Mid-Atlantic Regional Vice President
Represents New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland & West Virginia
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Ron Pritchard is the Owner/Program Manager for Addiction Program Consultants (APC) in Virginia Beach, Va. APC has provided consultation and training on development, implementation, management and evaluation of alcohol, drug, tobacco and behavioral modification programs for the past 15 years. He has served as a co-founder and three-time and current Chairman of the Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies; founder and past Chairman of Virginia Recovers Inc, and past Chairman of Baby Steps, Inc – all non-profit substance abuse prevention and education programs designed to enhance provider skills in prevention, identification, intervention and treatment of substance abuse and related disorders. Pritchard served honorably in the US Navy for 26 years and upon retirement was employed by the Media, Pennsylvania Board of Education as an Affective Education and Prevention specialist involved with high risk adolescent interventions.  He worked for eight years with the City of Norfolk, Virginia – developed and managed the Homeless Intervention Program two years, then access coordinator for medically indigent substance abuse clients.

In 1990, Pritchard began employment at Portsmouth Naval Hospital as a Substance Abuse Counselor and in 2000 conceived and co-developed the transitional Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient Program that was duplicated in several other DoD treatment facilities. In 2004, he was named Program Manager for Addiction Medicine Services and conceived and developed a program for multidisciplinary, rapid intervention, screening, assessment and treatment initiation for substance abusing and traumatized DoD patients. Participated in development of the Portsmouth Naval Hospital Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment (TBIRD), Impaired Provider (PWC), and Addiction Intervention Programs (ASET).

Pritchard served as President of the Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (VAADAC); Executive Board member of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; currently committee member of NAADAC Veterans Task Force; Regional Vice-President Elect for the Mid-Atlantic Region; Board member of Virginia Governors Committee for Substance Abuse; Recipient of 2002 Ginger Acey Counselor of the Year Award-VADAP; 2004 Counselor of the Year Award-VAADAC; 2003 Outstanding Service Award-VAADAC; and 2011 Meritorious Civilian Service Award- U.S. Navy.