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Donovan Program Team

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Donovan Program Team

This group of individuals supports, advocates, and outreaches to people in recovery or substance-free within the Brown Community.

  • Lindsay Garcia

    Lindsay Garcia

    Associate Dean of the College for Junior/Senior Studies and Recovery & Substance-Free Student Initiatives
    lindsay_garcia@brown.edu
    Areas of Expertise Commencement Speakers, Degree Completion, Mid-Year Completion Ceremony, Substance Use/Recovery, Junior/Senior Class Studies, Personal and Health Concerns

    Lindsay Garcia (she/her) is an artist, scholar, thinker, educator, and advocate in the areas of substance use and mental health. In addition to her position at Brown, Garcia is the President of the Board of Directors of RICARES and the Senior Co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Association for Recovery in Higher Education. She is an appointed member of the Rhode Island Governor’s Council on Behavioral Health. She also advises the Brown student groups SoBear Activities Club and Brown Addiction Medicine Club.

    Garcia received her BFA in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design, MA in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, MFA in Visual Arts from Purchase College, State University of New York, and MA and PhD in American Studies from William & Mary. 

  • Jason Roderick, LICSW

    Jason Roderick, LICSW

    Facilitator of the Early Recovery Group (EROB)

    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 ‘09, LICSW

    Taryn Wyron ‘09, LICSW

    Facilitator of the Skills for Harm Reduction Group (SHR)

    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.

  • Siena

    Siena Napoleon, Ph.D. '28

    Recovery and Substance-Free Program Assistant
    siena_napoleon@brown.edu

    Siena is a fourth year PhD student at Brown in Public Health (Social and Behavioral Health Sciences). Her research focuses on implementation of evidence-based strategies for overdose prevention specifically for adolescents and young adults. Prior to coming to Brown, Siena worked as project director under Dr. Phil Chan at the Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island STD Clinic, managing a portfolio of clinical research efforts centered around harm reduction. At the Donovan Program, Siena supports Dean Garcia in fostering a community for students who are in recovery or identify as substance free. She graduated with a BA from Wellesley College (Cognitive/Linguistic Sciences, Psychology) and an MPH from Boston University (Health Policy and Management). When not working on her dissertation, she loves spending time outdoors with her family--camping, hiking, and scouting!

  • Pascale

    Pascale Caravalho '26 (A.B. Music and Public Health)

    Donovan Communications Assistant

    Pascale is a musician, conductor, and advocate for public health. At the Donovan Program, Pascale maintains the Donovan Program Newsletter, designs materials for outreach, and gets the word out about all of the exciting programs the Donovan Program has to offer.