Our Team

  • Julie McElrath, MSSW

    President and Chief Cause Officer, Board Member

    Julie’s passion is to grow people and build systems to achieve strategic objectives. Skilled in leveraging partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and resources to deliver outcomes, she is known for her collaborative approach to create change. As an experienced nonprofit leader, Julie has spent the last several years demonstrating her working knowledge of nonprofit best practices to develop and refine the recovery support in central Texas, and values rigorous exploration of how to enhance capacity to best serve communities in need. She is resolute in her commitment to volunteer work and focuses her service on efforts that impact system inequities.

  • Leah Davies, LMSW

    Cause Programs Director

    Leah is a proven leader committed to community, social justice, and wellness for all. As a highly experienced nonprofit professional, Leah’s work is focused on community and stakeholder engagement, grant management, volunteer recruitment/retention, public speaking, education, fundraising, event planning, and collaboration building. She is also a dedicated community volunteer and centers her efforts on those facing adversity.

  • Justin N. York

    Data Manager

    Justin is a results-driven non-profit leader with a focus on impacting positive change in the areas of Recovery Housing, Adult Education and Literacy, Transitional Housing, and Supportive Care for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. With a proven track record of success, Justin's leadership was instrumental in spearheading a capital campaign that successfully rebuilt Austin's only AIDS Hospice, ensuring vital care for the community.

Board

  • Scott Strehli

    Board Chair

    Scott Strehli, an Austin native, joined TRI in 2006 and became Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of TRI in November 2014.  Prior to TRI, Mr. Strehli spent 11 years in several director and officer level positions in the airline and real estate industries and also lived in Russia overseeing the finance and accounting for a small technology company. Today, Mr. Strehli oversees the strategic direction of TRI and its 10 international subsidiaries as well as TRI’s real estate portfolio.  He leads all commercialization efforts associated with internally developed products and services. Mr. Strehli is also currently the co-trustee of the TRI Thornton Foundation and Board Member of Communities for Recovery.

  • Kasey Claborn, Ph.D.

    Board Treasurer

    Dr. Claborn is an academic scientist passionate about improving the addiction system of care through innovative use of health information technology.   Kasey has over 15 years of experience working on projects developing and adapting behavioral interventions and health technologies focused on substance misuse among vulnerable populations and has received over $8 million in extramural funding by the National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Texas Health and Human Services.

  • Sarah Marshall

    Board Secretary

    Sarah Marshall is a seasoned communications professional with an eye for promoting and managing brands – particularly in turbulent times. Sarah has more than 35 years of experience in communications including brand management, media, internal and government relations in the areas of high technology, health care, telecom, energy, consumer and non-profit spaces. Sarah has worked with global companies such as Ivanti, Inc., AMD, Dell, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, LEGO Education and Texas Instruments.. Her not-for-profit work consists of The Austin Center for Grief and Loss, Austin Recovery, Community First Village, Texas 4000, The Children’s Cancer Association and Breast Cancer Resource Center. Sarah is an avid runner and enjoys hiking and yoga.

  • Corrie Vilsaint, Ph.D.

    Board Member

    Dr. Vilsaint is an academic scientist at Harvard Medical School who focuses on addiction recovery science. Corrie serves as Associate Director of Recovery Health Equity at the Massachusetts General Hospital Recovery Research Institute, and principal investigator at Center for Addiction Medicine. As a community psychologist and an international speaker, her research focuses on racial health equity in remission and recovery, reducing recovery-related discrimination, building recovery capital, and the effectiveness of recovery support services.

CLEAN Cause Foundation Advisory Panel

Jessica Cance, Ph.D.

Sierra Castedo de Martell, Ph.D.

Kasey Claborn, Ph.D.

Fiona Conway, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Henry

Lori Holleran-Steiker, Ph.D.

Jason Howell

Tracy Levins, Ph.D.

Judge Leigh Mathews Rodriguez

Amy Mericle, Ph.D.

Tara Ponder

Lisa Ramirez

Jerry Roberson, Dr. P.H.

Lynn Sherman

Scott Strehli

Alissa Valenzuela

Paul Valenzuela