Harm Reduction Ohio announced a seven-person board of directors which will oversee and guide the organization in its pubic health and drug policy work.

“This board knows enormous amounts about harm reduction, both how it’s practiced and the policies and research that make it possible,” says Harm Reduction Ohio President Dennis Cauchon, who founded the organization in January 2017. “They will help lift Harm Reduction Ohio to a new level of effectiveness.”

Harm Reduction Ohio (HRO) is a 501(c)3 non-profit that advocates for drug policies based on science, health, compassion and human rights. HRO promotes approaches that — based on evidence — reduce mortality and improve the health and well-being of people who use drugs.

Harm Reduction Ohio also connects and supports harm reduction advocates from throughout Ohio in an effort to provide a statewide policy alternative to the drug war.

In addition to Cauchon, who will serve as a non-voting board member, Harm Reduction Ohio board members are:

Jose R. Rodriguez

Jose R. Rodriguez

Director of External Relations and Strategic Initiatives, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus

Tasha Turner-Bicknell

Tasha Turner-Bicknell

DNP, RN, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing

Laura Cash

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

Anne C. Trinh

Anne C. Trinh

MPH, epidemiologist, Senior Program Manager – Opioid Administration, Ohio State University College of Public Health

Colleen (Maloney) Garlock

Colleen (Maloney) Garlock

CDCA, CYT, RYT, medication-assisted treatment, case manager, Signature Health, Willoughby, Ohio

Janet N. Wray

Janet N. Wray

PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Division of Health Sciences, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati

Dennis Cauchon

Dennis Cauchon

President and founder. Former national reporter, USA TODAY.

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