449 Counselors and Employees

The ongoing operations of 449 Recovery will have the oversight of the above Board of Directors. The Program Director and Patient Director will generally oversee the programs offered at the Center. A salaried staff (with specific positions and job descriptions to be determined) will carry out the daily operations and monitor the delivery of services, the coordination of volunteers, the assistance of patients, and the solicitation of funds and in-kind donations. It is anticipated that, as a minimum, the salaried staff will consist of an Executive Director and a Nursing Director in addition to other part-time positions.

The current Board of Directors consists of each of the Key management positions as identified above. A more formal board of Directors including that of a formal board is being formed.

Members of our Advisory Board include:

Jack has been in practice for over 25 years as a therapist. He is currently the clinical director of Serenity Life Counseling. His experience ranges from having developed several in-patient addiction programs for drug &alcohol addiction, eating disorders, to sitting on Patrick Carnes’ advisory board for sexual addiction at a Southern California in-patient facility. Jack had been the director for a residential treatment center for drug and alcohol addiction back in the early 90’s. He is most noted though, for his work on religious abuse and addiction and is the author of the best selling “Toxic Faith.” However, if you were to talk to Jack, he would tell you his most exciting work is right now. He sits in an advisory board capacity to Dr. Daniel Amen, the worlds leading expert on Spect Scan Imaging (a nuclear medical approach to brain function). Jack is well suited in supervising the integration of this cutting edge technology into substance abuse.

Holly A. Richards has 35 years of executive experience in the fields of Information Technology and IT consulting. She was a partner with the accounting firm of KPMG and was the Vice President of Application Development for Paciolan (an Orange County based ticketing software company) and the Vice President of IT Process and Compliance for UTi Worldwide (a Long Beach based international 3rd party logistics provider). In addition to her business life, she is actively involved in the non-profit sector and is currently program chair with the South Bay Guild of Working Wardrobes (an Orange County based non-profit) to provide career development and wardrobing services for men, women and youth in life crises.

Robert Barclay, Developer and Business owner for thirty-five years, is President of Real Property resources and a sober member of the community for over thirty years. Robert has volunteered on numerous boards, as a result of his passion for recovery. Since His own recovery he has spearheaded a new paradigm in his affluent community and within his own family. His success in business and passion for recovery make him an obvious choice for this position.