Donald McDonald, MSW, RCP is a person thriving in sustained recovery from mental, learning, and substance use disorders. Donald’s background includes being a consumer of services, provider of non-clinical & clinical services in multiple settings, health policy advocate, and recovery community leader. Previously, Donald served as the National Field Director of Faces & Voices of Recovery, the Executive Director of Addiction Professionals of North Carolina, and the Director of Advocacy & Education at Recovery Communities of North Carolina. His current role is Technical Expert Lead at JBS International, where he provides training and technical assistance to HRSA-funded rural consortia across the country as they build prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery capacity in response to the overdose crisis.

Donald is a veteran, husband, father, grandfather, social worker, member of the 2016 inaugural cohort of Recovery Coach Professionals at Center for Addiction Recovery Training, and formerly Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist in North Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Education from NC State University and a Master of Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill. Donald is a proud recipient of the NCADD Bronze Key Award and the North Carolina Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. Donald is the producer and host of No Thanks But Yes, a podcast featuring chill conversations with splendid people who’ve overcome problematic relationships with substances and behaviors via many, many pathways.