Deni Carise is a clinical psychologist and has been part of the recovery community for over 30 years. She is currently the chief clinical officer of Recovery Centers of America (RCA), and helped raise $350 million for this start-up company. Previously, she held leadership positions at CRC Health Group, Sierra Tucson, Phoenix House, and was a National Institutes of Health-funded scientist. Carise has published over 100 articles, books and chapters and has been an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She has worked internationally with treatment providers in Nigeria, Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, Greece, Singapore, Brazil and China to develop national systems of clinical treatment delivery.