Founding National Advisory Council

Just Imagine

A Distinguished Circle of Leaders United to Help Transform Addiction Recovery in America—and Around the World

The Dream Team

DrAmeriCare is honored to invite fourteen of the nation's most distinguished leaders in medicine, addiction science, public health, law, investigative journalism, public policy, and recovery to serve on its Founding National Advisory Council.

This invitation-only Council is being assembled as an extraordinary collective of expertise, experience, and vision—leaders whose work has helped advance scientific understanding, improve patient care, shape public policy, expose systemic failures, and confront the devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic.

Together, these distinguished advisors will be invited to help guide DrAmeriCare's vision, challenge conventional approaches, strengthen its programs, and help shape a new national model for addiction treatment, recovery, and long-term stability.

We believe that solving America's addiction crisis requires more than one organization, one profession, or one point of view. It requires America's best minds working together with a shared commitment to saving lives and building a better future.

Our Chosen Dream Team

Invited to Stand Together With DrAmeriCare, America, and the World

Their collective knowledge and experience represent an unprecedented opportunity to rethink how addiction is treated, how recovery is supported, and how communities can build lasting pathways to healthier, more productive lives.

Invitations are currently being extended. Advisor confirmations will be announced as they are received.

DrAmeriCare recovery center interior overlooking the beach and mountains

Our Mission

To assemble one of America's most distinguished multidisciplinary advisory councils dedicated to advancing innovation, accountability, evidence-based treatment, public policy, and long-term recovery in response to the opioid epidemic.

Why This Council Matters

The addiction epidemic cannot be solved by medicine alone. It requires collaboration among physicians, researchers, public health leaders, legal experts, investigative journalists, policymakers, recovery advocates, and community organizations.

Accountability & National Leadership

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin

Survivor-Led Advocacy & Public Accountability
Founder, P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now)

Christine Minhee

Christine Minhee

Opioid Settlement Transparency
Founder, OpioidSettlementTracker.com

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Federal Health Policy & Opioid Response
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

David Cohen

David Cohen

Opioid Settlement Administration
Court-Appointed Special Master, National Prescription Opiate Litigation

Joe Rice Esq.

Joe Rice, Esq.

Lead Litigation Counsel
National Opioid Settlement Attorney

Medicine & Science

Dr. Nora Volkow

Dr. Nora Volkow

Addiction Science & Federal Policy
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Andrew Kolodny

Dr. Andrew Kolodny

Opioid Policy Research
Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University

Jeanmarie Perrone, MD

Jeanmarie Perrone, MD

Recovery & Treatment Policy
Addiction Treatment Reform Advocate

Mucio Kit Delgado

Mucio Kit Delgado

Emergency Medicine & Toxicology
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Shoshana Aronowitz

Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD MSHP

Addiction & Health Equity Research
University of Pennsylvania, Nursing & Health Policy

Joshua Sharfstein

Joshua Sharfstein

Public Health Policy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Journalism & Public Accountability

Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe

Investigative Journalism & Public Awareness
Author, Empire of Pain — Sackler & OxyContin Exposé

Harriet Ryan

Harriet Ryan

Investigative Journalism
Investigative Reporter, The Wall Street Journal � Pulitzer Prize Winner (LA Times)

Community Leadership

James Donahue III

James A. Donahue III, JD

Opioid Settlement Oversight
Former First Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (2025 retirement, 40-year career)

Advisory Council Membership

Membership on the Founding National Advisory Council is by invitation.

If you are interested in serving on a future advisory committee, professional working group, or volunteer leadership team, we welcome your inquiry.

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A Legacy Begins Here

History is often shaped by a small group of individuals willing to share their knowledge, experience, and leadership in service of a greater purpose.

The Founding National Advisory Council represents our commitment to building DrAmeriCare on a foundation of scientific excellence, integrity, accountability, and compassion.

Together, we aspire to help transform the future of addiction treatment and recovery for generations to come.