Our Team

Staff

FOCUS provides its services with seven staff positions, including two full-time positions and five part-time positions. The full-time positions are executive director and program manager. The part-time positions are business manager, office program assistant and resident assistant (2). Program consultants are contracted to provide recovery seminars and workshops.

Rachel Bearden, CADC

Program Manager

Latoyna Preyer

Program Assistant

Nora Brown

Resident Assistant

 Volunteers

Alumni, community members and women from the recovering community donate their time to help with fundraisers/events, 12-step literature study and nightly check-ins. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Rachel Bearden 205-822-7300 or rbearden@focus-on-recovery.org.

Board of Directors

FOCUS also is supported by a committed board of directors, an advisory board and the FOCUS Alumni Group, formed by FOCUS graduates who wanted to remain a part of the organization’s mission.

Lulu Richardson

FOCUS Founder

Laura Hinton

President

Dow Briggs, M.D.

Vice-President

Doreen G. Oyadomari, PhD

Secretary

Margaret Tilton

Treasurer

Rick Conger
Sandi Gornati
Joy S. Jennings
Susie Kelley
Tom L. Larkin
Jerry Savage
Stephanie Stallings

Auxiliary Board

Gwen Boyd, M.D
Renee Cashman
Kim Fagan, M.D.
Cindy Formanek Kirk, Ph.D.
Keecha Harris, PH, R.D.
Kimberly Kay
Carrie H. Phillips
Jim Rikard
Roxanne Shuler
Cheryl W. Simonetti
Gregory E. Skipper, M.D.
Marion F. Walker
Katherine Jebeles Wile