Board of Directors

 

Board Chair

Haruka Kelley, AGNP-BC, Co-founder

Haruka is a Board Certified Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years of experience in harm reduction work. A resident of the Bay Area for 20 years, she is a dedicated advocate for the health and wellness of individuals and communities who experience homelessness, challenges managing mental health, substance use, and those harmed by medical/health systems. Before becoming a nurse practitioner, she had many years of experience providing direct services through syringe access outreach, HIV test counseling, and as an intake coordinator and counselor at a methadone clinic. She completed her Masters in Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2017. She has worked as a clinician with homeless populations and in a buprenorphine treatment program since 2020. She is passionate about providing harm reduction-based care as well as education and training within the medical system to decrease the stigma of substance use and increase access to harm reduction-based substance use treatment.

Treasurer

Steve asmann

Steve is the owner of DoubleCheck Bookeeping, LLC, and he is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor with over 20 years of business, bookkeeping, and accounting experience.

Secretary

PATRICK REZAC, founder

Patrick Rezac founded One Voice Recovery, Inc. in Utah in 2015. Its flagship program, the ONE VOICE Recovery Empowerment Group, was established then. OVR was formally incorporated in 2017. In 2022, OVR in Utah underwent a rebranding and became the Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project, which continues to thrive today. Patrick and the current board incorporated OVR in California in 2024 to establish services in the San Francisco East Bay area in Contra Costa County. Additionally, Patrick owns Paddington Windows, LLC, a successful property maintenance company.

Director

lisa rodelo, MD

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Director

Alicia Richardson, LMFT

Alicia, who has roots in the East Coast, has spent most of her life in Concord, CA. Alicia is the Clinical Director of TBS at Youth Homes, Inc., where she passionately supports healing and growth for the youth and families Youth Homes serves, stating, "Every child deserves to have opportunities to feel safe and nurtured to live a fulfilling life." Alicia also owns a private practice, where her mission is to offer effective outpatient and in-home individualized services by treating several mental health disorders and providing neutral and compassionate care to individuals and families. Alicia has decades of experience and is excited to be a co-founding OVR director in California. See the link below to learn more about Alicia and her great work.

Director

mindy vincent, lcsw, mpa

Mindy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in mental health and addiction treatment and is the founder and Executive Director of the Utah Harm Reduction Coalition. Mindy started the first legal syringe exchange in the state of Utah and has done extensive work in harm reduction, opioid overdose prevention, awareness, and treatment and continues to work to educate the community, stakeholders, and policymakers about harm reduction and expand services throughout the state. Mindy owns a private practice, Life Changes Counseling, in Heber City, Utah, and is an adjunct professor of social policy at the University of Utah.

 

Sponsoring Physician

Martin Mennen, MD

Dr. Mennen is an emergency medicine specialist currently licensed in California. He practiced emergency medicine full-time for 26 years as a staff physician and served part-time as a faculty member at two academic emergency medicine training programs. In 2009, he became interested in Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction, where he focused his work for the remainder of his career.

Dr. Mennen served as the Medical Director and Staff Physician for a non-profit Opioid Treatment Program and as the Medical Director for the HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County (HEPPAC).

Dr. Mennen is OVR’s sponsoring physician for SSP programming in California.

Throughout his career, Dr. Mennen participated in multiple and varied volunteer activities involving direct patient care and in the capacity of Physician Sponsor.

Executive Director

patrick rezac

Patrick is a trained recovery coach and has been with non-profit organizations for 30 years. He has worked in many diverse settings. Patrick worked in early intervention treatment, serving infants who were born exposed to drugs and with kids who were severely abused and /or disabled. He managed residential programs serving adults with disabilities. He worked in a behavioral health hospital. He worked in addiction treatment, serving adults and adolescents.  Patrick worked for several years in HIV prevention and care services, where he facilitated wraparound teams, coordinated testing sites, developed a Peer Program and housing services for LGBT homeless youth, and was a case manager. Patrick was a consultant with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions, where he was a key player in the development, start-up, and implementation of Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) in California, a highly intensive community-based service serving children and their families. 30 years later, TBS continues to thrive throughout the State of California.

Patrick has deep roots in Contra Costa County and a compelling personal history. For a period, he was entrenched in a life of chaotic substance use, and he has deep connections in the community, providing outreach and services where he once struggled. Patrick is conscious of what it’s like to be a consumer of harm-reduction services and the stigma that people who use drugs often experience. Patrick survived his drug use and now is an example of hope, transforming his HIV status into a mission to smash stigma and guide others to navigate life with HIV.

“My goal is not to survive HIV. I strive to create a meaningful life with intention, action, purpose, and positive health outcomes, and with OVR, I hope to empower others to do the same.” 

Patrick’s memoir, “Caught In Mirrors, The Other Side of My Addiction to Sex, Drugs and Abuse,” will be published in 2025 along with his dynamic audiobook.

 

Steve Asmann

Controller

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Prevention & Care Navigator, TBD

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Harm Reduction Navigator, TBD

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