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eNewsletter - January 25, 2008
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The Johnson Institute has announced that Johnny Allem will retire from the active role of President and CEO by the end of 2008 to assume the role of President Emeritus and is searching for a successor.
The Institute has begun a national search process to find a successor and Mr. Allem will continue as President to provide a smooth leadership transition. Board Chairman Mike Sime, of Minneapolis, said “Our Board is dedicated to a succession in leadership and constituency support that will build on our vital history and bring new understanding of addiction disease to all Americans.”
While he said there is no fixed timetable for the transition, the Board hopes to complete the process by summer.
For forty years, the Johnson Institute has pioneered in better practices and policies for addiction prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. Vernon Johnson, an Episcopal priest in recovery from alcoholism, founded the Johnson Institute in 1966 to demonstrate that early intervention in the disease of addiction is successful.
Dr. Johnson and his colleagues created and taught intervention technology to thousands of counselors and related professionals throughout America and the world. His work contributed to the wide recognition of the Minnesota Model of treatment, Employee Assistance Programs, and school-based Student Assistant Programs.
With the sharp reduction of professional care that characterized the 1990s, the Johnson Institute focused on barriers to appropriate and timely intervention and treatment. The Institute funded the organization of Faces and Voices of Recovery, a national umbrella service organization for recovery community organizations.
Under Allem’s leadership, beginning in 2002, the Institute introduced the acclaimed Faith Partners congregational team model now used by more than 17 faiths and denominations to equip people of faith to educate, assist, and support the process and people of recovery.
He also crafted the Recovery Ambassadors Program, training members of the recovery community in practical organization skills. More than 2200 leaders have been trained in 51 one-day workshops. He founded the America Honors Recovery Luncheon, an event that annually honors Americans who have used their recovery experience to advance possibilities for recovery in future generations.
“Allem brought strong business and leadership principles to the job of mobilizing our community,” Sime said. “We have a strong platform of practices and products and are committed to seeing them applied in all fifty states.”
Sime said the Institute is seeking applicants with experience in building organizations, non-profit management, addiction disease principles, and motivational training.
Applicants should contact Mike Sime (612-709-8585) or Vice Chair Catherine Rush (215-381-0899) to apply. Messages and resumes can be sent to information@johnsoninstitute.org.