Our Team

Hannah-Ruth Patterson

Executive Director

Hannah-Ruth brings a background in social work and business, along with experience serving as Executive Director of a domestic violence center. In her previous role she developed outreach curricula exploring the connection between opioid use and domestic violence, helping to educate both providers and participants in treatment. She is passionate about harm reduction and ensuring that everyone has access to the resources they need to lead healthy and safe lives.

Allie Carey

Director of Programs

As Director of Programs, Allie oversees program expansion as our organization advances its mission through Overdose Prevention, Advocacy and Community Education. Allie has a B.A. in English with concentrations in Poetic Theory and Psychology.

Meghan Walsh

Overdose Prevention Director

As Overdose Prevention Director, Meghan hosts regular naloxone trainings for community and professional groups, and leads our Overdose Prevention Programs with supply strategy and kit distribution.

Meghan received her B.S. in Genetics, Statistics, and Public Health from the University of Minnesota. Meghan is passionate about community health outreach, expanding equitable access to care, and helping others.  

Michael Chapman

Education Director

Michael (he/him) leads statewide education and awareness efforts focused on harm reduction, overdose prevention, and professional education. He develops and delivers engaging educational content across digital, print, and in-person formats, ensuring it meets continuing education requirements and aligns with the organization’s mission and brand.

Michael holds a B.S. in Public Relations and an M.S. in Student Affairs in Higher Education. His background as a violence prevention educator grounds his trauma-informed, healing-centered approach to public health education and community engagement.

Molly Booton

Director of Creative Services

Molly is a family friend of the Rummlers. After Steve’s passing Molly volunteered her time to the Steve Rummler HOPE Network and eventually was hired as our first employee. In addition to being dubbed our organization’s historian, Molly’s responsibilities include creative design, event planning and tracking our fundraising efforts. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. Molly has her B.A. in English.

molly@rummlerHOPE.org

Ashley Hanson, CPRS

Community Engagement + Operations Manager

Ashley has a passion for helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals. She knows what it takes to make an impact in the community and environment around her. Ashley is ecstatic to be a part of SRHN as the new Community Outreach Coordinator and is looking forward to working with all of our partner organizations and volunteers! In her free time, she enjoys the great outdoors, spending time with her dog Bear and her family.

Jadrianne LaTulip

Overdose Prevention Specialist

Aine Meaney

Education Specialist

Aine is excited to join SRHN as an Education Specialist. She recently earned her B.A. in Public Health from the University of California–Los Angeles and brings a background in youth substance use prevention, public health research, and nonprofit work. Passionate about affordable housing, substance use, and health equity, Aine looks forward to developing accessible, student-centered education.

aine@rummlerhope.org

Bear

Community Outreach Pup

As a rescue, Bear was given the hope of a new, happy life. She now spreads that hope to others as a Community Outreach Pup. As our official office dog, she greets visitors with a wag and a smile, offering warmth and connection to everyone she meets. Bear also attends community events, helping to foster positive engagement and support. With her gentle spirit and welcoming presence, Bear embodies resilience and reminds us of the power of hope.

Laurie Willhite, PharmD, CPHQ

Medication Safety Manager and Pain Clinic Co-Medical Director, Hennepin Healthcare; Board Chair

Dr. Laurie Willhite is a Doctor of Pharmacy graduate of the University of Iowa. She is the medication safety manager at Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS) and Co-Medical Director of the HHS Interventional Pain Clinic. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. Dr Willhite works to improve medication safety and ensure medication-related legal compliance. In her roles she works to improve opioid prescribing practices, improve access to medication for opioid use disorder, and promotes naloxone access and safe medication storage. Previously, Dr. Willhite worked as a poison pharmacist at the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, advising clinicians on treating patients with opioid overdose and promoting naloxone prescribing in the community. She also worked as a medication therapy management pharmacist, managing opioid therapy for pain in collaboration with physicians and patients.

James A. Blaha, CPA (Inactive)

Board Treasurer

From 2010 to 2023, Jim was Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. In that role, Jim had oversight of the organization’s finance, revenue cycle, payer relations, utilization management, facilities and support services, human resources and technology services. Before coming to Hazelden Betty Ford, he served as CFO of a senior living organization for seventeen years. Prior to his role in the senior living industry, Jim spent sixteen years working in public accounting and management consulting, including thirteen years at Deloitte as a designated national healthcare industry specialist. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the College (now University) of St. Thomas. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Financial Executives International.

Pearl Evans

Overdose Prevention Program Administrator, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH); Board Secretary

Pearl Evans has extensive experience in legislative advocacy and non-partisan civic engagement through a racial equity lens. Through her leadership and community outreach, she has built community coalitions, facilitated community conversations to reduce stigma related to opioid use, and has experience in seeing a bill from strategic planning to authorship.

Her professional background includes direct service as a peer recovery specialist and resident advocate, and she brings lived experience to this work. Pearl was nominated by Governor Walz to serve as the Person in Recovery on the Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council (OERAC). During her time on the OERAC, Pearl worked to allocate funding for investment in culturally responsive recovery supports. 

In her current role as an Overdose Prevention Program Administrator with the Minnesota Department of Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Section (IVPS), Pearl is leading the development of county profiles to share data with local public health, connecting with community organizations, and building upon IVPS community engagement work.

When Pearl isn’t working, she loves playing pickle ball, afro beat dancing, and jigsaw puzzles.

Miaja Cassidy, JD, CHC, CCEP

With 25 years in business, Miaja Cassidy has provided expertise in managing risk and building integrated compliance programs that support corporate strategies. She blends her business and legal experience to find workable solutions. She has been a senior executive at Medtronic, Target, Hennepin Healthcare System and recently started a firm where she utilizes her leadership development, compliance and risk management experience to help other organizations. Miaja oversees the development and execution of complex ethics and compliance program strategies that help her clients deliver on their strategic priorities. She partners with executives and leaders to accelerate their performance, drive ethical culture and enhance risk identification and mitigation. Miaja has built a reputation for articulating a clear vision to teams and knows how to gain buy-in from stakeholders. 

Stephen M. Delisi, MD, FASAM, DABAM

Chief Medical Officer, YourPath Inc.; SRHN Medical Director

Dr. Delisi is board certified by both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Before joining YourPath as CMO and President, Dr, Delisi had served as a psychiatrist for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation from 2005-2023.

During his time with Hazelden, Dr. Delisi most recently served as Medical Director, Enterprise Solutions. Prior to that role, he also served as Medical Director of Professional Education, Assistant Dean of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies, and Midwest Regional Medical Director for Recovery Services at Hazelden Betty Ford. Dr. Delisi continues as an Adjunct Faculty member of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School.

Prior to joining Hazelden Betty Ford, he held positions as Director of Psychiatric Services at Rush Behavioral Health-DuPage and Associate Director of the Psychiatric Residency Program at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Delisi is a nationally recognized leader, speaker, and consultant on the use of evidence-based, integrated treatments for co-occurring and substance use disorders, as well as the risk conferred by the epigenetic effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma.

Sol B. Ryan

Vice President of Business Development, Riverplace Counseling Center

Sol B. Ryan is currently Vice President of Business Development at Riverplace Counseling Center in Anoka, MN. As a member of the senior leadership staff he oversees marketing, networking, branding, strategic partnerships, expansion, and acquisitions as well as supports overall operations. With over 15 years of long-term recovery, Sol is actively involved in both the Twin Cities and national recovery communities.

Previously, Sol was part of the leadership team at The Retreat in Wayzata, MN for 12 years. He led Sober Living, Online Services, and Alumni and Community Relations. Having worked in the recovery field since 2010, he has held a variety of positions and oversaw much of The Retreat’s growth during this time. Sol also traveled nationally to build strategic relationships with treatment centers and actively taught The Retreat’s model of care.

Sol is co-founder of Recovery Community Hockey, and leads Recovery Nights with NHL teams across the country. He has also spearheaded many other local recovery community sports and activities. He is the board chairman of SRHN (Steve Rummler Hope Network), board member of the NSLA (National Sober Living Association), and Chair of the Mental Health and Addiction Committee of Hockey Day Minnesota 2025.

Judy Rummler

Founder

Judy Rummler received her B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1963.  For several years, she worked as an editor for Encyclopedia Britannica and Scott Foresman in Chicago, Illinois. In 1971 she was a founder of The Book Bin, a retail bookstore in Northbrook, Illinois.  After moving to Minnesota in 1974, Judy and her husband Bill founded Centron Computer Corporation, a company specializing in the re-marketing and leasing of IBM computer equipment.  For twelve years Judy served as Vice President and Treasurer and worked alongside Bill. 

In 1986 Judy joined Swenson Anderson Associates (later AdvisorNet Financial) in Minneapolis where she served clients in personal and corporate financial planning for eighteen years.  She earned her Certified Financial Planner status in 1987.  Judy served as Chair of the Methodist Hospital Foundation Board (now the Park Nicollet Foundation in St. Louis Park, Minnesota) and as Chair of the Colonial Church of Edina Foundation in Edina, Minnesota. 

She and Bill are now winter residents of Bonita Springs, Florida, where Judy is a member of the Women’s Committee for Hope Hospice, the Friends of the Salvation Army and the Bonita Springs Historical Society.  Judy is the mother of Steve who died on July 1, 2011 of a drug overdose.  She and her husband Bill have channeled their grief by establishing the Steve Rummler Hope Foundation, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which aims to heighten awareness around the issue of chronic pain and the disease of addiction.

Yussuf Shafie, MSW, LADC, LICSW

Treatment Director, Alliance Wellness Center

Yussuf Shafie, MSW, LADC, LICSW is a graduate of the University of MN. Yussuf is an active and well-respected member of the addiction community. He is a licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC) with the Board of Behavioral Health. He completed his internship with the Community University Health Care Center as a Social Work Triage Specialist, and he continued on as a Mental Health Practitioner with CUHCC. In 2015, Yussuf opened Alliance Wellness Center in Bloomington, MN, a DHS licensed Substance Abuse Outpatient and Inpatient Treatment Program. He is a board member of the Minnesota Trauma Project and Minnesota Recovery Connection. Yussuf’s passion is to bring wellness to those affected by addiction and mental health problems.

Stephen M. Delisi, MD, FASAM, DABAM

Chief Medical Officer, YourPath Inc.; SRHN Medical Director

Dr. Delisi is board certified by both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Before joining YourPath as CMO and President, Dr, Delisi had served as a psychiatrist for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation from 2005-2023.

During his time with Hazelden, Dr. Delisi most recently served as Medical Director, Enterprise Solutions. Prior to that role, he also served as Medical Director of Professional Education, Assistant Dean of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies, and Midwest Regional Medical Director for Recovery Services at Hazelden Betty Ford. Dr. Delisi continues as an Adjunct Faculty member of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School.

Prior to joining Hazelden Betty Ford, he held positions as Director of Psychiatric Services at Rush Behavioral Health-DuPage and Associate Director of the Psychiatric Residency Program at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Delisi is a nationally recognized leader, speaker, and consultant on the use of evidence-based, integrated treatments for co-occurring and substance use disorders, as well as the risk conferred by the epigenetic effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma.

Katherine Katzung, MD, FACEP, FASAM

Chair, Abbott Northwestern Emergency Department

Katherine Katzung, M.D. is an attending physician in the emergency department at Abbott Northwestern, where she serves as chair of the emergency department.  Additionally, she is a consultant for the Minnesota Poison Control System and assistant medical director of Mission Detox Center in Plymouth, MN. She recently received grant funding to initiate a hospital-based toxicology/addiction medicine consult service and an ED-based addiction medicine “bridge” clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.  The goals of this program are to provide continuity of care for patients on medication assisted therapies while transitioning to community-based management. A graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, she completed emergency medicine training at Regions Hospital in St. Paul and additional fellowship training in medical toxicology.  She is board certified in emergency medicine, medical toxicology, and addiction medicine.  Her clinical interests surround the intersection of these three specialties, with particular focus on early ED & hospital-based interventions to evaluate and treat substance use disorder, including initiation of medication assisted therapies.

Miles Belgrade, MD

Medical Director, Pain Tele-Health, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Belgrade completed his medical school training at the University of Illinois where he was a James Scholar and his residency in Neurology at the University of Minnesota.  He completed a fellowship in Pain Management at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN.  He is an Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.  He is board certified in Neurology and Pain Management.  One area of research interest has been on institutional change for improved Pain Management.  Under the direction of Dr. Belgrade, Fairview Pain Management Center was been twice awarded the Clinical Center of Excellence designation by the American Pain Society.

Charles Reznikoff, MD

Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Reznikoff earned his medical degree in 2002 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. He completed his Internal Medicine residency, followed by a chief residency, at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN.  Dr. Reznikoff then completed an Addiction Medicine fellowship at the University of Minnesota in 2007.  He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School and an award-winning teacher of medical students and residents.

Dr. Reznikoff primarily leads and organizes the Steve Rummler HOPE Network’s prescriber education program.

Andrew Kolodny, MD

Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University; Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP)

Dr. Kolodny completed his medical school training at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and his residency in New York City at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine where he was Chief Resident.  He completed a fellowship at Columbia University in New York and is board certified in Psychiatry.  Dr. Kolodny is dedicated to public health and community psychiatry and works as the Co-Director of Opioid Policy and Research at Brandeis University.

He is also the executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, an advocacy group of healthcare professionals working to end the opioid epidemic.

akolodny@supportprop.org