Phoenix House

"In 1967, six heroin addicts came together at a detoxification program in a New York hospital.

"They talked about the struggles of staying clean and decided to help one another through the tough days ahead. Together, they moved into a brownstone on Manhattan’s West Side and lived as a community, encouraging and helping each other to stay sober. That is how Phoenix House was born. What made it work was the structure and approach to treatment brought to the fledgling program by psychiatrist Mitchell S. Rosenthal, M.D. and counselors from New York City’s Addiction Services Agency (ASA). As deputy commissioner of ASA for rehabilitation, Dr. Rosenthal made Phoenix House the model for a citywide treatment network..."

Phoenix House was also established in the UK as an entirely separate organisation, though has its origins in the USA-based Phoenix House described above. Phoenix House (UK) runs a number of residential rehabilitation units, structured day programs and is the largest not for profit provider of prison based substance misuse programmes in the UK. In November 2006, Phoenix House (UK) rebranded to trade under the name 'Phoenix Futures.

Board
Accessed April 2013:


 * CHAIRMAN - Thomas W. Jasper
 * VICE CHAIRMAN - George A. Kellner - Chief Executive Officer, Kellner DiLeo and Company
 * Francis P. Barron - Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
 * Rose Marie Bravo
 * Tina Brown - Founder, The Daily Beast
 * Lynn Carter - Former President, Capital One Bank
 * Wole C. Coaxum - Managing Director, Sales & Segment Executive J.P. Morgan Chase
 * Frank Doroff - Vice Chairman, GMM Ready to Wear and Bloomingdales.com, Bloomingdale’s
 * Hill A. Feinberg - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FirstSouthwest
 * Eric J. Friedman - Executive Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
 * Herb Goetschius - President and Chief Executive Officer, Cross Border Partners Advisory Services, LLC
 * Cary L. Hall, Jr. - Vice President - Investments, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
 * Cheryl G. Healton - President and Chief Executive Officer, American Legacy Foundation
 * Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - Former Ambassador to Sweden, Chairman Emeritus, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
 * Brendan L. Hoffman - President and Chief Executive Officer, The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
 * Nancy Hoving
 * Robert M. Howe - Chairman, Montgomery Goodwin Investments
 * Lawence Lederman
 * Laurence C. Leeds, Jr. - Chairman, Buckingham Capital Management
 * Wendy Flink Levey - Director, Epiphany Community Nursery School
 * Kenneth B. Marlin - Managing Partner and Founder, Marlin & Associates New York LLC
 * Bruce McLeod - Senior Vice President, Commonwealth Consultants
 * Edward D. Miller - Former President and Chief Executive Officer, AXA Financial, Inc.
 * Timothy J. Noonan - President and Chief Executive Officer, Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC
 * Peter H. Ottmar - Chairman, TWOBOLT
 * Sandra S. Pershing
 * Richard L. Plepler - Co-President, Home Box Office
 * Ernest H. Pomerantz - Chairman, StoneWater Capital, LLC
 * William D. Rifkin - Vice Chairman of Mergers and Acquisitions, J.P. Morgan
 * Andrew Rosen - President and CEO, Theory LLC
 * Shirley Lord Rosenthal - Author, VOGUE Magazine
 * Catherine Samuaels
 * Marissa Shorenstein - President, External Affairs, AT&T New York
 * Jay T. Snyder - Principal, HBJ Investments, LLC
 * Sheri L. Sweitzer
 * Burton M. Tansky
 * Annettee Tapert - Author
 * W. Christopher White - Chairman, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
 * Byron R. Wien - Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Services, The Blackstone Group, L.P.
 * Barbara A. Yastine - Chief Administrative Officer, Ally Financial

Contact
Web: http://www.phoenixhouse.org

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