Board of Directors

 

Board Chair

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Vice Chair

Alicia Richardson, LMFT

Clinical Director, Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS)

Youth Homes, Inc., California

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.

Secretary

patrick rezac

Community Health Worker II

Contra Costa County, Healthcare for the Homeless program

Patrick Rezac founded One Voice Recovery in Utah in 2015 with its flagship program, the ONE VOICE Recovery Empowerment Group. In 2017, OVR was formally incorporated. In 2022, OVR in Utah rebranded and became the Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project, which continues to thrive today. Patrick and the current board incorporated OVR in California in 2024 and are currently re-establishing OVR to provide services in the San Francisco East Bay in Contra Costa County. Patrick is also co-owner of Paddington Windows, LLC, a successful property maintenance company.

Treasurer

Steve asmann

Owner

DoubleCheck Bookeeping, LLC

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

Board Member

MINdy vincent, lcsw, mpa

Founder and Executive Director

Utah Harm Reduction Coalition, Utah

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.

Patrick Rezac

Founder and executive director

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. 25 years later, TBS continues to thrive throughout the State of California.

Patrick is an addiction survivor, and he demonstrates his passion for transforming his status into a mission to demolish stigma and help others navigate the many layers of thriving in life to demonstrate the power of self-empowerment and healing. He educates people to empower themselves to prevent HIV infection, and he believes it’s most important to show people through his actions; “my goal is not to survive HIV. I aim to build a meaningful life with intention, action, purpose, and positive health outcomes and empower others to do the same.” 

Steve Asmann

Controller

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Medical Director, FNP

Medical Director

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Programs Director

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Prevention & Care Navigator, A-EMT

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Harm Reduction Navigator

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