We understand the hurdles and complexities of recovery because
we’ve lived them.
That experience fuels our ability to design integrated, patient-centered business strategies that expand access to care and deliver real results for individuals, families, and communities.
Behind every successful program build is a team of seasoned operators, clinicians, strategists, and recovery advocates who know how to turn vision into reality.
Meet Our Leadership Team, The people who make recovery possible one program at a time.
Douglas M. Leech
Founder & CEO
- CEO and Founder of Ascension Recovery Services
- Started 80+ SUD Treatment Facilities Nationally
- Serial Entrepreneur With Multiple Successful Exits
- Founder Of West Virginia Sober Living (WVSL) 501(c)(3)
- Award Winning Leader In Behavioral Healthcare In Appalachia
- EY
Charm Lea
President
- C-Suites in High Growth PE Backed Healthcare for 25+ years
- Allegheny Health Network & Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Walgreens
- Physicians Immediate Care
- US Air Force Veteran
Becci Shaak
CFO
- CPA, MBA, CHFP
- 30+ Years of experience including
- Healthworks, Inc, (PE Backed), CFO
- Alina Lodge, CFO
- VP Finance Caron Treatment Centers
- Pennsylvania Adult & Tean Challenge
Paige Bottom
VP Operations
- 20+ Years of experience including
- CEO Iron Bridge Recovery Center
- Foundations Recovery Network – Group CEO
- EVP Caron Treatment Centers
Jessica Gliesman
VP Human Capital
- 20+ Years of experience including
- Independent Business Consultant & Executive Coach
- Walgreens
- Masco Corporation
Darcy Brazzle
VP Quality, Health Plan Contracting & Chief Compliance Officer
- 30 Years of Experience including
- VP Caron Treatment Centers
- Northern Children’s Services
- Malvern Institute
- Eagleville Hospital
- Cornell Abraxas Group
- Devereaux Advanced BH
Nick Motu
VP Strategic Relationships
- 35+ Years C-Suite in National Leading Companies
- Chief of Staff, Christie Campus Health
- Chief External Affairs Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
- CEO, Hazelden Publishing Company
Joey Ferguson
Director Client Development & Community Relations
- Co-Developer Netflix Documentary, Jacobs Ladder (Recovery Boys)
- Collegiate Recovery Program Development (WVU)
- Center for Hope and Healing Development (WVU Medicine)
- National Speaker on Recovery & Treatment Innovation
- Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Collaborator