Episode 4: Power to the People: Policy Health Professionals in Recovery

This episode we welcome Andrew Kessler to the show to discuss an important aspect of recovery and one that is often forgotten, policy.

Andrew D. Kessler, JD, is founder and principal of Slingshot Solutions LLC, a consulting firm that
specializes in behavioral health policy. His clients, past and present, include the International
Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), the California Consortium of Addiction Programs &
Professionals (CCAPP), and Faces and Voices of Recovery. With 20 years of policy experience- and over a
decade in behavioral health- Kessler is a fixture in circles that advocate for substance abuse treatment,
prevention, and research. He collaborates frequently with congressional offices, the White House Office
of National Drug Control Policy, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and other federal actors. Kessler has written
legislation and report language adopted by both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and
has presented orally before such bodies as the Scientific Management Review Board, the National
Conference on Addictive Disorders, and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. He received his
Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1999, he graduated from American
University’s Washington College of Law, where he received multiple awards and recognition for his legal
analysis and moot court arguments. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with his wife and two children.

Andrew can be reached at:

www.slingshotsolutions.net

Twitter: @slingshotDC