Our Mission and Vision
Mission: To reduce substance addiction overdoses and deaths, the stigma associated with substance use disorder, and to offer harm reduction solutions
Vision: To use harm reduction modalities by engaging, educating, and empowering first responders, police, firefighters, treatment centers, and others closely involved with those suffering from substance use disorder, by partnering with local and state government, as well as medical and civic leaders.
Board of Directors
Russ Read, Co-Founder/ CEO
Beacon House CEO
Scott Duke, Public Safety Liaison / Trainer
Wounded Healer, LLC and Rapha Center in Manchester, TN
Owner; Addiction and Mental Health Therapist
Debbie Henderson -Thomas, Secretary
Retired Teacher Jefferson County Public Schools
Lynne Huckleberry, Treasurer
Retired Teacher Jefferson County Public Schools
Barbra Cave, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC
University of Louisville
Assistant Professor and Hep C Lead
Jeremy Byard, SES, CPSS, CSA
Executive Director, Louisville Recovery Community Connection
Robert Berry, MBA
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions
Pam Duke
Former Treasurer
Kerry Hettinger
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and Walgreens Pharmacy
Mater Trainer and Consultant and Registered, Licensed Pharmacist Kentucky and Indiana
Nancy Kern, EdD, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, AGNP-C
Associate Professor, Spalding University
Dr. James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM, FASAM
Medical Director and Assistant Clinical Professor, Murphy Pain Center and UofL School of Medicine