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Mrs. Karen Saltzman joined Hope House, Inc. as the Executive Director in 2008 and since then has focused on capacity building and quality assurance. Hope House is a licensed treatment facility for women and children suffering from substance use disorder and untreated mental illness. Under Karen’s leadership, Hope House has collaborated with numerous local and state organizations to develop and provide supportive housing, as well as residential and outpatient substance use treatment services to families. Under her guidance in 2009, Hope House expanded services to include a 42 bed residential supportive housing campus and in 2012, began an intensive outpatient program serving an additional 20 families, concurrently. Mrs. Saltzman’s vision for Hope House, and substance use treatment in Georgia, is the expansion of services for families affected by mental illness and addictive disease and the opportunity for those individuals to embrace recovery, transition back into the community, and become self-sufficient.

Dr. Aishia Leverett is the Clinical Director of Hope House. Dr. Leverett has a Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in Sarasota, Florida. She has a Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling from Argosy University in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of South Carolina in Aiken, South Carolina. Dr. Leverett is a National Certified Counselor and has worked in the field of psychology and counseling for the last 14 years. She has developed and implemented several programs, served on several boards and committees, as well as conducted several workshops and presentations. Dr. Leverett continues to exemplify leadership through her life as well as her teachings.