2025 Awards
The 2025 David Powell Lifetime of Service Award
Presented by Root Center for Advanced Recovery
Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Mental Health and Substance Use (2021-2025); Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (2015-2021)
The 2025 Kathleen Whelan-Ulm Women's Leadership Award
Presentedd by Insight Counseling LLC
Stacey Lawton
Chief Executive Officer, Southeastern Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
Norwich, CT
The Joseph Sullivan Young Professional Award
Presented by Mountainside
Jannat Thind
Postgraduate Associate, Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health
2025 President's Award
Sponsored by: TBA
Michael Feliciano
Selected by our sitting President, Ebony Wilson (bottom corner), this year's winner is Michael Feliciano Previous winners include Scott Schaefer of the CCB and Danielle Colopy of High Watch Recovery Center.
2024 Honorees
Dr. David Powell
Lifetime of Service Award
Karen Ravenelle-Bloom
Windham Pride Coalition
Kathleen Whelan-Ulm
Hartford Hospital (Retired)
(posthumously)
Joseph Sullivan
Young Professional Award
Molly Smith
SCADD
Kathleen Whelan-Ulm Women's Leadership Award
Jennifer Kolakowski
Recovery Network of Programs
CCB President's Award
Danielle Colopy
High Watch Recovery Center