Rich Jones MA, MBA, LCAS, CCS, CEAP,
SAP, c-EMDR

Rich Jones is an experienced therapist, clinician, and health care entrepreneur operating primarily in the behavioral health space. He has wide-ranging professional experience across nearly all behavioral health domains, including mental health, substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and intellectual disabilities. Rich is also a person in long term recovery from an opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder and a certified peer support specialist. He was the founding CEO of one of the nation’s premier recovery community centers-FAVOR Upstate. FAVOR Upstate remains one of the most high profile and effective recovery support programs in the Southeast.

Rich has over 25 years of management experience and has been instrumental in launching and rebuilding multiple programs nationwide. He is passionate about providing quality care and supporting people in need. As the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Youturn Health and the Founder / CEO of the BuildWell Health employee assistance/coaching program, Richard is focused on fundamentally transforming the delivery of behavioral health services.

Most importantly, Rich is a person in long term recovery since 2001 and a person in family recovery. Rich has distinguished himself as a leader in the national recovery movement serving on multiple boards and committees including the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, SAMHSA office of recovery, NIDA CIRCL peer support group, FAVOR Western Pennsylvania, and Sages Army two regional Recovery Community Centers in Western Pennsylvania.