery from substance use and mental health challenges. As a student, she returned on campus to the…

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Past Awardees

Gretchen Bergman

Gretchen Burns Bergman is Executive Director and Co-Founder of A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing), a non-profit organization that works to reduce…

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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…

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Jessica Geschke

Jessica currently leads various projects that aim to bring awareness to substance use disorder and end the stigma surrounding it within her employment at Serve…

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