2025 Leadership Award Honorees: Recognizing National Leaders for Their Contributions to our Nation's Response to Addiction
- Addiction Policy Forum
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On December 2, 2025, Addiction Policy Forum will hold its Annual Leadership Awards Reception honoring policymakers, researchers, and community leaders who have made significant contributions in improving our nation’s response to substance use disorders. The event also recognizes innovators and changemakers whose leadership has driven advances in evidence-based practices, compassionate care, policy, and innovative solutions to support individuals, families, and communities impacted by addiction.
2025 Award Winners
Legislators of the Year Awards
We are honored to recognize three federal leaders who have helped strengthen policies, programs, and resources for substance use disorders across a comprehensive response.
Pillar of Excellence AwardsÂ
The 2025 Pillar of Excellence Awards honor four extraordinary leaders whose work is transforming the landscape of addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery and criminal justice reform across the United States. Each recipient embodies the spirit of innovation, compassion, and dedication that is driving national change.
Read the full bios of award recipients:
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV)
Dr. Valerie Earnshaw, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware
Dr. Brian Fuehrlein, Associate Professor, Yale University, Director of Acute Care Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Deltrin Kimbro, Certified Peer Recovery Supporter Supervisor and Emergency Projects Coordinator for Let’s Get Real
Director Cam Ward, Director, Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Join us in celebrating these remarkable leaders at this year’s reception in Washington, DC!Â