Harm Reduction Ohio (HRO) is a human rights organization working to improve the health and happiness of people who use drugs.
Specifically, HRO is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports drug policies based on science, health, compassion and human rights. We distributed distributed 42,000 naloxone kits in Ohio in 2022. The naloxone reversed several thousand potentially fatal overdoses.
HRO strives to:
- reduce harms associated with drug use and drug policy.
- empower people who use drugs to care for themselves.
- promote health equity through compassionate, nonjudgmental medical services.
- educate the public and policymakers to treat people who use/d drugs with respect and without stigma.
- end the criminalization of people who use drugs.
Board of Directors

Billy Golden, Chair
Manager, Drug User Health, National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors; Cincinnati; former coordinator, Cincinnati Exchange Project

Anne Trinh
Epidemiologist; Senior Program Manager, Opioid Innovation Fund, Ohio State University College of Public Health

Molly B True
Writer, Cincinnati; Advocate for people with lived experience

Dwayne Steward
Chief People, Culture & Programs Officer, Equitas Health, Columbus; former journalist, leader in efforts to improve public health in LGBTQ community.

Tasha Turner-Bicknell
DNP, RN, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing

James Decker
Harm Reduction Coordinator/Peer Support Specialist, syringe service program, Hancock County Public Health

Laura Cash
Board Member/National Director of Chapters, GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) and Broken No More (substance use forum); Board Member, Ohio Change Addiction Now; M.A., Education, Delaware, Ohio

Colleen Garlock
LSW and MSW, Signature Health, Mentor; dual therapist, specializing in harm reduction approaches and trauma-sensitive care.

Dennis Cauchon
President and founder. Former national reporter, USA TODAY.
Staff and Key Volunteers

Mallory Bolen
Director of Operations

AmandaLynn Reese
Director of Outreach and Engagement

Katie Huang
Volunteer and Community Engagement Manager

Linda Smolak
Projects Manager

Shae Dalrymple
Communications Director/ Naloxone Specialist

Kelsey Bates
Outreach Activist

Sydney Tavens
Naloxone Specialist

Dennis Cauchon
President and Founder, Harm Reduction Ohio
With Gryffin, harm reduction office dog

Robert Masone, M.D.
Medical Director, Naloxone Program

Chris Hawkins
Scientific Advisor

Billy McCall
Syringe Program Advocacy Director

Tammy Whitis, R.N.
Creative Services Maven

Sheila Humphrey-Craig
Dayton/Montgomery County Coordinator; creator, HRO model Safe Consumption Site

Dylan Stanley
Outreach Coordinator
DECEASED: Dylan died August 28, 2020, at age 30. She was a vibrant personality, loving mother and great harm reductionist. We miss her dearly.
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