Katherine "Katie" Haley (she/her) is the Recovery and Substance-Free Program Coordinator at Brown University. Before transferring to Brown, Katie graduated from Bristol Community College in 2021 with an AA in psychology. She is a person in long-term recovery, dedicated to both the Donovan Program and community endeavours for people struggling with substance use. In collaboration with Dean Lindsay Garcia, Katie helps with the management of the substance-free program house on campus, designs events and workshops around addiction and recovery, and fosters community among the substance-free students. She will graduate with her BA in psychology from Brown in December of 2023. 

Angelina Cho (they/them) concentrates in Biology, Public Health, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. They have participated in many Sobear events, were on its board, and lived in the Donovan Program’s substance-free house for two years. Currently as the Donovan Communications Assistant, Angelina designs flyers, graphics, and advertising material for the Donovan Program to raise awareness of its events supporting substance-free students and those in recovery. 

Ava Ward is a junior studying Environmental Science and Economics. Outside of planning programming for SoBear, she is Vice President of Research for the Brown Initiative for Policy, Vice President of Brown Renewable Energy and Sustainability Society, and a volunteer for Brown Market Shares. In her free time, Ava enjoys reading, writing, and event planning.

Mahadevan (Madhu) Subramanian is an undergraduate student in the Class of 2023.5 concentrating in Biology and Public Health from Portland, Oregon. Since his first year, he has been involved with SoBear Activities Club, which runs weekly fun, free, sub-free events for undergraduate and graduate students as well as organizes an annual off-campus Spring Weekend Retreat for 60 students during a time of increased substance use on-campus. Madhu has also served as the Community Coordinator for the Donovan Program’s substance-free program house at 219 Bowen St. After Brown, he plans on applying to medical school in order to become a Pediatrician.

Jason Roderick is a licensed clinical therapist in Providence, Rhode Island. He has been in private practice since 2012. Along with his practice, Jason serves as the Wellness Coordinator at Providence Country Day School and has been the facilitator of the Brown University EROB Program for the past seven years, supporting Brown students in recovery and those who are interested in recovery. He has also been deeply involved in the Rhode Island recovery community for the past twenty-eight years.

Taryn Wyron (Brown ’09) is a licensed clinical social worker with a background in trauma therapy. She has offered behavioral therapy focused on harm reduction and chronic illness support as researcher at Brown SPH. Currently, she works with Brown undergraduate and graduate students in groups on campus and in private practice. Taryn has facilitated Skills for Harm Reduction since 2021 and Chronic Community, a group to support students with chronic illness, since 2022. Her groups draw on body-based mindfulness skills and center whole-person healing.